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EAN: 0077778739722 Format: Import, Soundtrack Label: EMI Int'l Manufacturer: EMI Int'l Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: EMI Int'l Release Date: September 27, 1993 Studio: EMI Int'l Editorial Review: Album Description: Virgin. 1986. Album Details: The Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film by Julien Temple that features a Plethora a Recording Stars, the Most Prominent Being David Bowie Along with Sade, Style Council, Ray Davies (Of the Kinks), Tenpole Tudor, Jerry Dammers (Of the Specials), Gil Evans, Patsy Kensit and More. Produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. Average Rating:
 Rating: - ABSOLUTE COOL !The 1986 film Absolute Beginners is sort of the British/European version of 1984's Streets of Fire(though Beginners was a film-musical fantasy epic about the 1958 British riots)...Both contained characters, themes and elements of rock, rebellion, and 50's noirish movie theatrics, boy meets girl or saves girl...Both films suffered miserable ticket sales and luke warm reviews(if you blinked, they were gone)... Both films contained hot soundtracks that probably did better in sales than their film counterparts. ... Read More Rating: - FABULOUS, FUN, ECCLECTIC MXI'm SO PSYCHED to find this CD available on import. It was one of my favorite cassettes -- so much so that tape is warped and unlistenable by now. I've never found it on CD in the US before. Even better this import contains trakcs not available on the American release, such as Bowie singing "Volare" which you can only hear in the background in the actual film. Some of the songs are pure pop, some are full-out movie musical production numbers. One thing is album isn't is boring. From ... Read More Rating: - Riots, Romance, and Be-Bop in LondonI originally bought this on cassette during my musical heyday. That piece of music only had the first ten songs. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the CD had an extra eight songs, all of them songs I enjoyed from the movie and fretted from their exclusion. David Bowie's title track, played in its full eight minutes glory, is one of his best songs ever, ranking up there with "Space Oddity" and "Life On Mars?" It captures the hope yearned for amid the jungle of broken dreams and teeming nightlife. ... Read More Rating: - Absolute GorgeousFrom the opening number to the closing track, this album is sharp, witty, funny and so full of music, one ends up drunk listening to it all. It's all done in a jazz/pop style with some ska, rock n' roll and Teddy boy thrown in for good measure. Sade does a turn with the sultry "Killer Blow" (arrangement by veteran American jazz arranger Gil Evans) that includes lines that snakes around her vocal and then proceeds to careen like a train running through traffic. Bowie does the title track, a big brassy Evans ... Read More Rating: - '80s Brit-Pop FavoritesI had this on cassette in the mid-'80s. Used to play it in college while getting ready to go out. It's got a very upbeat, hip mood to it. "Having It All" is fantastic female bravado, "Killer Blow" is Sade's best - very dramatic. Bowie's songs are fair. Some of the performers I didn't know I enjoyed, too. Having dug out the cassette and played it recently--it's worn out--I'm going to get it on cd. This one's a keeper. |
