Pump Up the Volume
by
Various Artists
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compilation
First released:
Aug 2 1990

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Catalog number:
MCAD-8039
Release dates:
  • 1990 in United States

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4 stars Great Compilation Can Be Made Better
First off, this soundtrack compilation is worth owning. Chagall Guevera's Tale O' The Twister, for example, is difficult to come by. The rest of the songs are excellent alternative music and represent the spirit of the film well. But as everyone has pointed out, there are some crucial omissions.

To fix the problems with it will require mixing additional tracks on your CD burner. I added "Everybody Knows" and "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen, "Love Comes In Spurts" by Richard Hell and the Vo…
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Written by Smilin Charlie
2 stars What's wrong with Leonard Cohen?
You know the song that starts out the movie, Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," with that awesome deep voice that's all mysterious and stuff? It's not on the soundtrack. They have a cover by Concrete Blond... which isn't a bad band, and not a bad song, but it certainly isn't anything like Cohen's version. If you're going to put a cover of the theme song, at least put both of them on the sound track... the original and the cover. That's what I want. Is that too much to ask?
Written by Martin

Track listing Edit

  • CD 1 : Pump Up The Volume: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Everybody Knows - Cohen, Leonard
    4:42
    2
    Why Can't I Fall in Love - Finley, John
    4:01
    3
    Stand - Stewart, Sylvester
    4:22
    4
    Wave of Mutilation [UK Surf] - Francis, Black
    3:00
    5
    I've Got a Secret Miniature Camera - Branch, Eddie
    4:26
    6
    Kick Out the Jams - Davis, Michael [MC5
    3:03
    7
    Freedom of Speech - Brown, James [1]
    4:15
    8
    Heretic - Thayil, Kim
    3:48
    9
    Titanium Exposé - Gordon, Kim
    6:01
    10
    Me and the Devil Blues - Johnson, Robert [01
    5:34
    11
    Tale O' the Twister - Nichols, L.
    3:20

Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Jeff Adamoff [Art Director & Designer]

  2. engineer

    1. David Bianco [Mixed By "Stand"]
    2. Stephen Marcussen [Mastered By]
    3. Terry Date [Engineer, Producer "Heretic"]

  3. performer

    1. Above the Law [Freedom of Speech]
    2. Bad Brains [Kick Out the Jams]
    3. Chagall Guevara [Tale O' the Twister]
    4. Concrete Blonde [Everybody Knows]
    5. Cowboy Junkies [Me and the Devil Blues]
    6. Henry Rollins [Kick Out the Jams]
    7. Ivan Neville [Why Can't I Fall in Love]
    8. Liquid Jesus [Stand]
    9. Peter Murphy [I've Got a Secret Miniature Camera]
    10. Pixies [Wave of Mutilation (U.K. Surf)]
    11. Sonic Youth [Titanium Exposé]
    12. Soundgarden [Heretic]

  1. producer

    2. Ivan Neville ["Why Can't I Fall In Love"]
    3. Marc DeSisto ["Why Can't I Fall In Love"]

  2. writer

    1. Kenny Lee Lewis [Written-By "Why Can't I Fall In Love"]
    2. Leonard Cohen [Written-By "Everybody Knows"]
    3. Sharon Robinson [Written-By "Everybody Knows"]

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Pump Up the Volume 11 tracks format: 1 x cassette
release dates: Aug 2 1990
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11 tracks Vinyl
format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Aug 2 1990
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