November 11, 2026

Various Artists - Wild At Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hard Rock, Pop, Lounge, Film Score
Label Number: 845 098-2
 
© 1990 Polydor
After the widespread adulation over both Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks, it was clear that the soundtrack to David Lynch's ironic and brutal interpretation of the road movie wasn't going to nestle quite as snugly into the arms of popular consciousness. Classical orchestrations, duck-tailed rock & roll, and billowing Man From Another Place jazz latched onto one another with accommodating schizophrenia, lending an edge of a parasitical experience to this dark, very funny film. Take Powermad with their pinwheel-arm speed metal or Nicolas Cage crooning through a startling, charming "Love Me Tender." As impressive as it is divisive, probably the only way to score a film that includes a distressed girl trying to hold her brains in as she talks about missing pockets.
 
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Various Artists - Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1989)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Hardcore
Label Number: 7 72381-2
 
© 1989 Medusa Records
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Various Artists - American Beauty: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1999)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Film Score, Pop Rock, Pop Rock
Label Number: 0044-50210-2
 
© 1999 DreamWorks
The soundtrack to Sam Mendes' American Beauty features the opening and closing themes from Thomas Newman's score, as well as a mix of classic and cutting-edge rock, pop, and soul. Bobby Darin's "Don't Rain on My Parade," Betty Carter's "Open the Door," and Peggy Lee's "Bali Ha'i" add to the film's conventional, suburban setting, while Free's "All Right Now," the Who's "The Seeker," and the Folk Implosion's "Free to Go" suggest the turbulence lying just under the surface. The soundtrack also includes a previously unreleased version of the Beatles' "Because" by Elliot Smith. 
 
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Various Artists - Career Opportunities: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Rock, Pop Rock, Pop, Film Score
Label Number: D2-77449
 
© 1991 Curb Records
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Various Artists - The Crow: Salvation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2000)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Post Grunge, Industrial, Electronic, Trip-Hop, Indie Rock
Label Number: KOC-CD-8070
 
© 2000 Koch Records
The original soundtrack to The Crow: Salvation collects dark and aggressive electronica, hip-hop, alt-rock and alt-metal from artists like Sin, Days of the New, and the Infidels. Rob Zombie's "Portrait of a Living Dead Girl (Naked Exorcism Mix)," Kid Rock's "Warm Winter," Static X's "Burning Inside," Filter's "Best Things," and Pitchshifter's "Everything Sucks (Again)" set the album's in-your-face tone, while Hole's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," the Crystal Method's "Now Is the Time (The Crystal Method Millennium Mix)," and Tricky's "Antihistamine (Forgotten by the World Mix)" provide a more atmospheric variation on the soundtrack's themes of brooding and revenge. Tracks by New American Shame, the Flys, Danzig, and Monster Magnet round out this intense collection of film music. 
 
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October 28, 2026

Various Artists - Just Friends (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2005)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, R&B, Film Score
Label Number: NLR39054
 
© 2005 New Line Records
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Various Artists - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2005)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Pop
Label Number: LKS 33827
 
© 2005 Lakeshore Records
 Somewhat predictably for a movie about a pair of married assassins assigned to kill each other, Mr. & Mrs. Smith's soundtrack features a collection of tongue-in-cheek love/hate songs and heavy doses of irony. Though its concept might be a little too on-the-nose, the album's execution -- so to speak -- is actually pretty skillful and entertaining. Some of the song choices, like Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," are more than a little pat, and the frequent nods to cheesy '80s and early-'90s pop (Alana D's "Baby, Baby," Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All") don't always work, but there are plenty of other quirkier, more effective moments. Mr. & Mrs. Smith's covers work especially well, spanning Magnet and Gemma Hayes' languid, relatively faithful version of "Lay Lady Lay" to Atreyu's snarling, over the top makeover of "You Give Love a Bad Name." Though it's much quieter, Nouvelle Vague's bossa nova twist on "I'll Melt With You" is just as irreverent as Atreyu's metal theatrics; meanwhile, 8mm's "Nobody Does It Better" and Stine J.'s "You Are My Sunshine" are just downright pretty. An exotic streak runs through Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros' "Mondo Bongo" and John Powell's dashing "Assassin's Tango," and more kitschily on Pink Martini's swellegant "Let's Never Stop Falling in Love." No, it's not perfect, but Mr. & Mrs. Smith ends up being more interesting and satisfying than your average summer blockbuster soundtrack, and manages the not so easy feat of appealing to music snobs as well as casual moviegoers/listeners. 
 
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Various Artists - Vampires Suck: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre:Pop, Pop Rock, Electronic, Indie Rock
Label Number: LKS341882
 
© 2010 Lakeshore Records
The soundtrack for Vampire’s Suck, a 2010 spoof of vampire films (specifically the Twilight series) from the makers of the 300 spoof Meet the Spartans) is (believe it or not) a spoof. The collection shows promise early on, with opener “My Panties” (credited to Magicwandos, one of dozen fictional bands). Using Radiohead's “Optimistic” as its foundation and lyrics like “I feel so lonely/nobody gets me/I am so unhappy”, it appropriately reduces the emo/goth-metal/sad jams that populate most modern, supernatural beings-meets-teen angst films to the empty cries for help they really are, but what follows sounds more like a drunken, weekend, garageband project with a little money behind it. 
 
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Various Artists - Chasing Mavericks (Music From The Motion Picture) (2012)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Post Grunge, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Label Number: RMG1041-1
 
© 2012 Relativity Music Group
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Twisted Sister - Come Out & Play (1985)

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*U.S. first pressing. 
Contains 11 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hard Rock
Label Number: 7 81275-2
 
© 1985 Atlantic
Twisted Sister were left in a strange position after the massive breakthrough success of their 1984 album, Stay Hungry. While the album contained more of a pop edge than their more raw preceding albums (Under the Blade and You Can't Stop Rock n' Roll), the heavy metal masses worldwide still embraced the album, as did the the lucrative MTV/pop audience. So for its follow-up, the band was faced with a question: whether to continue in a more pop-oriented direction or return to its early heavy metal. As the resulting album, 1985's Come Out and Play, proved, the band pursued a little bit of both. Behind the boards was Scorpions/Accept producer Dieter Dierks, and the compositions alternated between the ambitious (the title track), obvious ready-for-radio tracks (a cover of "Leader of the Pack," "Be Chrool to Your Scuel"), and songs custom-made for headbangers ("The Fire Still Burns," "Kill or Be Killed"). The aforementioned "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" contained such musical guests as Alice Cooper, Billy Joel, Clarence Clemons, and Brian Setzer, for which a humorous video was filmed, and ultimately banned by MTV. And although the album was certified gold shortly after its release, it soon slid from sight -- eventually leading to Twisted Sister's demise a few years later. When originally released on Atlantic, the cassette version of Come Out and Play included a bonus track, "King of the Fools," which was included on the Spitfire Records CD reissue in 1999. Strangely, the 1999 CD contained very muffled sonics. 
 
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Various Artists - Notting Hill (Music From The Motion Picture) (1999)

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*Argentine pressing. 
Contains 13 tracks total with 
an alternate track listing and album cover.
 
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: R&B, Pop, Pop Rock, Film Score
Label Number: 546 427-2
 
© 1999 Island Records
The soundtrack to the Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant romantic comedy Notting Hill is every bit as consciously classy as the film it supports. If it isn't as ingratiating, that's because it's significantly harder to offer a twist on a formula soundtrack album than on a formula movie. With a film, little details, supporting characters, and subtle, interesting visuals give the movie identity within a formula. Unfortunately, a soundtrack remains a collection of oldies, newer songs, and score excerpts, no matter how much you shake it up, and that's the case here. Much of this is quite enjoyable -- it's hard to go wrong with such pop classics as Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," Al Green's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," and Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" providing the foundation. If the newer songs aren't quite up to par -- Elvis Costello's "She" is nearly as appealingly lush as his Bacharach collaboration, but his quavering vibrato undercuts it somewhat, and sadly, Boyzone's "No Matter What" is not a Badfinger cover -- they're all still pretty good, especially 98 Degrees' "I Do (Cherish You)" and Shania Twain's "You've Got a Way," which is presented in a nice remix. If the score excerpts don't add much, it's OK, because that's usually the case with these kinds of soundtracks. What counts is the mix of oldies and new songs, and this time around, it's pretty enjoyable, even if it doesn't have the charming character of the film itself. 
 
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Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2009)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Pop Rock, Pop
Label Number: 519421-2
 
© 2009 Summit ENT/Chop Shop/Atlantic
After Twilight became a world-wide hit, the film series based on Stephenie Meyer's series of vampire romance books got a major upgrade. More time, effort, and money were poured into the second film, New Moon, and nowhere is this clearer than the film's soundtrack. New Moon's music is darker, more sophisticated, and much more indie-friendly than its predecessor's soundtrack, and features more of the artists Meyer credits for inspiring her writing. One is Muse, whose "I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)" is so dramatic that it's easy to hear how the band inspired Meyer's angst-filled love triangle between the clumsy yet somehow irresistible Bella Swan, her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen and her best friend (and werewolf) Jacob Black. Meyer also cites Radiohead as a big influence, and Thom Yorke's previously unreleased "Hearing Damage" is New Moon's main attraction. Drifting in on buzzing synth bass, the song builds to luminous, ghostly heights that make it one of the album's highlights. However, it's not the only one: Death Cab for Cutie's "Meet Me on the Equinox" is more brooding and rock-tinged than the band's usual approach, but it fits in beautifully with New Moon's sullen mood, while the close harmonies and piano on the Killers' "White Demon Love Song" inject some much-needed drama. Indeed, despite the fact that this soundtrack is more musically satisfying, and certainly more star-studded than the first film's, Twilight felt more like the world Meyer created in her books -- melodramatic, earnest, definitely not reeking of indie rock cool. Even if nothing here nails that vibe the way that Paramore's "Decode" did, Lykke Li's "Possibility" and Anya Marina's "Satellite Heart" still offer winsome indie folk backgrounds for Bella's moping. Despite a few upbeat moments that stick out like a thumb that isn't sore, songs like Grizzly Bear and Victoria Legrand's "Slow Life," Editors' "No Sound But the Wind," and Bon Iver and St. Vincent's lovely, truly odd "Roslyn" are morose enough for die-hard Twilight fans and stylish enough to please the most discerning music snobs.
 
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October 25, 2026

Various Artists - Only For The Real DJ: A Premier Selection of Hip-Hop Inspired By The Boom Bap Sound (2005)

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*This is a digital download purchased from Qoboz. 
The files have been sorted for convenience. 
Contains 12 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label Number: None
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© 2005 Administered Recordings
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Heart - Private Audition (1982)

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*U.S. first pressing. 
Contains 11 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Pop Rock, Hard Rock
Label Number: EK 38049
 
© 1982-1986 Epic
Private Audition starts tough with "City's Burnin'," possibly the band's most underrated song, but it's dragged down by the trite songwriting that follows. The introspective "Bright Light Girl" is reminiscent of "Dreamboat Annie," but it lacks the sweet spontaneity that made the latter so successful. "Perfect Stranger" foreshadows the band's mid-'80s transformation from Zeppelin-esque hard rockers to power balladeers. The fact that Heart's success is divided cleanly between the two styles makes this transitional album fall all too forgettable in the middle. 
 
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Ginuwine - I Apologize (2007)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: R&B
Label Number: SIC-CD-21
 
© 2007 Siccness.net
 By the time I Apologize hit the shelves in 2007, Ginuwine had been working the R&B loverman vibe for over ten years. The artist's 2000s albums don't have the cutting edge that his mid-'90s work with Timbaland possessed, but they continue to impress, offering up a silky-smooth brew of contemporary production, pulsing beats, and the artist's knee-weakening croon. The title track, one of the album's highlights, gets things rolling with its moderate, bouncing groove, one of a handful of satisfying, head-nodding tracks. But Ginuwine is at his best on ballads like "Better Days," a song that not only showcases his vocal dexterity, but swells with an inspirational fervor that tips its hat to gospel. Ginuwine's mix of old-school R&B with a hip-hop flavored sensibility has always appealed; I Apologize is another fine example of its charm.
 
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Ginuwine - Elgin (2011)

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Country: U.S.A
Genre: R&B
Label Number: NOT003
 
© 2011 Notifi
Due to the leak of an unauthorized video, “Batteries” gained a fair amount of exposure prior to the release of Ginuwine’s seventh proper album, and the song -- an innocuous club track with content like “Shawty over there moving like a stripper” and “Beat it like a triple-X star” -- is thankfully an outlier on the set. While “Batteries” and a handful of other tracks would be better suited for younger singers, roughly half the album has Ginuwine acting his age, dealing with adult situations. “Heaven” and “What Could Have Been” radiate romance and regret with deep sincerity. Best of all is “Frozen”; audible shivering sounds overstate the mood projected by a scorned object of affection, but frost-coated synthesizers provide great contrast to Ginuwine’s sympathetic pleading. 

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Slipknot - The End, So Far (2022)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Alternative Metal
Label Number: 075678637803
 
© 2022 Roadrunner Records
The follow-up to 2019's commanding We Are Not Your Kind (the veteran band's third consecutive number one album), The End, So Far lacks some of its predecessor's potency. However, it makes up for it with sheer grit and a handful of surprising deviations, most notably on the idiosyncratic opening cut. "Adderall" may sound like an algorithm-generated Slipknot title, but the song itself contains multitudes, pairing cascading piano and clean vocals with a melody that has more in common with The Bends-era Radiohead than it does the crushing discord of Iowa or All Hope Is Gone. Elsewhere, the beefy "De Sade" adds might to that melodicism, proving that both predilections can coexist in the crucible of contemporary metal, while the epic "Finale" (again, with the on-the-nose titles) tempers its brawn with billowing strings and a full choir. Fans put off by these forays into melodic alt-rock will be far better served by "The Dying Song (Time to Sing)," "The Chapeltown Rag," and "Yen." All three cuts hew closer to the frenetic pace and mosh-pit-inducing beatdowns that have long served as Slipknot's sonic foundation. Still, it's refreshing to hear a group tinker with their formula and even more encouraging when it seems to be out of curiosity rather than desperation. Slipknot have sat atop the commercial metal food chain for over two decades and have more than enough equity to swing for the fences artistically. The End, So Far may not be a home run, but it proves that the band are still in it to win it, even if they're playing the long game. 
 
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October 21, 2026

2 Unlimited - No Limits! (1993)

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*Japanese first pressing. 
Contains 16 tracks total.
Country: Belgium
Language: English 
Genre: Euro House
Label Number: PHCR-1195
 
© 1993 Mercury
It's got a couple of hits, namely "No Limit" and "Let the Beat Control Your Body," but there's not much else to recommend the second 2 Unlimited LP. 
 
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2 Unlimited - Greatest Hits Remixes (2001)

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Country: Belgium
Language: English 
Genre: Euro House
Label Number: TOCP-64095
 
© 2001 Byte/Intercord Japan
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Quicksand - Slip (1993)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Post Hardcore
Label Number: 314 517 685-2
 
© 1993 Polydor
Quicksand forge out a dense, metallic grind that sounds like a more streamlined version of Fugazi. The band's debut, Slip, relies more on metal than punk, but that makes the music all the more effective -- the group's attempts at punky fury simply aren't as strong as their brutal, gut-level heavy riff-rockers. Vocalist Walter Schreifels spews out enough angst-ridden lyrics, but what is important is how his voice fits into the dense wall of sound. Quicksand's music is about powerful anger, and the persistent, bludgeoning Slip delivers the goods.
 
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Quicksand - Manic Compression (1995)

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Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Post Hardcore
Label Number: 314-526 564-2
 
© 1995 Island Records
Quicksand's heavy metal is distinguished not by the band's hooks but by its precision -- they grind their riffs into the ground, never alleviating their intensity. Manic Compression isn't as murky as Quicksand's major-label debut and it contains tighter, better-constructed songs, all of which makes the band's deliberate lack of melody excusable. Then again, the point isn't melody -- Quicksand is about sheer sound, in all of its distorted glory. If you like that sound, the album delivers the goods. 
 
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October 07, 2026

Various Artists - You're No Big Deal (Grunge, The U.S. Underground & Beyond 1984-1994) (2025)

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*This is a 4 disc set released in 2025 
by Cherry Red Records.
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Grunge, Punk Rock
Label Number: CRCD4BOX199
              *****   
 
© 2025 Cherry Red
The grunge explosion that took over the world in the early '90s exists in iceberg form, with ubiquitously popular bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and Pearl Jam as the most visible examples of the sound. As with any iceberg, these bands are just what's most apparent sitting atop a mass of other active and influential but less immediately traceable players. You're No Big Deal explores the grunge iceberg extensively, collecting over 80 tracks of heavy, ragged, and righteous noise recorded between 1984 and 1994 by some of the most- and least-known acts in and around the grunge movement. The tracks here were curated with help from Mark Arm, whose late-‘80s band Green River starts things off with the crude and metallic “Come On Down.” Songs from Green River, the Melvins, feedtime, Cop Shoot Cop, and other sludgy, high-volume bands serve as a reminder of how so much of grunge mutated from the then-dominant metal scene. You’re No Big Deal is wide-ranging in its exploration, representing the punk element that informed grunge’s rebellious spirit with songs from Poison Idea, Hüsker Dü, and Scream, as well as including examples of the Pacific Northwest’s specific take on garage rock with tunes from Dead Moon, Girl Trouble, and Calamity Jane. The artists here aren’t limited to Seattle and the surrounding areas, but the strange chain reactions that made grunge possible are easiest to hear on songs from Seattle groups like Mother Love Bone or in the noisy, pre-fame Soundgarden tracks included here, “Hunted Down” and “Flower.” Grunge happened alongside waves of other underground developments happening concurrently, and the psychedelic country-rock of the Meat Puppets, moody Replacements song “The Ledge,” hypercharged pop from Superchunk, and guitar-pummeling blasts from Dinosaur Jr. and the Pixies all nod to how grunge’s angsty shadow was looming over college rock and giving way to alternative groups like Stone Temple Pilots, Toadies, and Luscious Jackson. It’s a comprehensive and multi-tiered exploration of not just the grunge iceberg but also the less aggressive subdivisions of uncompromising guitar rock that cropped up as a result of grunge shifting the culture. 
 
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