Various Artists - 200 Cigarettes: Music From The Motion Picture

Starring Ben and Casey Affleck, Courtney Love, Martha Plimpton, and Christina Ricci, among others, 200 Cigarettes is a romantic comedy set on New Year's Eve 1981 in New York City's East Village. Supporting the film is a representative collection of late-'70s and early-'80s new-wave pop-rockers. The Ramones nail down the ferocious end of the spectrum ("I Don't Care"), but the emphasis is on straight pop with Nick Lowe ("Cruel to Be Kind"), the Cars ("Just What I Needed"), Joe Jackson ("It's Different for Girls") and the Go-Go's ("Our Lips Are Sealed"). Roxy Music deliver the sensuous "More Than This." Dire Straits' epic "Romeo and Juliet" is a tad out of place among the slam-bang pop-rock. Modern rockers Girls Against Boys effectively cover Earth, Wind and Fire's "Boogie Wonderland." Blondie contribute "In the Flesh" and a special megamix of "Rapture," plus two newer songs from their comeback effort. --Rob O'Connor Amazon.com

Why doesn't Amazon post artist names???

I've always enjoyed Harvey Danger's rendition of "Save It For Later", The Cars' classic "Just What I Needed" and Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet." Today, I checked to see what else is on the album, but, to my dismay, Amazon posts only the song titles and NOT the artists. This is not particularly helpful, is it? Therefore, I took the liberty of looking these up on another website and posting them below.

-Elvis Costello---( So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

-Dire Straits---Romeo And Juliet

-The Go-Go's---Our Lips Are Sealed

-Blondie---Blondie Medley: Rapture Exit Loud Allstar Rock Remix

-Nick Lowe---Cruel To Be Kind

-Blondie---In The Flesh

-The Cars---Just What I Needed

-Harvey Danger---Save It For Later

-Bow Wow Wow---I Want Candy

-The Ramones---I Don't Care

-Girls Against Boys---Boogie Wonderland

-Joe Jackson---It's Different For Girls

-B-Movie---Nowhere Girl

-Roxy Music---More Than This

-Kool & the Gang---Ladies Night
November 6, 2005

Fun Soundtrack!

Never saw the movie, but I found this sndtrk in a bargain bin and took it with me on my road trip back home. Super variety! No problem falling asleep in the car (I was singing!) I believe one or two from Devo assembled the score. No wonder it's sooooo cool!

Just for the record, some reviewers have it wrong. The song "Save It For Later" is by the English Beat; NOT Buddy Holly or General Public!! Sheesh. Check out "What Is Beat?" Great stuff there. September 25, 2005

200 Cigarettes Soundtrack Review: A good few songs

The reason that I bought this soundtrack was to get Harvey Danger's "Save it for later"--great song. This album also has "Cruel to be kind" and a few other great songs you can sing to; however, overall would I recommend going out and buying the entire album if you don't need to--NO. Try and download the songs you like separately. July 8, 2005

Why I didn't buy it (or why I would have)...

I have sooo many 80's songs (and love them all), that I didn't need another compilation, except there was a brief scene in the movie where two eastern men are riffing on the surf song "Riptide" on sitars... I loved that and would have bought this disc if it had been included. However, if you're looking for a decent 80s mix, this is a good place to start. December 16, 2004

Better Than The Movie

What can I say, this soundtrack is alot better than the film. I recomend that you get this soundtrack. It has a lot of good 80's song in it. August 21, 2004

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