The singles soundtrack reissue
Alongside new songs like Alice In Chains' "Would?" and Pearl Jam's "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust" stood the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "May This Be Love" and a breathtaking cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Battle of Evermore" performed by The Lovemongers (a musical side project created by Heart's Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson). The film became a cult classic while the soundtrack achieved RIAA double platinum status in the US.Ī romantic comedy capturing the zeitgeist of an era, "Singles" helped define the look, sound, attitude and style of Generation X with a fresh-faced ensemble cast featuring Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, Sheila Kelly, Jim True-Frost, James LeGros, Ally Walker, Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Tim Burton and more.Ĭrowe's groundbreaking film chronicling the lives of Seattle's twentysomethings touched a nerve in the culture while the movie's best-selling soundtrack - with tracks from new artists and classic rockers - provided a critical overview of the roots of grunge and the essential contributions of Seattle rock. Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack-Deluxe Edition.
Set in Seattle at the beginning of the 1990s, Crowe's film featured music by relatively obscure (at that time) bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden, providing an introduction to an emerging grunge rock music scene for a welcoming mainstream audience. Produced by Nigel Godrich, the 2001 chart-topping long-player was an enormous success and features the singles ‘Sing’ (which reached number three in the UK singles charts), ‘Side’ and ‘Flowers in the Window’. The new Epic Soundtrax/Legacy Recordings edition of the Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack-Deluxe Edition includes liner notes - and a track-by-track description of the album's music - written for especially for this collection by Cameron Crowe, the screenwriter and director of "Singles." The newly expanded edition of the film's soundtrack is produced by Danny Bramson and Cameron Crowe and mastered by Mike Piacentini at Battery Studios, New York. This December, Travis will reissue their third album, The Invisible Band, to mark the 20th anniversary of the original release. The expanded edition of the Singles soundtrack includes, for the first time on CD, "Touch Me I'm Dick," the signature track from "Singles" performed by Citizen Dick (a fictional band created for the film featuring frontman Matt Dillon backed by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament). From deep jazz spiritualism to big dumb rock, Summer 2021 has been chockfull of archival releases of old favorites, obscure discoveries and newly unearthed. The success of Singles helped establish a then-emerging new generation of rock artists - including 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden - as musical forces to be reckoned with. Op de bonusdisc staat ook een nummer van Citizen Dick, de fictieve band die in de film is te zien en naast acteur Matt Dillon als zanger wordt aangevuld met gitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament en ‘drummer’ Eddie Vedder van Pearl Jam.The newly released bonus CD (included in both the 2LP and 2CD deluxe editions of the Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack-Deluxe Edition album) features previously unreleased recordings by Chris Cornell, Mike McCready, Mudhoney, and Paul Westerberg in addition to rarities such as Cornell's 1992 EP Poncier (debuting an early rendition of "Spoonman") and tracks from the film not included on the best-selling soundtrack album first released on June 30, 1992.
Meer nummers van hem, waaronder twee die niet eerder zijn uitgebracht, zijn te vinden op de bonusdisc die bij de deluxe editie van de reissue wordt geleverd.
Hoogtepunt is het akoestische nummer Seasons van de op overleden zanger Chris Cornell. Ook de Smashing Pumpkins, Jimi Hendrix en The Lovemongers (zijproject van Heart-zangeressen Ann en Nancy Wilson) zijn op de soundtrack te horen.
Met bands als Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden en Alice in Chains geeft het album een mooie weergave van de grungescene van Seattle begin jaren negentig. Met o.a Pearl Jam, Soundgarden en Alice in Chains!Īl voor het verschijnen van de film Singles in 1992 was de bijbehorende soundtrack een groot succes. The new Epic Soundtrax/Legacy Recordings edition of the 'Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Deluxe Edition' includes liner notes and a track-by-track description of the albums music written for especially for this collection by Cameron Crowe, the screenwriter and director of 'Singles'.