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(37 customer reviews) 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great Soundtrack, but you need both...,
April 21, 2001 "naomiii" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
There were so many great songs in Boogie Nights, and only 13 of them made it onto the original soundtrack. You really need this one PLUS the Boogie Nights #2 CD (which is just as good, if not better) in order to get all of them. However, this one probably has the songs most essential to the movie (including Mark Wahlberg singing that horrible, horrible yet funny song, Feel The Heat). My favorites are Best of My Love (The Emotions), Brand New Key (Melanie) -- it's hilarious, Spill the Wine (Eric Burdon), Sister Christian (Night Ranger), Machine Gun (The Commodores), the classic Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (McFadden & Whitehead), Livin' Thing (Elo) and God Only Knows (The Beach Boys). If you like this one, I'd definitely recommend buying the Boogie Nights #2 CD as well.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Any CD with "Magnet and Steel" has to be 5 stars,
September 26, 2002 Drew Hunkins (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
From the greatest film of the last ten years comes a superlative soundtrack that's extremely infectious. Not only are fantastic disco and R&B tracks included but a good chunk of late 70s and early 80s rock is added to give it a fantastic touch. Paul Thomas Anderson obviously knew what he was doing when he hired the guy to put together the musical score.
Arguably one of the finest pop songs of the 1970s, Walter Egan's "Magnet and Steel", stands out and is surely the centerpiece of the album. If you enjoyed the masterpiece that was the film then you'll most likely become addicted to this CD. It now holds the record for the longest running CD my car's stereo has ever held; it hasn't seen its casing in months.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
i want a brand new pair of retro tunes!,
August 17, 2002 "3717" (Vancouver) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
a grreat disc. one of my favourites. an excellent compilation. gems like brand new key and the bonus mark wahlberg tune "the touch"...from the Transformers movie!! also some old disco/funk mixed in of course. magnet and steel is kind of lame, but I learned to love it. in modern times where everything is so cynical..listening to this disc brings back some cheezy tunes that makes it okay.
