Almost Famous
![]() | By Various Artists - Soundtracks Dreamworks, 2000, Audio CD Customer Rating: 170 reviews Recommend |
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Writer-director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Say Anything, Singles) was a teenager when Rolling Stone magazine sent him out to write cover stories in the 1970s. Nearly 30 years later, Crowe tells the tale in satisfying fashion and extensive detail with Almost Famous, accompanied by a soundtrack that accurately reflects the time of his trial by fire. Led Zeppelin have never before licensed a performance to a soundtrack, so "That's the Way" earns the distinction. A live version of Lou Reed's "Waiting for the Man" performed by David Bowie in 1972 typifies the emerging underground glam movement. Classic rock from Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and Yes fill things out. Cat Stevens's "The Wind" is rescued from the Timberland commercial. Nancy Wilson of Heart contributes the original score (one track, "Lucky Trumble," featured here) and a track by the fictitious hard-rock band Stillwater, whose "Fever Dog" sounds like a lost track from the hard-rock-guitar wars of the 1970s. Add in tracks by garage-rock faves the Seeds, soul strutter Clarence Carter, and Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band and you've got an expansive collection of tunes to sift through. More than 50 songs are featured in the film. Next question: when's volume 2? — Rob O'Connor
- America - Simon and Garfunkel
- Sparks - The Who
- It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren
- I've Seen All Good People: Your Move - Yes
- Feel Flows - The Beach Boys
- Fever Dog - Stillwater
- Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
- Mr. Farmer - The Seeds
- One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band
- Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
- Tiny Dancer - Elton John
- Lucky Trumble - Nancy Wilson
- I'm Waiting For The Man - David Bowie
- The Wind - Cat Stevens
- Slip Away - Clarence Carter
- Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
Title: Almost Famous
Sales Rank: 3546 in Music
Artist: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Label: Dreamworks, 2000-09-12, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Format: Soundtrack
Item Dimensions: 0.22 pounds
Package Dimensions: 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches, 0.18 pounds
- a blast back in tohe times
- We really enhoyed this Cd after watching the movie. Lot's of old tunes I hadn't thought about. might have to get a Todd Rundgren CD More reviews
- Where are my lovebeads?
- Too bad not all of the songs from the movie are on the soundtrack.
Still, great music to take you back to a wild time. More reviews
- That '70s music
- I just ran across a clever, funny Watergate movie and its soundtrack: "Dick!". Events of both films happen simultaneously yet the great soundtrack CDs have no crossover. I enjoy them both as aspects of the same moment. More reviews
- Almost Complete
- I guess with the amount of music covered in the movie, it's probably hard to pick definitive tunes for a soundtrack CD. This should have really been a double album. Great in a "mix" on my shuffle mode. More reviews
- Famous AlreadyI love the diversity
- I love the diversity of this CD. I like every song on this disc! Happy listening! More reviews

