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Almost Famous is a 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.

In May 2021, UMe announced the reissue of the soundtrack as an expanded five CD/seven LP boxed set.[2] It will be the first time all of the music featured in the film will be released in one set.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."America"Paul SimonSimon & Garfunkel3:36
2."Sparks"Pete TownshendThe Who7:27
3."It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"Todd RundgrenTodd Rundgren3:48
4."I've Seen All Good People: Your Move"Chris Squire, Jon AndersonYes6:54
5."Feel Flows"Carl Wilson, Jack RieleyThe Beach Boys4:43
6."Fever Dog"Nancy WilsonStillwater3:10
7."Every Picture Tells a Story"Rod Stewart, Ron WoodRod Stewart5:55
8."Mr. Farmer"Sky SaxonThe Seeds3:13
9."One Way Out (Live)"Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson IIThe Allman Brothers Band4:57
10."Simple Man"Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van ZantLynyrd Skynyrd5:56
11."That's the Way"Jimmy Page, Robert PlantLed Zeppelin5:37
12."Tiny Dancer"Elton John, Bernie TaupinElton John3:24
13."Lucky Trumble"Nancy WilsonNancy Wilson2:40
14."I'm Waiting for the Man" (from Live Santa Monica '72)Lou ReedDavid Bowie5:43
15."The Wind"Cat StevensCat Stevens1:40
16."Slip Away"William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur TerrellClarence Carter2:32
17."Something in the Air"Speedy KeenThunderclap Newman3:54

Personnel ("Stillwater")

Personnel

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.

# Sung or performed by a character in the film
@ Only featured in the director's cut, Untitled

Chart performance

Album
YearChartPosition
2000Billboard 20043
2000Billboard Top Internet Albums8
2001Billboard Top Soundtrack Albums16

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Almost Famous
Chart (2001)Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[5]163

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[6]Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA)[7]Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ a b Young, Alex (May 21, 2021). "Almost Famous Soundtrack Reissued As Massive 103-Song Box Set". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Music from Almost Famous". MusicfromFilm.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  4. ^ "Scores for Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky". TheUncool.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  5. ^ "Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Soundtrack – Almost Famous". Music Canada. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Almost Famous". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous_(soundtrack)