This Is Spinal Tap (soundtrack)

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This Is Spinal Tap
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Soundtrack album by
Spinal Tap
ReleasedMarch 2, 1984
Genre
Length35:36
Label Polydor
Producer
Spinal Tap chronology
This Is Spinal Tap
(1984)		 Break Like the Wind
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau B+ [2]
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This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap , released in 1984. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film. The 2000 re-release includes lyrics and bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Rob Reiner.

Side 1
No.TitleOriginal Album (Fake)Length
1."Hell Hole"Smell The Glove3:07
2."Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight"Intravenus de Milo2:38
3."Heavy Duty"Bent For The Rent4:28
4."Rock and Roll Creation"The Gospel According to Spinal Tap: Rock N’ Roll Creation4:08
5."America"Previously unreleased3:31
6."Cups and Cakes" (arranged by Harlan Collins)Single1:33
Side 2
No.TitleOriginal album (Fake)Length
1."Big Bottom"Brainhammer3:33
2."Sex Farm"Shark Sandwich3:21
3."Stonehenge"The Sun Never Sweats4:35
4."Gimme Some Money"Single2:26
5."(Listen To The) Flower People"Spinal Tap Sings: Listen To The Flower People & Other Favorites2:36
2000 CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Christmas with the Devil"4:24
13."Christmas with the Devil" (Scratch Mix)4:42

Other appearances

"Gimme Some Money" was featured in the 1991 comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead .

The song "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero II . When played as the encore song in the career mode, the in-game band's drummer spontaneously combusts upon the song's completion, a direct reference to This Is Spinal Tap . Its riff is borrowed in the song "Athlete Cured" from the 1988 album by The Fall, The Frenz Experiment .

Seattle grunge band Soundgarden covered the song "Big Bottom" several times at their early live shows, documented on their live video Louder Than Live as well as on the Netherlands release of their 1992 "Rusty Cage" single.

San Francisco queercore band Pansy Division recorded a same-sex edit of "Big Bottom" in 1993. The track was included in their 1995 compilation album Pile Up .

"Stonehenge" is featured in the 2006 Supernatural season two episode, "Simon Said".

In early 2007, American Express Small Business Services used "Gimme Some Money" (with vocals) as background music in a television ad.

At the Live Earth concert during the summer of 2007, Spinal Tap performed "Big Bottom" at Wembley Stadium with members of many of the other acts from the festival, including members of Beastie Boys, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and many others, all playing bass guitars. Their set also included "Stonehenge" and "Warmer Than Hell".

Personnel

Spinal Tap

Additional personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 Adams, Bret. Spinal Tap: This Is Spinal Tap > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Spinal Tap" . Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ Twomey, Chris (June 10, 1989). "Review: Spinal Tap — This Is Spinal Tap" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 32. ISSN   0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Cavanagh, David (September 1990). "Spinal Tap: This Is Spinal Tap". Select . No. 3. p. 106.
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