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Track Listings
| 1. Lust For Life (1990 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Deep Blue Day |
| 3. Trainspotting |
| 4. Atomic |
| 5. Temptation (7'' Version) |
| 6. Nightclubbing |
| 7. Sing |
| 8. Perfect Day |
| 9. Mile End |
| 10. For What You Dream Of (Full On Renaissance Mix) |
| 11. 2:1 |
| 12. A Final Hit |
| 13. Born Slippy (Nuxx) |
| 14. Closet Romantic |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In the wake of Britpop's messy demise, Trainspotting carved out its own place in the psyche of youth-culture, providing the must-have poster, the must-have soundtrack and the wasted, gaunt allure of heroin chic. The skeletal look falls in and out of fashion and the posters are long faded, but it's the soundtrack that still resonates with the defiance of youthful rebellion. No simple mid-1990s period piece, Trainspotting pitches the cold-turkey pangs of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" and the casual decadance of Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" against more contemporary hymns to inertia; Blur's "Sing" stands its ground, as does the behemoth rumble of Underworld's ubiquitous hedonist's anthemn "Born Slippy". Only a few tracks grate; Sleeper's cover of Blondie's "Atomic" is utterly pointless, and Elastica's "2:1" is unspectacular Britpop fare. Still, that's drugs for you, kids--you've got to take the good times with the bad. --Louis Pattison
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Along with "Pulp Fiction" and "Saturday Night Fever", this is one of the best movie soundtracks of the rock era. It is one of those rare things which embodied the zeitgeist of the mid-nineties pop culture explosion, at least as much as the book and film themselves.
The inclusion of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed gives a gruff (yet very melodic) nod to 70's-excess-heroin-hedonism culture, whose modern (and much less chic) version is portrayed in the book and film. There are latter-day equivalents of this anxious, restless, tragic ennui in Blur's "Sing", Pulp's "Mile End" and Elastica's "2:1", but the revelation on this CD is THE song more than any other which got rockers dancing in the late 20th Century: Underworld's "Born Slippy". Its minimalist, quasi-symphonic ideals (slightly dented by the fact that all the group's other songs revealed themselves to be the son of, grandson of, half-neice once-removed of, the same tune!) are the sonic equivalent of a dip in icy cold water. Its seemingly positive and cathartic vibe is offset by the doubting lyric and unresolved final chord, perfectly reflecting the cynical sham proclamations by Renton that he is going straight from now on in.
The only maddening thing about this album is its exclusion of Heaven 17's "Temptation", but then those nice people at EMI have included it on the sequel soundtrack!
Format:Audio CD
What a great soundtrack. The main track that I bought this CD for is 'Final Hit' by 'Leftfield', but the whole of the CD is really good. Real mixture of tracks. Even if you have not seen the film, the CD is still great.
Format:Audio CD
This is an excellent collection of music and definitely one of the best soundtrack to a movie. If you've seen the film `Trainspotting' then you've probably already got this, if you haven't then get it. The album has some superb dance tracks in there mixed with some classic songs from Iggy Pop and Lou Reed as well as a few Britpop contributions. This is certainly the better of the two soundtracks, but the other is also worth a listen. I love this album.
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The Ninties complete on one cd
This Album sums up my teenage years everyone I knew had the "train spotting" poster on the bedroom wall! Read more
Published on 4 July 2005
Well, what can I say?
This soundtrack was THE soundtrack of the 90's and if you don't own it yet then you should. As well as containing the best song EVER! Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2000 by laura mary richards
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