One of the greatest ironies surrounding This Is Spinal Tap is that it's actually better ... more
than many of the recordings it parodies. Songs like "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", "Hell Hole", "Heavy Duty" and even "Stonehenge" are fun, 1980s-style rockers that any closet hair-band fan will enjoy, and "Sex Farm" and "Big Bottom" are hilarious, especially to those same closet fans. There's also the hippie-drippy "Listen to the Flower People" (even funnier if you've seen Rob Reiner's film of the same title), although Michael McKean and Christopher Guest singing "Cry, Cry, Cry All the Way Home" is sadly absent. The CD does lose some of its entertainment value if you haven't seen the film, but its mix of comedy and unabashed pop metal makes it the perfect party album. --Genevieve Williams
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Advantages: You can turn this one all the way up to 11. Disadvantages: Unfortunately this is not a real band.
?In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history?
To accompany the? mockumentry? ?ThisisSpinalTap? the fictional British heavy metal band released this collection of songs from the albums soundtrack as homage to the ?Smell the Glove? album that they were promoting through the film. Due to the album being released as a soundtrack it never really received any great success chart wise and was mainly just purchased by those who, like me are great fans of the film.
Now firstly let me start by saying that if you haven?t seen the film that accompanies this album it is a must watch so get out there and get it (well at least after you?ve read this anyway.)
Like I?ve said the band themselves are completely factious everything from who they are to their previous career which was made up only for the purpose ...
Advantages: Quite funny Disadvantages: Those stupid hair styles annoyed me throughout
So what can I say about ThisisSpinalTap. Well you scum you've broken me I'll first give you an necessary plot summary. Let us begin
The film is a spoof documentary following a ficticious rock band around on their American Tour. The band are failing after having early success and there is a lot of friction between the guitarist and the frontman's girlfriend. (Alot of Yoko Ono allusions made)
The film is a satirical look at all the crapy 80s rockbands Guns'n'Roses etc. The music strangely isnt all as bad as I thought it would be and the lyrics must have been Tenacious D's inspiration. It's a greatcomedy goofy charcters and alot of jokes about contemporary bands (contemporary for the time). It's also got Hank Azaria in it from the Simpsons for any fans. He doesnt seem to get much credit for being in it as he's largely a quiet ...
Advantages: Funny Disadvantages: Slow moving at times, little real storyline
In 1984 this film was released and its legend lives on today. SpinalTap are off on a revival tour around America but they are being joined by a film producer Martin DeBurgi, who will film everything they do whilst on tour. The film is a result of this filming.
While on tour the band play at many different venues, each of which allows the viewer to watch a track by the band. All of the tracks contain much profanity. The band head towards a crisis which is not helped by the pure idiocy of all the band members and to make matters worse dwarves are bigger than a stonehenge prop used in one of their live performances.
The film makes a mockery of the rock and roll industry as fake behind the scenes footage portrays the band members as drugged up, idiots which in fairness they are. Arguments frequently break out when band members bring ...
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Product details
Title
This Is Spinal Tap (Original Soundtrack)
Performer
Spinal Tap
Genre
Comedy
Sub Genre
Music Comedy
Release Date
08/1990
Original Release Year
1984
Label / Distributor
Polydor / Universal Music
Engineer
Patrick MacDonald
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
42281784620
Catalogue Number
8178462
Additional notes
Album Notes
Spinal Tap: Christopher Guest (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Michael McKean (vocals, guitar); David Kaff (keyboards); Harlan Collins (synthesizer); Harry Shearer (bass, background vocals); R.J. Parnell (drums, percussion). Producers: Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest. Recorded at The L.A. Studio, Hollywood, California. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Album Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.43) - Ranked #86 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "This loving send-up of heavy metal stupidity wouldn't have been half as funny were the songs not so heartfelt..." NME (10/28/00, p.40) - 666 out of 10 - "...Timeless in that sludgy, seriously dated kinda way....Unenlightened, unimproved, unapologetic - it doesn't get more Tap than this."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Hell Hole
2.
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
3.
Heavy Duty
4.
Rock 'n' Roll Creation
5.
America
6.
Cups And Cakes
7.
Big Bottom
8.
Sex Farm
9.
Stonehenge
10.
Gimme Some Money
11.
Listen To The Flower People
12.
Christmas With The Devil
13.
Christmas With The Devil (scratch mix)
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