Almost Famous (soundtrack)

Almost Famous

Soundtrack album from Almost Famous by Various Artists
Released	September 12, 2000
Genre	Rock
Length	70:47
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	Danny Bramson & Cameron Crowe

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Almost Famous is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 2000. It was awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"America"	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	3:37
2.	"Sparks"	Pete Townshend	The Who	3:48
3.	"It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"	Rundgren	Todd Rundgren	3:51
4.	"I've Seen All Good People: Your Move"	Jon Anderson	Yes	3:33
5.	"Feel Flows"	Carl Wilson, Jack Rieley	The Beach Boys	4:44
6.	"Fever Dog"	Nancy Wilson	Stillwater	3:10
7.	"Every Picture Tells a Story"	Stewart, Ron Wood	Rod Stewart	5:55
8.	"Mr. Farmer"	Sky Saxon	The Seeds	2:51
9.	"One Way Out (Live)"	Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II	The Allman Brothers Band	4:59
10.	"Simple Man"	Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant	Lynyrd Skynyrd	5:56
11.	"That's the Way"	Jimmy Page, Robert Plant	Led Zeppelin	5:37
12.	"Tiny Dancer"	John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	6:15
13.	"Lucky Trumble"	Wilson	Nancy Wilson	2:42
14.	"I'm Waiting for the Man" (from Live Santa Monica '72)	Lou Reed	David Bowie	5:43
15.	"The Wind"	Stevens	Cat Stevens	1:40
16.	"Slip Away"	William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell	Clarence Carter	2:32
17.	"Something in the Air"	Speedy Keen	Thunderclap Newman	3:54

Personnel ("Stillwater")

Billy Crudup ("Russell Hammond") - lead guitar
Jason Lee ("Jeff Bebe") - lead singer
John Fedevich ("Ed Vallencourt") - drums
Mark Kozelek ("Larry Fellows") - bass guitar

Personnel

Additional music

Other music used in the film^[2] did not appear on the soundtrack album. As with the songs in the released soundtrack, they are usually snippets of a minute or less.

The Who: "Sparks" (from Live at Leeds)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Brenton Wood: "The Oogum Boogum Song"
Dusty Springfield: "Wishin' and Hopin'"
The Stooges: "Search and Destroy"
Black Sabbath: "Paranoid"
Jethro Tull "Teacher"
Yes: "Roundabout"
Joni Mitchell: "River"
Black Sabbath: "Sweet Leaf"
Nancy Wilson: "Cabin in the Air"^[3]
Little Feat: "Easy to Slip"
Raspberries: "Go All the Way"
Stillwater: "Hour of Need"
The Guess Who: "Albert Flasher"
Stillwater: "Love Thing"
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
Fleetwood Mac: "Future Games"
Deep Purple: "Burn"
Stillwater: "You Had to Be There"
Blodwyn Pig: "Dear Jill"
Steely Dan: "Reelin' in the Years"
MC5: "Looking at You"
Stillwater: "Love Comes and Goes"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
Free: "Wishing Well"
Buddy Holly and The Crickets: "Peggy Sue"
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show: "The Cover of The Rolling Stone"
Elton John: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
Stevie Wonder: "My Cherie Amour"
Chicago: "Colour My World"
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "Cortez the Killer" (live recording from the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California on 20 March 1999)
Led Zeppelin: "The Rain Song"
Led Zeppelin: "Bron-Yr-Aur"
Led Zeppelin: "Tangerine"
Led Zeppelin: "Misty Mountain Hop"
Stillwater: "Chance Upon You" (only in Untitled director's cut)

Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Billboard 200	43
2000	Billboard Top Internet Albums	8
2001	Billboard Top Soundtrack Albums	16

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	June 8, 2001
CRIA – CAN	Gold	June 19, 2001

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ "Music from Almost Famous". MusicfromFilm.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
↑ "Scores for Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky". TheUncool.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.

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