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| 1. America - Simon & Garfunkel |
| 2. Sparks - The Who |
| 3. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren |
| 4. I've Seen All Good People:Your Move - Yes |
| 5. Feel Flows - The Beach Boys |
| 6. Fever Dog - Stillwater |
| 7. Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart |
| 8. Mr. Farmer - The Seeds |
| 9. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band |
| 10. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 11. That's The Way - Led Zeppelin |
| 12. Tiny Dancer - Elton John |
| 13. Lucky Trumble - Nancy Wilson |
| 14. I'm Waiting For The Man - David Bowie |
| 15. The Wind - Cat Stevens |
| 16. Slip Away - Clarence Carter |
| 17. Something In The Air - " - Thunderclap Newman |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The film Almost Famous is set in 1973, a time when rock and roll was about to evolve into a lumbering, arena-conquering dinosaur. Director Cameron Crowe--who was himself a teenage rock journalist for Rolling Stone magazine--has applied his own first-hand knowledge of the 1970s rock scene and co-produced a soundtrack that neatly encapsulates an era in rock and roll history. Contributions from Simon and Garfunkel ("America") and the Beach Boys ("Feel Flows") nod to a gentler musical scene on its way out, while tracks by Lynyrd Skynyrd ("Simple Man"), the Allman Brothers Band ("One Way Out") and Led Zeppelin ("That's The Way") indicate the shape of rock to come. Meanwhile, David Bowie's version of "I'm Waiting for the Man" hints at the glam scene lurking just around the corner, and Clarence Thomas's "Slip Away" provides an example of perfect 1970s soul. Even Almost Famous's fictitious house band, Stillwater, contribute a track: the nicely retro, guitar-rocking "Fever Dog". --Robert Burrow
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I loved this movie when I first watched it so I went out and bought it. My old father commented: 'why arent the guys in the movie wearing flares? Everyone did.' Anyway, i love Lynyrd Skynrd, Simple Man, I always have it blasting it out of my stereo. The guitar playing is so good. Secondly, like everyone else, I love Elton John's Tiny Dancer, it is great. I say, we ought to welcome rocknroll back. This cd conjures up a great image of how I imagine the 70's were like.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Great soundtrack cd to an excellent film. I thoroughly recommend it.
To answer the question. Pete Droge is the name of the singer/guitarist, Elaine Summers is the woman's name. Droge formed a group with U.S. singer-songwriters and guitarists Shawn Mullins and Matthew Sweet in 2003 under the name The Thorns and they released an album called -- The Thorns.
Director Cameron Crowe said the 'Small-Time Blues' performance was a tribute to Gram Parsons who died later in the year that the film is set, 1973. I guess Ms. Summers is meant to be Emmylou Harris.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am a big fan of the film "Almost Famous", and find no difficulty in watching it over and over again, not least because of the music in it. This soundtrack captures most of the great songs that are heard in the film (Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man", Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", Cat Stevens' "The Wind" and "America" by Simon and Garfunkel to name but a few), but I was disappointed at the omission of "Tangerine" and "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin, and "Voodoo Chile" by Jimi Hendrix. These songs seem to have been dispensed with and as a result we have to listen to the eternally annoying Rod Stewart and David Bowie. More Stillwater songs wouldn't have gone amiss either, namely "Love Thing" (The one that the band are playing on stage in the film when the guitarist gets electrocuted) and "Hour of Need" (really cool guitar solo), although "Fever Dog" is a welcome inclusion on the soundtrack.
On the whole this is a good CD, but if you're expecting to hear on it every song that you hear in the film you may be disappointed!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Amazing songs
This is just a great album - an amazing variety of songs and it includes one of my favourite tracks, Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer'. It's a great one to listen to in the car!
Published 8 months ago by Ms. S. Carroll
Good, but a little dissapointing
Music taste is certainly very personal, and this soundtrack is definitely a very personal CD too. For me, stand-out tracks were certainly those by the likes of Simon & Garfunkel,... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2005 by E. B. Q. Macrae
Almost Famous Soundtrack
An awesome album! However, its about time a collectors edition was released containing the missing tracks. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2004 by "jimmyf0x"
Lack of Titles
I absolutely love the movie Almost Famous and it is one of my favourite movies of all time. I particularly enjoyed the music in the movie and i couldn't wait to buy the soundtrack. Read more
Published on 10 May 2004 by Naomi Preston
The Classic Rock Era revisited
This soundtrack simply brings the whole '70s rock scene back to life, and easily conjures up the bitter-sweet atmosphere of the movie. Read more
Published on 20 April 2003
Wow!
I love this CD, I've only listened to it twice so far and I'm already addicted to 'America' by Simon and Garfunkel, and 'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2001
Ups and downs
Not like me to buy a cd the moment it comes out! But I enjoyed the film so much I couldn't resist. Despite the lack of songs I recognised, I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2001
Relive the era that you never lived
This soundtrack will take you back to an era between the hippies and the yuppies. The Twenty-something generation just caught the tail end of a music era that we never really... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2000 by slschmidt13@yahoo.com
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