Velvet Goldmine (1998) (Placebo/Shudder To Think/Pulp )

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Label: Uni/mercury
UPC: 00731455603521
Release Date: 11/3/1998
Buy.com Sku: 60099540
Item#: ML4G2Y
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Needle In The Camel's Eye - Brian Eno ~ Original Soundtrack
2. Hot One - Shudder To Think ~ Original Soundtrack
3. 20th Century Boy - Placebo ~ Original Soundtrack
4. 2HB - The Venus In Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
5. T.V. Eye - Wylde Ratttz ~ Original Soundtrack
6. Ballad Of Maxwell Demon - Shudder To Think ~ Original Soundtrack
7. Whole Shebang, The - Grant Lee Buffalo ~ Original Soundtrack
8. Ladytron - The Venus In Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
9. We Are The Boys - Pulp ~ Original Soundtrack
10. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music ~ Original Soundtrack
11. Personality Crisis - Teenage Fanclub/Donna Matthews ~ Original Soundtrack
12. Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed ~ Original Soundtrack
13. Diamond Meadows - T. Rex ~ Original Soundtrack
14. Bitter's End - Paul Kimble/Andy MacKay ~ Original Soundtrack
15. Baby's On Fire - The Venus In Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
16. Bitter-Sweet - The Venus In Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
17. Velvet Spacetime - Carter Burwell ~ Original Soundtrack
18. Tumbling Down - The Venus In Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
19. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel ~ Original Soundtrack

(P) London Records Inc.
(C) 1998 London Records 90 Ltd.

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Producers include: Randall Poster, Todd Haynes, Michael Stipe, Shudder To Think, Carl Glanville.
Engineers include: Bryan Zee, Bil Emmons.
Includes liner notes by Todd Haynes.
Personnel: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Paul Kimble, Thom Yorke (vocals).
Glam rock was all about style as substance, finding truth through image. Todd Haynes realized this, constructing Velvet Goldmine, his ode to glam, as a hallucinatory experience where the surface means as much, if not more, than the underlying meanings. Which means, of course, that Haynes' view of glam was based on the artier inclinations of David Bowie and the sinister cabaret and full-blown dementia of Brian Eno-era Roxy Music. Bowie refused to have any of his songs in Velvet Goldmine, possibly due to the anti-Bowie slant of the script, and the filmmakers squeezed their way out of a potentially fatal situation by hiring Shudder To Think and Grant Lee Buffalo to write Ziggy soundalikes. They work smashingly, as Shudder To Think's "Ballad of Mawell Demon" captures the sweeping ballad feeling of "All the Young Dudes," while Grant Lee Buffalo's "The Whole Shebang" is an uncanny recreation of Hunky Dory's skipping vaudevillian pop. Their contributions stand out on the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, which is primarily devoted to songs from the era, either in their original incarnations or in newly minted covers. It's actually a risky move to stand Roxy Music's classic first single "Virginia Plain" next to a wealth of Roxy interpretations by the Venus in Furs, yet their recreations are stunning, enhanced by Thom Yorke's remarkable imitation of Bryan Ferry's vocals. Similarly, the Iggy Poptribute band, Wylde Ratttz do an admirable job with "TV Eye." The other covers don't fare as well, yet the other new songs are first-rate (particularly Pulp's stomping, horn-driven Slade extravaganza "We Are the Boys") and all the original recordings are terrific, highlighted by cult items as Eno's fantastic "Needle in the Camel's Eye," T. Rex's "Diamond Meadows" and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's British hit "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)." The soundtrack, like the film itself, may be more of a collection of moments than a coherent experience, but those moments are pretty spectacular. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
In the '90s, the '70s nostalgia boom finally kicked in, working its way into fashion, TV, and of course, music and film. VELVET GOLDMINE is a sterling example of those last two media, a music-oriented film centered around '70s style and powered by a glam-centric soundtrack that features both the original era's artisans and new worshippers at the '70s altar. The pounding piano and art school dandy aura of Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain" is cultural ground zero for VELVET GOLDMINE. Roxy synthesist Brian Eno contributes one of his early pop tracks, "Needle in the Camel's Eye." Largely forgotten Roxy peers Cockney Rebel are represented by CR vocalist Steve Harley's "Make Me Smile." Naturally, no glam-oriented compilation would be complete without a cut from the original star-child Marc Bolan, and that requirement is ably filled by the presence of T-Rex's "Diamond Meadows."

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 05/07/2005
Original Release Date : 1998
Catalog ID : 556035
Label : London (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00731455603521

 
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (1/8/99, pp.64-65)
- "...it sounds like the freshest rock album that never existed. The feather-boa anthems (from Lou Reed, Brian Eno and Roxy Music)
still conjure the delicate decadence of that era's fashion and mood..." - Rating: A

  
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