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1. Stayin' Alive (BEE GEES)2. How Deep is Your Love (BEE GEES) 3. Night Fever (BEE GEES) 4. More Than A Woman (BEE GEES) 5. If I Can't Have You (YVONNE ELLIMANN) 6. A Fifth Of Beethoven (WALTER MURPHY)7. More Than A Woman (TAVARES) 8. Manhattan Skyline (DAVID SHIRE) 9. Calypso Breakdown (RALPH MCDONALD) 10. Night On Disco Mountain (DAVID SHIRE) 11. Open Sesame (KOOL and THE GANG)12. Jive Talkin' (BEE GEES) 13. You Should Be Dancing (BEE GEES) 14. Boogie Shoes (K.C. and THE SUNSHINE BAND)15. Salsation (DAVID SHIRE) 16. K-Jee (M.F.S.B.) 17. Disco Inferno (THE TRAMMPS)
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Soundtrack albums have always been something of a problem - either they stick closely to the movie (as they originally did), presenting a lot of music that makes no sense outside the context of the movie, or (as generally happens now) they gather together a collection of music that has little connection with the movie, except that bits of each song can be heard in the background of the movie. Occasionally, an old style soundtrack (such as West Side Story) had enough great music to sell in huge quantities, but such soundtracks were the exception. The Saturday night fever soundtrack marked the beginning of the shift to a more popular form of soundtrack album, although there are some weak tracks here.
The Bee Gees wrote most of the music for this album and recorded some of it themselves. They gave More than a woman to Tavares although their own version of the song also appears on the album. They gave If I can't have you to Yvonne Elliman although they had already released their own version of the song as the B-side to one of their hits. They also included a couple of their own oldies (Jive talking, You should be dancing) on the soundtrack, but the most important tracks here are the first three tracks - Staying alive, How deep in your love and Night fever - all of which were huge hits around the world although they were bigger hits in America than anywhere else. Of the other tracks, Boogie shoes (KC and the sunshine band), Disco inferno (Trammps) and Open sesame (Kool and the gang) are the best.
Those classic tracks can, of course, be found elsewhere. You would that an appearance on a successful album like this would make stars of the contributors that weren't already stars, but David Shire (for example) disappeared as quickly as he came.
If you only want the best songs, you may prefer to buy them by the individual artists, beginning with a Bee Gees compilation (there are plenty to choose from) but despite some weak tracks, this album is the soundtrack of an era.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"SNF" sold over 35 million copies world-wide. It also garnered seven #1 hits in the USA alone. The Bee Gees also won several Grammys from this for production and vocal arrangement. A unique mix of disco, funk and orchestration, this album (now one CD and newly remastered to perfection) defined a generation and a lasting style of music (albeit with repercussions). If you are still stalling on buying this, consider that it has been remixed and if you ever want to listen to dance songs that actually contain interesting lyrics; this is the one.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By N. O'Brien
Format:Audio CD
If you are looking at the item with the bright blue cover and John Travola character in a white suit, then this CD is not sung by the original artists - I know I bought this and then had to buy the proper one. If you want the original soundtrack by the original artists then buy the CD with the Bee Gees on the cover. Unfortunately Amazon are using the same reviews for both, I did ring and tell them but it hasn't been changed yet. My copy is now at the Cancer Research shop....
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Just what I wanted.
I have been thinking about getting this album for quite a while, so decided to treat myself as it was a good price. Read more
Published 7 days ago by NikkiP
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Am I the only person who didn't have this CD?
What's not to love about this album. The film was iconic. I saw it the year it was released and I can recall exactly how it made me feel at the time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MRS Patricia]]]PATRICK
5.0 out of 5 stars
bought to have on phone
i use the miusic player whilst walking the dog,so was easy to use amazon mp3 app to add to the phone.
Published 2 months ago by grovesy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth it
10 brilliant tracks, 5 pretty good and 2 so so. Good to discover the tracks that I didn't remember from the film
Published 2 months ago by C
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
Brilliant. Best thing for the car when you can't watch the film. Bee Gees at their very best . .
Published 2 months ago by David Lawrence
5.0 out of 5 stars
Saturday Night Fever download
East download at a reasonable price. I just wish all others were thd same price and I would purchase more
Published 3 months ago by John M Leslie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Re-live the film..!
I had forgotten how many time tested tracks were on here.
And...I really enjoyed "hearing" the film all over again..!
And...I really enjoyed "hearing" the film all over again..!
Published 3 months ago by Veronica1951
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy it
If you saw the film you have to have this CD. So danceable and singable too. I think this is the second one I have bought
Published 3 months ago by dorothy
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great pick you up
I love this cd it takes me right back to my teens. It arrived on time started playing it then and haven't stopped.
Published 3 months ago by ali shaw
3.0 out of 5 stars
night fever
ok , but not as good as I remembered. Bee Gees are the best on this album . Buy their greatest hits instead.
Published 3 months ago by katrina
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