Pretty In Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
| Creator: Various Artists
Label: A&M
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 2331
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 3293
UPC: 075021329324
EAN: 0075021329324
ASIN: B000002GD2
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | If You Leave - Cooper, Martin | | • | Left of Center - Suzanne Vega w/ Joe Jackson | | • | Get to Know Ya - Johnson, Jesse | | • | Do Wot You Do - Hutchence, Michael | | • | Pretty in Pink - Morris, Roger | | • | Shellshock - New Order [UK] | | • | Round, Round - Keighley, Neville | | • | Wouldn't It Be Good - Kershaw, Nik | | • | Bring on the Dancing Horses - Sergeant, Will | | • | Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Morrissey |
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Few filmmakers managed to capture the awkward coming-of-age catastrophes of '80s teens the way John Hughes did, just as few soundtracks encapsulate the sound of an era better than this one does. It's not the best 1986 had to offer, but it's a cohesive whole, transporting the listener to that other time, imagined or otherwise. There's enough variety to ensure that it doesn't become wallpaper, and very little filler. "Left of Center" by Suzanne Vega, with Joe Jackson on piano, is tremendous and transcends generations. Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler has long been bemused about Hughes not taking Molly Ringwald's character's name from the title song, which inspired the film, but everyone was paying too much attention to what Ducky was wearing to notice anyway. --Scott Wilson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 The ultimate 80s soundtrack June 1, 2002
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
I'm not a huge fan of movie soundtracks, but you couldn't take this CD away from me without a fight. Pretty In Pink's music did much to make it the great film it was. Although some of the artists featured on the soundtrack weren't really mainstream or famous, the music epitomizes the late great 1980s. "If You Leave" by OMD was one of the biggest hits of the entire decade, and it sounds as good today as it did back then. The title track by The Psychedelic Furs remains immediately recognizable by its opening notes. Both of these two songs still spark a nostalgic memory of my angst-ridden teen years. I must thank the compilers of this soundtrack for including the short but emotion-laden track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths. Were it not for this CD, I probably would never have discovered the weird yet cathartic music of Morrissey and The Smiths. "Left of Center" is one of Suzanne Vega's best songs, just as "Do Wot You Do" represents INXS at that band's peak. These songs are a pretty eclectic mix, but all of them are fun to listen to even today and could probably fill a dancefloor with young people as well as not so young people who watched Pretty In Pink and listened to the soundtrack over and over again in our young, carefree days. For me, each song sparks a memory and keeps alive a small piece of a time in my life I will be trying to remember and relive until the day I die.
 the perfect accessory for the Brat Pack geek January 19, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
You talk about a guilty pleasure. This is great sing-along stuff. I wonder how many times I can moan and groan along to "If You Leave" before the neighbors knock down the walls and dismantle the CD player. This CD rules; I've listened to it so many times I've probably worn holes in it. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't contain Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", since Duckie makes such a classic scene of it in the movie. Still a great CD though.
I wish more soundtracks were like this one March 30, 2004
Kendal B. Hunter (Provo, UT United States)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Normally with a soudntrack, you get one good song--two at the max. The rest of the disc is just the producer's brother's gargae band, or a studio knock-off of a classic hit. and maybe a reissue of a classic 1960's tune thron in for laughs.This disk more tyhan transcends this patter. It has achieved apotheosis. In fact, I believe that aetheitically, this soudntrack is better than the film. Every song is great and is a hit in its own right, but this anotholgy gives you something more. It is a slice ofr life of the mid-1980's music scene. My generation became fully alive with this music. We have to relive the 1970's with that dumb TV show. but in the '80's, we had fun, and we knew we were having fun while we were having fun. This disc proves it!
80's New Wave February 22, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
For anyone who graduated from HS in the mid-80's. This is a New Wave flashback and immediately draws memories of HS inadequacy, black clothing and Clove cigarettes.
 love the 80's June 3, 2002
kathy (az)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
i enjoyed the album but it was missing 2 good songs the first one was "rudy"by talk back, and the other one was rave up/shut up, by the rave ups.if anyone knows were you can get "talk back"album let me know..
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