VA — The Big Chill: Original Soundtrack Deluxe Edition (Remastered) (2004)

MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks, cue, log) | Stage & Screen, Soul, Funk, Pop, R&B, Rock | 1H 57 min | 268 / 711 MB

This movie made Motown hot again and spawned two best-selling soundtrack albums, both of which you\’ll find on disc one. Disc two, meanwhile, adds another 19 tracks of classic \’60s rock and soul for the ultimate baby-boom flashback! Includes I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye; Good Lovin\’ Rascals; Tell Him Exciters; When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge; My Girl Temptations; We Ain\’t Got Nothin\’ Yet Blues Magoos; What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin, and more. 38 classic tunes!
Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan\’s The Big Chill was one of Hollywood\’s first forays into baby-boomer navel-gazing, an examination of 60\’s idealism gone sour during the subsequent selfish excesses of the Me Decade and Go-Go 80\’s. It\’s Motown classics-dominated score became both a commercial sensation and generational touchstone, facets that often overlooked its status as one of the most artistically skillful pop song scores ever set to a film. This deluxe two CD edition won\’t defuse any of the often overweening nostalgia that\’s been its hallmark. Indeed, this slip-cased, expanded set (which includes the 1983 album\’s complete original track listing, as well as that of its 1984 sequel, More Songs From the Big Chill) often seems to relish in them on the new classic-rock dominated second disc, Bigger Chill: Music of a Generation. The second disc\’s tracks (which span more Motown, and a gamut from James Brown to Lesley Gore) are \»inspired\» by the film and not in it, but should more than please those enthralled by the original collection. Also included are previously unavailable instrumental versions of the Stones\’ \»You Can\’t Always Get What You Want,\» Bert Kaempfert\’s \»Strangers in the Night\» and the mock TV \»J.T. Lancer\» theme, tracks that were the film\’s only \»traditional\» scoring touches. —Jerry McCulley
Disc 1
1. Marvin Gaye — I Heard It Through The Grapevine (05:01)
2. The Temptations — My Girl (02:43)
3. The Rascals — Good Lovin\’ (02:30)
4. The Miracles — Tracks Of My Tears (02:56)
5. Three Dog Night — Joy To The World (03:36)
6. The Temptations — Ain\’t Too Proud To Beg (02:33)
7. Aretha Franklin — (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (02:42)
8. The Miracles — I Second That Emotion (02:48)
9. Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale (04:03)
10. The Exciters — Tell Him (02:31)
11. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising (02:21)
12. Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman (02:57)
13. The Young Rascals — In The Midnight Hour (04:02)
14. The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin\’ (02:58)
15. The Band — The Weight (04:35)
16. The Beach Boys — Wouldn\’t It Be Nice (02:24)
17. Bert Kaempfert — Strangers In The Night (03:21)
18. The Rolling Stones — You Can\’t Always Get What You Want [Church Version] (01:24)
19. David Kurtz — \»J.T. Lancer\» Theme (01:28)
Disc 2
1. Four Tops — It\’s The Same Old Song (02:48)
2. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas — Dancing In The Street (02:40)
3. Marvin Gaye — What\’s Going On (03:54)
4. The Marvelettes — Too Many Fish In The Sea (02:30)
5. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — Ain\’t Nothing Like The Real Thing (02:16)
6. Jimmy Ruffin — What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (03:01)
7. Junior Walker & The All Stars — Shotgun (02:59)
8. The Isley Brothers — Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) (02:40)
9. The Supremes — Ask Any Girl (02:46)
10. Lesley Gore — You Don\’t Own Me (02:32)
11. Spanky & Our Gang — Like To Get To Know You (03:18)
12. The Mamas & The Papas — Monday, Monday (03:28)
13. The Moody Blues — Nights In White Satin (07:32)
14. Joe Cocker — Feelin\’ Alright (04:14)
15. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders — Game Of Love (02:08)
16. James Brown — I Got You (I Feel Good) (02:48)
17. Blues Magoos — (We Ain\’t Got) Nothin\’ Yet (02:19)
18. The Zombies — Of The Season (03:34)
19. Howard Tate — Get It While You Can (02:44)