Various Artists
Fat Music Vol.8 : Going Nowhere Fat LP
Vinyl Color: Cloudy Blue (Limited to 1,000)
As a former music journalist (for Creem and Rolling Stone among other periodicals), director Cameron Crowe has always put his heart and soul into the soundtracks of his films. So, it’s no wonder that the most ambitious of all his films, Vanilla Sky, sported the most far-ranging and masterful of all of his scores. The film itself was a waking dream, subject to various interpretations; the soundtrack, too, explored shifting moods and shades, but always maintaining the surreal tone and aesthetic of the film, with a glittering line-up (R.E.M., Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan) of artists. The result was breathless praise for the soundtrack (the New York Times called it “a music masterpiece”) and an Academy Award nomination. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest “mix-tapes” a film director has ever created (with some help from soundtrack Co-Producer Danny Bramson and Crowe’s then-wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart); and, for its first vinyl reissue since its initial release, we have created a custom gatefold cover for the 2-LP release and pressed up 1000 copies in “blue cloud” vinyl. A sublime listening and visual experience awaits.
All The Right Friends - By R.E.M.
Everything In It's Right Place - By Radiohead
Vanilla Sky - By Paul McCartney
Solsbury Hill - By Peter Gabriel
I Fall Apart - By Julianna Gianna
Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") - By The Monkees
Mondo '77 (feat. Francis MacDonald) - By Looper
Have You Forgotten - By Red House Painters
Directions - By Josh Rouse
Afrika Shox - By Leftfield / Afrika Bambaataa
Svefn-g-englar - By Sigur Rós
Last Goodbye - By Jeff Buckley
Can We Still Be Friends - By Todd Rundgren
Fourth Time Around - By Bob Dylan
Elevator Beat - By Nancy Wilson
Sweetness Follows - By R.E.M.
Where Do I Begin - By The Chemical Brothers