Almost Famous (soundtrack)
2000 film soundtrack album
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Almost Famous is the 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.
| Almost Famous | |
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| Soundtrack album from Almost Famous by various artists | |
| Released | September 12, 2000 |
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| Length | 70:41 |
| Label | DreamWorks |
| Producer | Danny Bramson & Cameron Crowe |
In May 2021, UMe announced the reissue of the soundtrack as an expanded five CD/seven LP boxed set.[2] It was the first time all of the music featured in the film was released in one set.[2]
Track listing
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
Musicians
- Peter Frampton
- Mike McCready
- Jon Bayless
- Ben Smith
- Gordon Kennedy
- Marti Frederiksen – vocals
Additional music
Other music used in the film[3] did not appear on the soundtrack album. As with the songs in the released soundtrack, they are usually snippets of a minute or less.
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
- Brenton Wood: "The Oogum Boogum Song"
- 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"[4]
- 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 "Rolling Stone"" #
- Elton John: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
- Stevie Wonder: "My Cherie Amour"
- Chicago: "Colour My World" #
- Neil Young: "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" @
- Pete Droge and Elaine Summers: "Small Time Blues" # Portraying Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris at the Riot House Hotel
- # Sung or performed by a character in the film
- @ Only featured in the director's cut, Untitled
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2000–2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 19 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 68 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 65 |
| US Billboard 200 | 43 |
| US Top Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) | 16 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] | 163 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[9] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||