Various Artists - CBGB (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Music & Performance - CD

The soundtrack to CBGB features songs from bands such as Talking Heads, New York Dolls, Television, Wayne / Jayne County, Joey Ramone, Blondie, the Stooges and more.

Like 54 before it, the 2013 film CBGB attempts to recapture a magical era and winds up producing mixed reviews and a soundtrack that is pretty killer. Licensing restrictions slightly hamper Omnivore's 20-song soundtrack -- Joey Ramone might be here but not the Ramones; there is a new version of "Sunday Girl" from Blondie but nothing from the original band -- but ultimately these are hiccups in a collection that captures the volatile, sleazy menace of the early days of American punk. Part of the reason the soundtrack is so successful is that it doesn't stick to the sound of either 1975 or 1977. The MC5 and the Stooges are grandfathered in, as are the Velvet Underground (here with the exceptionally groovy "I Can't Stand It"), but so are the Count Five ("Psychotic Reaction" being one of the first fuzzy blasts of punk defiance) and the Flamin' Groovies (whose sludgy "Slow Death" sounds as dangerous as the New York Dolls), thereby burying a history lesson amidst the cataclysmic art of Richard Hell, Television, and Talking Heads. Certainly, there is dark menace lurking at the edges here -- it's there in the Dead Boys' careening "Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth" and in Johnny Thunders' sneer -- but the thing that distinguishes the CBGB soundtrack is that it's just a whole lot of fun. It's a raw, raucous rock & roll blast from the past that feels as if it exists in the present. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Performer	Original Soundtrack
Music genre	Soundtracks
Music subgenre	Original Soundtrack
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2020
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Various Artists - CBGB (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [COMPACT DISCS]
Track listing	Life During Wartime (Talking Heads), Kick Out the Jams - Uncensored Version (MC5), Chatterbox (New York Dolls), Careful (Television), Blank Generation (Richard Hell & the Voidoids), Slow Death (Flamin' Groovies), I Can't Stand It (The Velvet Underground), Out of Control (Wayne County & the Electric Chairs), Psychotic Reaction (The Count Five), All for the Love of Rock N Roll (Tuff Darts), All By Myself (Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers), California Sun - Original Demo (The Dictators), Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth (Dead Boys), I Got Knocked Down But I'll Get Up (Joey Ramone), Get Outa My Way (The Laughing Dogs), Sunday Girl - 2013 Version (Blondie), I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges), Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys), Roxanne (The Police), Birds and the Bees (Hilly Kristal
Record label	Omnivore Recordings
Track name	Life During Wartime, Kick Out the Jams, Chatterbox, Careful, Blank Generation, Slow Death, I Can't Stand It, Out of Control, Psychotic Reaction, All for the Love of Rock 'n' Roll, All By Myself, California Sun, Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth, I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up), Get Outta My Way, Sunday Girl, I Wanna Be Your Dog, Sonic Reducer, Roxanne, Birds And The Bees
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N