Original Soundtrack - Pretty in Pink

Artist:

Original Soundtrack

UPC:

075021329324

Description:

Personnel: Joe Jackson (piano).
Audio Remixer: Mark Opitz.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Danny Hutton; David Anderle; Echo & the Bunnymen; INXS; Jesse Johnson; New Order ; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ; Suzanne Vega; The Psychedelic Furs; The Smiths; Belouis Some.
As the auteur of post-punk suburban adolescence, director John Hughes appropriately enhanced his `80s movies with relatively harmless new wave soundtracks. Where earlier films like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles included the occasional Wang Chung or Simple Minds track, though, 1986`s Pretty in Pink boasted a full lineup of "rock of the `80s" highlights. Foremost, of course, is the Psychedelic Furs` breakout remake of their 1981 college radio favorite "Pretty in Pink"; while it pales in relation to the raw and electric original, this new version still holds up even with some added horns and a general glossing over of the once hard-driving guitar and drum parts. Even better are tracks by OMD ("If You Leave"), Echo & the Bunnymen ("Bring on the Dancing Horses"), and the Smiths ("Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"). These era-defining sides certainly help make lukewarm additions like New Order`s "Shell-Shock," INXS` "Do Wot You Do," and Belouis Some`s "Round, Round" easy to get through. And for more marginal new wave fare, there`s Jesse Johnson`s Prince-inspired "Get to Know Ya" and Danny Hutton`s pop/rocker "Wouldn`t It Be Good." Topped off by Suzanne Vega`s respectable reworking of her hit "Left of Center," Pretty in Pink qualifies as one of the more relevant youth culture soundtracks. ~ Stephen Cook

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. If You Leave
2. Left of Center
3. Get to Know Ya
4. Do Wot You Do
5. Pretty in Pink
6. Shellshock
7. Round, Round
8. Wouldn`t It Be Good
9. Bring on the Dancing Horses
10. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Album Information

Release Date:

10/25/1990

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

New Wave

Label:

A&M (USA)

Producer:

J. Johnson; Chris Thomas; Charles Harrowell; Jesse Johnson; John Porter; John Robie; Laurie Latham; Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark; Richard Polodor; Arthur Baker; Steve Addabbo; The Psychedelic Furs; Tom Lord-Alge; Bernard Edwards

Catalog Number:

75021-3293-2

Original Release Year:

1986

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

39 : 13

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