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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Island / Mercury
Salesrank: 102052
Released: August 3, 1999 |
| Our Price: $0.83 |
| Used Price: $0.50 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Detroit Rock City: Music From The Motion Picture Track Listing:
1. Boys Are Back in Town - Everclear
2. Shout It Out Loud - Kiss
3. Runnin' with the Devil - Van Halen
4. Cat Scratch Fever - Pantera
5. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
6. Highway to Hell - Marilyn Manson
7. 20th Century Boy - Drain S.T.H.
8. Detroit Rock City - Kiss
9. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
10. Surrender [Live] - Cheap Trick
11. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
12. Strutter - The Donnas
13. School Days - The Runaways
14. Little Willy - Sweet
15. Nothing Can Keep Me from You - Kiss
Editorial Review:
Ask anyone who grew up in the '70s and they'll tell you: hard rock ain't what it used to be. Need proof? Compare the real thing and their '90s counterparts on this soundtrack from a movie about four kids trying to sneak into a sold-out Kiss concert. Kiss contributes the title track and "Shout It Out Loud," two prime blasts of 1976 hard rock. The Donnas can only copy the painted ones' "Strutter." Everclear cruises by the numbers through Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town," while Pantera traces Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever." When Marilyn Manson attempts to put its own stamp on AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," the results are pretentious and boring, lacking all the kinetic excitement of the original. If the truth be told, nearly all the highlights are the original songs: Van Halen's goofy yet dexterous "Runnin' with the Devil," Black Sabbath's rumbling "Iron Man," Cheap Trick's masterfully silly call to arms "Surrender," and Thin Lizzy's deadly and virile "Jailbreak." No matter what technological advances you make, you can't beat a genre in its prime. --Rob O'Connor
Detroit Rock City: Music From The Motion Picture Reviews:
Great cd, better movie........... 
2008-06-28 - Great cd, alot of really good KISS covers!
The movie is the real experience for KISS fans!
Detroit Rock City rocks!!
Crappy movie, great soundtrack 
2008-03-17 - So Detroit Rock City was a bomb and deserved to be with its fart jokes, pimply-faced, skinny guy stripping scenes and all. But the soundtrack actually has a few highlights.
Everclear's opening track is probably my favorite cover of all time, I can't even listen to Thin Lizzy's "Boys Are Back In Town" anymore without being reminded how much better Everclear did it. But Thin Lizzy's classic "Breakout" never sounded better.
"Cat Scratch Fever" by Pantera is very faithful to the original, but the growl in Phil Anselmo's voice gives it a great edge.
The Donna's version of "Strutter" is upbeat and fun, but not great.
The other two cover's by Marilyn Manson and Drain STH are slow and dull.
I almost wish this album was all covers, because the other tracks you pretty much hear on classic rock radio everyday anyway.
But I say pick up a cheap used copy, if for nothing else than Everclear's stellar contribution-think of it as a single, why not pay 5 bucks for a single and rock on!
Elevator Song
2007-11-17 - First, great soundtrack. Love the movie. I was a teenager in 1978, when the movie is set. This was my kind of music (mostly). Thanks to the reviewer who made the complete list. I just watched the movie and tried to make the list myself. There were a few I couldn't make out so I got them from your list. The song in the elevator is Black Superman-'Muhammad Ali' by Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band. Not to nitpick, but some songs weren't out 'til 1979. Like Highway to Hell by AC/DC and Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes. It was the last #1 song of the 70's and the first #1 song of the 80's.
The Actual Soundtrack 
2007-05-27 - I agree with the other reviewers who note that the soundtrack was missing most of the great songs from the movie. Reviewer J. Darwin listed a very impressive soundtrack listing which captures nearly all of the great rock songs from the film. I took on the challenge of capturing virtually all of the songs played during the movie, in the order that they appear. This includes background song clips on the radio, that were confirmed in the closing credits. Here goes:
I Stole Your Love -- KISS
Rock & Roll All Night -- MYSTERY
Love Gun -- KISS
Cat Scratch Fever -- TED NUGENT
20th Century Boy -- T-REX
Funk No. 49 -- JAMES GANG
Conjunction Junction -- BOB DOROUGH
Ladies Room -- KISS
Lights Out -- UFO
Little Willy -- SWEET
School Days -- THE RUNAWAYS
Jailbreak -- THIN LIZZY
Shout It Out Loud -- KISS
Frankenstein -- THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP
Makin' It -- DAVID NAUGHTON
Wild and Hot -- ANGEL
The Boys Are Back In Town -- THIN LIZZY
Radar Love -- GOLDEN EARRING
Iron Man -- BLACK SABBATH
Problem Child -- AC/DC
Christine Sixteen -- KISS
Turn To Stone -- ELO
Surrender -- CHEAP TRICK
I Wanna Be Sedated -- THE RAMONES
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) -- RUPERT HOLMES
Highway To Hell -- AC/DC
Black Magic Woman -- SANTANA
Every 1's a Winner -- HOT CHOCOLATE
Rebel Rebel -- DAVID BOWIE
Convoy -- WC McCALL
Shock Me -- KISS
Godzilla -- BLUE OYSTER CULT
Fox On the Run -- SWEET
Boogie Shoes -- KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
Strutter -- KISS
Blitzkreig Bop -- THE RAMONES
Popcorn -- HOT BUTTER
Beth -- KISS
Fire -- OHIO PLAYERS
Muskrat Love -- CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
Calling Dr. Love -- KISS
Come Sail Away -- STYX
Rock Your Baby -- GEORGE McCRAE
Whole Lotta Rosie -- AC/DC
Love Hurts -- NAZARETH
Runnin' With the Devil -- VAN HALEN
Love To Love -- UFO
Detroit Rock City (Live) -- KISS
The Boys Are Back In Town -- EVERCLEAR
Highway To Hell -- MARILYN MANSON
Nothing Can Keep Me From You -- KISS
There you have it. 51 songs. "Love Gun" by Kiss appears a second time in the movie just before the 8-Track tape gets creamed on the Interstate. There is a song playing in the Radio Station elevator as the guys go to pick up their tickets that I can't make out, so that is missing. I also replaced Mystery with Kiss on "Rock & Roll All Night". My 3-CD set of the true soundtrack is complete. Great movie. If you're up to the challenge, make that true soundtrack!! Rock on.
Detroit Rock City: Music From The Motion Picture
2007-05-07 - The music in the soundtrack brought back wonderful memories of when music had some teeth.
