Album Review Crew Episode 13 "Singles The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
On the 13th Album Review Crew Episode of Shout It Out Loudcast, Tom, Zeus & Sonny review the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the 1992 movie, Singles. The movie was written and directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie starred Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott and more. The movie is a romantic comedy about 6 Generation X singles trying to find love in Seattle in the 1990's. The movie is considered Cameron Crowe's loving tribute to the city of Seattle, the "Seattle Scene" and the "Seattle Sound" which was began dominating pop culture. The album was filled with artists from Seattle or influenced the Seattle sound and went double platinum and is considered one of the greatest grunge albums of all time. The Soundtrack features, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Westerberg and the Lovemongers. The music dominated the movie and many of the artists had roles in the film and performed as well.
The guys breakdown the movie, grunge music, Sonny's bad taste in women and the huge impact this album had on them. As usual the boys breakdown the tracks and rank the songs. They then rank the album and album cover against the previous 11 albums reviewed on the Album Review Crew Episodes so far.
Last time we Nearly Lost You, so Would you please save your Breath and Dyslexic Heart, Waiting For Somebody named Chloe Dance who wears a Crown Of Thorns to be the Birth Ritual of all Seasons where you win the Battle Of Evermore for the State Of Love And Trust hoping this May This Be Love but in the end you will Drown in Misery because its all....Overblown!
Long Live Grunge!