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| Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture | 
 enlarge | Creator: Various Artists
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 752
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.199999980927
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 60691
UPC: 075596069120
EAN: 0075596069120
ASIN: B000002H4C
Release Date: March 14, 1995
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sit down, shut up, and hang on... December 9, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Of the hundreds of "albums" I own, this is definitely among the most listened to. Forget what other reviewers say about "it's not heavy metal music" and there's only "x" number of good songs... This album will evoke and satisfy the audiophile in anyone who can appreciate music, regardless of genre. Heavy Metal was merely the name of the album, the movie which it aurally illustrates, and the magazine which inspired it. Don't be so literal. Don't be so judgemental. Shut up and enjoy the music.
(In fact, buy it, slide it into your CD player, turn it up loud and go for a nice long drive to nowhere... you won't regret it)
 A great soundtrack October 15, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although the movie hasn't aged as well, this soundtrack is a 1980's essential. Very solid production and selection of songs and artists. In general, I found the tracks produced at Cherokee Studios in Miami to capture the mood of the movie well.
The movie versions of Sammy Hagar's 'Heavy Metal' and Black Sabbath's 'Mob Rules' are far superior and grittier than the versions on Standing Hampton and Mob Rules albums, respectively.
Riggs's two songs of 'Radar Rider' and 'Heartbeat' are definite standouts on the soundtrack. For those who are interested, Riggs released a 10 song album in 1982 with no dogs on it except the one on the cover. Jerry Riggs went on to join Pat Travers band. Too bad.
The two tracks by Cheap Trick are career highpoints. In particular, 'I Must Be Dreaming' had a 'thinking outside the box' introduction and reprise.
Don Felder's two tracks are the epitome of cool. 'Takin' a Ride on Heavy Metal' was a minor hit. Abraham Laboriel's bass line on 'All of You's verses makes the song.
Don Fagan puts a Steely Dan spin to the soundtrack with a slowly-building instrumental intro to a large-harmonied conclusion.
Grand Funk Railroad, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth provided solid tracks with 'Queen Bee', 'Veteran of the Psychic War' and 'Crazy'. Journey also supplied 'Open Arms' before its release on the 'Escape' album/cd.
My least favourite tracks, but still listenable, are Devo's 'Working in a Coal Mine', Trust's 'Prefabricated' and Stevie Nick's 'Blue Lamp'.
Heavy Metal Review June 19, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In retrospect the album is much better than the movie. I saw the movie many years ago and recently rented it again. To say the least, I was disapointed. My memory serves me wrong. The movie really wasn't as good as I remembered but the album certainly is. This is a killer album that still stands the test of time. The variety of styles is very good with some truly original scores. Sammy is still the king but has a great supporting cast. I continue to listen to this soundtrack and still have not tired of it.
What FM Rock Radio Used To Sound Like August 8, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Okay, so the 'Heavy Metal' cartoon hasn't aged well. The soundtrack fares a lot better, once you get past the fact that aside from a few tunes (such as Sabbath's "Mob Rules") there isn't a whole lot of heavy metal music here. Instead, most of the songs on the CD are better thought of as late 1970s FM rock songs. This is the type of music AOR used to play before it mutated into classic rock and stopped playing anything recorded after 1973. All of the songs here are vaguely trippy hard rock, some with fusion aspirations, and some trying out for progressive. It's fitting music, because the original 'Heavy Metal' magazine was full of post-1970 psychedelic artwork.
Strong points include Journey's best ballad "Open Arms," Blue Oyster Cult's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars," a couple of former Eagle Don Felder songs, and Cheap Trick's "Reach Out." The heavier side is represented by Sammy Hagar, Sabbath, and Grand Funk Railroad. I've no idea how Devo got in here, and I wish they didn't. For the most part, however, this is a very solid CD.
Music like this was swept aside by punk on the one hand and MTV on the other. At least until trip hop managed to sneak some of the laid-back grooviness in through the back door!
One of the last great hard rock albums of the 1980's. November 16, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just like Danno said, it's what FM rock radio used to sound like.
It was the summer of 1981 and rock music was about to come to an end. Disco was more or less dead and MTV was not yet on the air. By 1983, music would be dominated by the horrible likes of Michael Jackson and Culture Club!
When the movie HEAVY METAL was released in living animation (this was the rage before the Japanese introduced us to Anime in 1988), it came with a kick-ass soundtrack with bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick and Sammy Hagar. Back in 1981, acts like this could still fill an entire stadium on their own. And while all the music is not exactly "heavy metal", their are some other great tunes by Donald Fagen, Don Felder, Stevie Nicks and Journey (yes, "Open Arms" was a brand new song on this soundtrack before the "Escape" album was released at the end of the year.
The only flaw, in my opinion, is that the songs are not in the order in which they come in the movie, the way most soundtracks run. It's fun to follow the duration of a film in your head as you listen to the music.
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