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| Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy Used: $0.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 2055
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 078635640823
EAN: 0078635640823
ASIN: B000002W9Q
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: cd has no scratchs,no smudges,no guarantee,..dll
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| Tracks:
| • | (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Jennifer Warnes | | • | Be My Baby - The Ronettes | | • | She's Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze | | • | Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen | | • | Stay - Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs | | • | Yes - Merry Clayton | | • | You Don't Own Me - The Blow Monkeys | | • | Hey Baby - Bruce Channel | | • | Overload - Zappacosta | | • | Love Is Strange - Mickey And Sylvia | | • | Where Are You Tonight? - Tom Johnston | | • | In The Still Of The Night - The Five Satins |
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If film and music fans sometimes wonder why soundtracks are often little more than pastiches of past pop hits and chart flavors of the moment, it's largely due to the blockbuster success of releases like this collection from 1987's surprise Patrcik Swayze/Jennifer Grey romantic hit. The film's retro-romantic concerns came shrewdly wrapped in a (largely manufactured) dance craze conceit tailor-made for such pop chestnuts as the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," the Zodiacs' "Stay," and the Five Satins' "In the Still of the Night." Mickey and Sylvia once again argued that "Love Is Strange"--if not quite as strained as Swayze's own attempt at balladry, "She's Like the Wind." Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" showcased the former Raspberries leader to good effect, but the real soundtrack sweepstakes winner here was the Jennifer Warnes/Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." That performance not only won the Best Original Song Oscar the following year, but became one of the era's most performed songs and a ubiquitous radio staple. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 94 more reviews...
 Great memories! December 27, 2004
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is album really rocks! Maybe just the first song "The Time of My Life" pays the whole value! Although you never saw "Dirty Dancing" I'm sure you'll recognize that song anywhere. The second song is "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes) an oldie song that makes people wanna dance with that special person... a nice feeling (and memories, of course!)
A Patrick Swayze contribution comes with "She's Like a Wind" a soft ballad not so much diffused but a nice one. Te album is completed by a mixture of very nice rhytmhs, which can be for both: listening and dancing.
In summary, a great album to be part of a collection, great music that will remind you "the time of your life"
Dirty Dancing October 16, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you enjoyed the movie Dirty Dancing, you will love the soundtrack. This cd is one that can change your mood with just a minute of listening. If you are not having a very upbeat day and you listen to any of the songs found on this cd you will often find yourself tapping your feet or snapping you fingers to the beat. Each of the songs have a different tempo, and each one can meet the mood you are in. The musical style also varies from song to song. Personally, I love this soundtrack and it is one that i play a lot. Everyone I have recommended this cd to also finds it very enjoyable. The songs are not "hard rock" but yet the are not "classical". It has a variety of all time good songs. If you are looking for a cd that can put you in an upbeat mood instantly, go get Dirty Dancing.
DIRTY DANCING June 23, 2001
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Dirty Dancing brings back many good memories. It truly is a wonderful film in that it does'nt come across as a routine, sloppy production like so many love stories can be. What compliments the ethos of the film is the sizzling soundtrack. The story in the film is set in the 1960's though the majority of it's soundtrack are tracks recorded in the 1980's and they do admitedly sound very distinctive to that era but never the less it still makes for a tremendously enjoyable soundtrack. I've Had The Time Of My Life is a song that forever will be associated with Dirty Dancing and it's an absolutley magnificent recording at that. as the song plays you almost visualise the triumphant climax of the film where Patrick swayze and Jennifer grey do some electricifying dancing. Be my Baby is a fantastic soul classic sung by the highly underated group, The Ronettes where as Patrick Swayze surprisingly puts in a stunning and powerful performance on the breathtakingly beautiful, She's Like's The Wind. Hungry Eyes is another stand out track. With it's beautiful musical arrangements and a fabulous performance from Eric Carmen, the tack is quite simply a classic - a vastly underated one1 Every track on here is an absolute clasic with main highlights being glorious soul classics like Stay by William and Maurice, the silly butfun Love Is Strange, Overload and more contemporary recordings like the swinging, Yes and the totally magnificent, Where Are You Tonight? Superb recordings all round from an equally superb, classic movie. Highly Recommended!
Who could have thunk it? November 19, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Where in the world can you get such a great combination of old and new and enjoy it so much? That's what this soundtrack offers: a little bit of something for everyone. Again, the movie without the soundtrack would have just been a movie - but it's the music that made it a hit. Another "must own" soundtrack!
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack July 21, 2003
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I got this cd I was so pleased w/ the result this cd has all the classic love songs us girls like to hear Hungry Eyes,Time of your Life stay, You don't own me... I really enjoy listening to this cd it's somthing you can't get tired of and I think it appeals to all ages i'm 18 so I was 3 when this movie and soundtrack came out I gotta say I really do love it and feel its one of the best cd's I own.... 5 stars no doubt
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