Soundtrack

Godawful. So uninspired it's anaerobic. Kept only because of what I assume is a one-off attempt to cash in on a late-in-the-day, missed-a-chance-to-be-a-real-hippie brief flash of an isolated fad (too late to surf or hotrod...).

Product Details

* Audio CD (July 9, 1996)
* Original Release Date: July 9, 1996
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Soundtrack
* Label: Capitol
* Catalog Number: 37190
* ASIN: B000002U3P
* Also Available in: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 29 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,732 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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1. Lust For Life - Iggy Pop Listen Listen
2. Deep Blue Day - Brian Eno
3. Trainspotting - Primal Scream Listen Listen
4. Atomic - Sleeper Listen Listen
5. Temptation - New Order Listen Listen
6. Night Clubbing - Iggy Pop Listen
7. Sing - Blur Listen
8. Perfect Day - Lou Reed Listen
9. Mile End - Pulp Listen
10. For What You Dream Of - Bedrock Listen
11. 2:1 - Elastica Listen
12. A Final Hit - Leftfield Listen
13. Born Slippery - Underworld Listen
14. Closet Romantic - Damon Albarn Listen
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The first of two Trainspotting discs is a prime example of the contemporary rock soundtrack, functioning as a useful keepsake of the 1996 British film smash and as a cohesive, eclectic listen in its own right. Iggy Pop's booming, Bowie-produced 1977 anthem "Lust for Life" sets the boisterously ambivalent mood for a transatlantic, trans-generational cross-section of alt-rock. New Order's seminal 1982 dance hit "Temptation" and Lou Reed's hauntingly bittersweet 1972 tune "Perfect Day" shares space with tracks by such esteemed mid-1990s Brit-popsters as Blur (whose frontman Damon Albarn also contributes a solo number), Pulp, Elastica, and Sleeper. Elsewhere, the album dips into dance rhythms (Underworld, Bedrock featuring KYO) and ambient grooves (Brian Eno Leftfield, and Primal Scream's ten-and-a-half-minute title song) without breaking the spell. --Scott Schinder
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
One of the best soundtracks in modern music, November 6, 2001
Reviewer: Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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I consider the soundtrack to the movie "Trainspotting" one of the most definitive soundtrack in modern music. There is an eclectic mix of artists and bands that ranges from alternative to techno, mixing old songs with new songs. This soundtrack couldn't have started off on a better note than with Iggy Pop's classic "Lust For Life", both a film and commercial favorite. The thunderous beats and Iggy's raw vocals mixes nicely together and makes the listener get up and dance. "Nightclubbing", another Iggy Pop song, is excellent. A bit monotonous at times but I just love how deep Iggy's voice gets on this song. It has a trip hop influence in the song, long before the term trip hop was defined. Sleeper's cover of the Blondie classic "Atomic" is excellent without a doubt. Catchy and darn right fun to listen to. I almost love this version more than the original and I love Blondie's music to death. I think my very personal favorite track off the soundtrack has to be New Order's "Temptation". Elastica's "2:1" is awesome. That is probably my all time favorite Elastica song. It's short and sweet. The timing of the beats in the song and Justine Frischman's vocals is what blows my mind away. And of course there is Underworld's "Born Slippy", the song that put this soundtrack on the map as well as for the band. That song and Leftfield's "A Final Hit" are just classic techno music. What I love most about this cd is how it eclectic it is and that the artists and bands put on the album are/were both established and new. You don't see established artists and new artists on the same album very often. The film industry should use the "Trainspotting" soundtrack as an architect to how soundtracks should be, as art and not another form of crass commercialism.

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Great Intro to Trance & Club Music, March 5, 2002
Reviewer: ADAM STANHOPE - See all my reviews
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I raved quite a bit about the movie and book, so my sister gave me the two Trainspotting soundtracks for Christmas.

The first soundtrack is far superior to the second, in my opinion.

The music in the first album for me maintains a strong emotional bond to the movie.

This album was my first real introduction to Trance music which I have become quite fond of since.

The album also has a neat cover of Blondie's "Rapture." I am also quite fond of the song "Mile End" by Pulp and Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" which is beautiful. show less

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