Wedding Singer-Vol. 1 (1998) (New Order/Smiths/Idol)

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Label: Wea/warner Bros.
UPC: 00093624684022
Release Date: 2/3/1998
Buy.com Sku: 60143655
Item#: MWNK56
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Presidents Of The United States Of America ~ Original Soundtrack
2. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club ~ Original Soundtrack
3. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police ~ Original Soundtrack
4. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths ~ Original Soundtrack
5. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs ~ Original Soundtrack
6. Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins ~ Original Soundtrack
7. Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello ~ Original Soundtrack
8. White Wedding - Billy Idol ~ Original Soundtrack
9. China Girl - David Bowie ~ Original Soundtrack
10. Blue Monday - New Order ~ Original Soundtrack
11. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth ~ Original Soundtrack
12. Have You Written Anything Lately? - (dialogue) ~ Original Soundtrack
13. Somebody Kill Me - Adam Sandler ~ Original Soundtrack
14. Rappers Delight - Ellen Dow/The Sugarhill Gang ~ Original Soundtrack



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Producers include: Chris Ballew, Dave Dederer, Jason Finn, John Porter, Brooks Arthur.
Photographer: Kimberly Wright.
The very fact that the good-natured romantic comedy The Wedding Singer is set in 1985 means that the accompanying soundtrack is a perfect vehicle for a host of early-'80s new wave classics. Although the album, like the movie, gets the time period slightly wrong -- new wave was finished by 1985, but the entire project barrels ahead as if it were the glory days of 1983 -- the end result is thoroughly enjoyable. There are only two remakes and two Adam Sandler showcases on the 14-track album, leaving ten tracks of great new wave and post-punk from Culture Club ("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"), the Police ("Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"), the Psychedelic Furs ("Love My Way"), Elvis Costello ("Everyday I Write the Book"), the Thompson Twins ("Hold Me Now"), David Bowie ("China Girl"), New Order ("Blue Monday"), Musical Youth ("Pass the Dutchie"), the Smiths ("How Soon Is Now?"), and Billy Idol ("White Wedding"), who also appears in the film. The Presidents of the United States of America do a surprisingly good job with the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" (the track turned out to be the last thing the group recorded), and the Sandler's tracks are better and funnier than his comedy records, but Ellen Dow's rappin' granny on "Rapper's Delight" is either the funniest thing you've ever heard or annoys the hell out of you. Even if the latter case holds true for you, it's not enough to ruin one of the most entertaining pop soundtracks in a while. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The soundtrack to THE WEDDING SINGER is a journey back to the days of skinny ties and voluminous hair. The roster consists of slower, more somber hits, of which there was no shortage among the bands of the English new wave. From the Smiths' hypnotic classic "How Soon Is Now?" to the fatalistic throb of New Order's "Blue Monday," THE WEDDING SINGER consciously avoids the light-hearted fluff for which the eighties are too often remembered. This noble purpose is helped along by the haunting "Love My Way" by The Psychedelic Furs and Billy Idol's amusingly macho "White Wedding."
It's not all pouting and running eyeliner, however. In fact, the album opens with a modern re-working of the Buggles' classic "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Presidents Of The United States Of America which is somehow even quirkier than the original. Also included are "Somebody Kill Me," an 80's-style send-up by the film's star, Adam Sandler, and a very bizarre version of "Rapper's Delight," sung by actress Ellen Dow.

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 02/03/1998
Original Release Date : 1998
Catalog ID : 46840
Label : Maverick
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00093624684022

  
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