Pretty in Pink [Original Soundtrack]

by SHOWS-P

Overview

As the auteur of post-punk suburban adolescence, director John Hughes appropriately enhanced his '80s movies with relatively harmless new wave soundtracks. Where earlier films like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles included the occasional Wang Chung or Simple Minds track, though, 1986's Pretty in Pink boasted a full lineup of "rock of the '80s" highlights. Foremost, of course, is the Psychedelic Furs' breakout remake of their 1981 college radio favorite "Pretty in Pink"; while it pales in relation to the raw and electric original, this new version still holds up even with some added horns and a general glossing over of the once hard-driving guitar and drum parts. Even better are tracks by OMD ("If You Leave"), Echo & the Bunnymen ("Bring on the Dancing Horses"), and the Smiths ("Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"). These era-defining sides certainly help make lukewarm additions like New Order's "Shell-Shock," INXS' "Do Wot You Do," and Belouis Some's "Round, Round" easy to get through. And for more marginal new wave fare, there's Jesse Johnson's Prince-inspired "Get to Know Ya" and Danny Hutton's pop/rocker "Wouldn't It Be Good." Topped off by Suzanne Vega's respectable reworking of her hit "Left of Center," Pretty in Pink qualifies as one of the more relevant youth culture soundtracks. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	A&M
UPC:	0075021329324
Rank:	58010

Tracks

1. If You Leave  - Martin Cooper  - Paul Humphreys  - Andy McCluskey  -  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
2. Left of Center  - Steve Addabbo  - Joe Jackson  - Suzanne Vega
3. Get to Know Ya  - Jesse Johnson
4. Do Wot You Do  - Andrew Farriss  - Michael Hutchence  -  INXS
5. Pretty in Pink  - John Ashton  - Richard Butler  - Tim Butler  - Vince Ely  - Duncan Kilburn  - Roger Morris  -  Psychedelic Furs
6. Shellshock  - Gillian Gilbert  - Peter Hook  - Stephen Morris  -  New Order  - John Robe  - John Robie  - Bernard Sumner
7. Round, Round  - Neville Keighley  - Belouis Some
8. Wouldn't It Be Good  -  Danny Hutton Hitters  - Nik Kershaw
9. Bring on the Dancing Horses  - Pete DeFreitas  -  Echo & the Bunnymen  - Ian McCulloch  - Les Pattinson  - Will Sergeant
10. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want  - Johnny Marr  -  Morrissey  -  Smiths

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joe Jackson   Primary Artist,Piano
Suzanne Vega   Primary Artist
INXS   Primary Artist
The Smiths   Primary Artist
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark   Primary Artist
Jesse Johnson   Primary Artist
New Order   Primary Artist
Belouis Some   Primary Artist
Echo & the Bunnymen   Primary Artist
Danny Hutton Hitters   Primary Artist
The Psychedelic Furs   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Paul Humphreys   Composer
Stephen Morris   Composer
Andrew Farriss   Composer
Andy McCluskey   Composer
Bernard Edwards   Producer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Ian McCulloch   Composer
Echo & the Bunnymen   Performer
Duncan Kilburn   Composer
Belouis Some   Performer
Johnny Marr   Composer
Les Pattinson   Composer
Vince Ely   Composer
John Ashton   Composer
John Porter   Producer
John Robie   Composer,Producer
Peter Hook   Composer
Mark Opitz   Remixing
Roger Morris   Composer
Pete de Freitas   Composer
New Order   Composer,Performer
Jesse Johnson   Composer,Producer,Performer
Richard Butler   Composer
Richard Podolor   Producer
Nik Kershaw   Composer
The Psychedelic Furs   Producer,Performer
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark   Producer,Performer
Morrissey   Composer
Tim Butler   Composer
Tom Lord-Alge   Producer
Danny Hutton Hitters   Performer
Will Sergeant   Composer
Steve Addabbo   Composer,Producer
Suzanne Vega   Composer,Performer
Bernard Sumner   Composer
INXS   Performer
J. Johnson   Producer
Laurie Latham   Producer
Joe Jackson   Performer
Michael Hutchence   Composer
The Smiths   Performer
Charles Harrowell   Producer
Chris Thomas   Producer
John Robe   Composer
Neville Keighley   Composer
Leslie Duncan   Composer
Vincent Ely   Composer
Timothy George Butler   Composer
Richard Lofthouse Butler   Composer
Martin Cooper   Composer,Composer
James Duncan   Composer
George Andrew McCluskey   Composer
Bernard Dickin   Composer
Paul David Humphreys   Composer
Pete Freitas   Composer
Rogher Nicholas Morris   Composer
Arthur Baker   Producer
Gillian Gilbert   Composer
Danny Hutton   Performer