Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture Artist: Various Artists
Label: Maverick
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 093624734826
EAN: 0093624734826
ASIN: B00000IYMI


Release Date: 1999-06-01

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Music from the Motion Picture


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Tracks:

  1. Beautiful Stranger - Madonna
  2. My Generation - The Who
  3. Draggin' The Line - R.E.M.
  4. American Woman - Lenny Kravitz
  5. Word Up - Melanie G (aka Scary Spice)
  6. Just The Two Of Us (Dr. Evil Mix) - Dr. Evil
  7. Espionage - Green Day
  8. Time of the Season - Big Blue Missile with Scott Weiland
  9. Buggin' - The Flaming Lips
  10. Alright - The Lucy Nation
  11. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
  12. Soul Bossa Nova (Dim's Space-A-Nova) - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra

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Austin Powers may be a remnant of the '60s, but the soundtrack for his second film spans generations. Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello light into the former's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," with trumpet and piano creating a plush aura. Quincy Jones and His Orchestra provide the perfectly campy "Soul Bossa Nova (Dim's Space-A-Nova)." Mike Myers himself gets into the fray as Dr. Evil for a humorous take on Bill Withers's "Just the Two of Us" and R.E.M. successfully updates Tommy James's "Draggin' the Line." Madonna teams up with William Orbit for "Beautiful Stranger." Green Day turns in "Espionage," an instrumental that harkens back to cheesy action movies and the <I>Batman</I> theme. Big Blue Missile with Scott Weiland attempts to modernize the Zombies' "Time of the Season" with extra drum beats. But it's pure imitation. The real thing can be found in the Flaming Lips track, the pure-liquid LSD psychedelic pop of "Buggin'." --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Soundtrack.......2005-08-07

This was a cool soundtrack but it had almost nothing with Mike Myers in it. That was the only dissappointment. Other than that this is a great soundtrack with some super-hits and great songs.

Best 2 Songs- My Generation & American Woman
Worst 2 Songs- Buggin & Soul Bossa Nova

3 out of 5 stars It's groovy but not that groovy, baby.......2003-07-02

As is often the case with movie soundtracks, this CD offers some really good tracks alongside some humdrum and rather poor ones. Madonna's Beautiful Stranger is the cream of the crop; it's one of the better songs Madonna has put out in recent years, in my opinion. The live version of The Who's My Generation fits the Austin Powers theme nicely and plays very well on the album. Lenny Kravitz' rocking remake of American Woman is another great track that many folks will be quite familiar with already from its heavy radio play. I was very happy to see Dr. Evil's Just the Two of Us make its way onto the album, as it's a crowd-pleasing, memorable party of the movie. I also rather like, in a weird sort of way, The Lucy Nation's song Alright; it has an unusual sound and style that distinguishes it from its peers on this CD. Unfortunately, the better tracks stop here.

Some of these songs are remakes of classic songs, and I have to question why these remakes were even made. R.E.M.'s cover of Draggin' the Line is OK, but it differs very little from the original recording. Melanie G (aka Scary Spice) provides a completely unnecessary remake in the form of her cover of Cameo's funky tour de force Word Up; that great song is best left in the capable hands (and voice) of Cameo's Larry Blackmon. Big Blue Missile (with Scott Weiland) does a pretty mediocre job covering another classic song, Time of the Season; apparently, it wasn't the time of the season for all the singers to actually hit the right notes. Buggin' is an interesting track from The Flamingo Lips, but I can't decide whether I actually like the song or not. Green Day fans shouldn't get overly excited at the sight of the band's contribution here, as Espionage features no singing whatsoever. I'm still trying to figure out why Burt Bacharach is such an integral part of Austin Powers as I'm not naturally drawn to his music, but his collaboration with Elvis Costello on the all-too-familiar I'll Never Fall in Love Again isn't all that bad.

The album ends on a fun note, with Quincy Jones' souped-up version of the basic Austin Powers theme music. All in all, while the album has its good points, it is by no means a must-have. Were it not for Madonna's Beautiful Stranger, I doubt I would have bought the CD. Still, it's fun to listen to the whole thing every so often.

4 out of 5 stars Buy it if you only like the backround theam music,.......2002-08-05

I brought this CD at Chrismas 99 about the time wear Austn Powers was realsed,, There is a few classic's songs on it like Madona's hit Bueataful Stranger witch become quite popular outside he movie
Lenny Kravis's American Women- Despite what many know the song was realsed befor the movie was theaticly realsed witch made it popular........... After you lisen to it a few times your find yourself most likely lisening to those 2 songs mostly and maybe 1 or 2 other songs on there,,,,,
and did I menchin that it has Dr.Evial's verisenof "Just the two of us" on it.....
All in all if your only after the CD to get only like 1 or 2 songs on it go to like Kazza or WInMX and download theam off there dont waste your money on the CD

5 out of 5 stars A good collection of songs and artists.......2001-10-03

This album has a real good collection of songs spanning artists as diverse as Madonna, r.e.m., Green Day, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, and Quincy Jones and his Orchestra, just to name a few. We also get a 60's track from The Who. And of course there is the fun track by Dr Evil "Just the two of us". The booklet includes a few photos from the movie. On the whole, this is one soundtrack that works.

5 out of 5 stars

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