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Trainspotting [Soundtrack]

~ Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1996, Trainspotting (Related Recordings)
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  • Audio CD (16 Jun 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000002U3P
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,291 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Tracks and Hits, 7 Jun 2000
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!

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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well, what can I say?, 12 Oct 2000
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! - Born Slippy, you also have Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life", Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as well as Blur, Pulp, Heaven 17 and Brian Eno

Buy it and then play it to death!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Ninties complete on one cd, 4 Jul 2005
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This Album sums up my teenage years everyone I knew had the "train spotting" poster on the bedroom wall! listening to this soundtrack makes memories of oasis very blur, Ibiza being the only place you could possibly go on hols and girl power all flood back . With classic tunes such as perfect day, born slippy and my personal five miles end its a must have for any one who hold this era close to there heart.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Soundtrack Ever
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... Read more
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