Pretty In Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
	Music Supervisor: David Anderle
	Released on February 28, 1986
	US CHART POSITION #5
	Find it at GEMM
CD 3293 cover [high resolution scan]

W ritten by John Hughes (Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, duh I know who John Hughes is), Pretty In Pink was a likeable film that originally incurred my ire for its limpd*ck remake of The Psychedelic Furs’ guttergirl anthem. I mean, that song the first time charged at you like a dildo on a stick; here it kind of prances along politely because, well, there are children in the audience. (No such concerns at Progrography, nosirree.) As I’ve probably mentioned before, often, the alternative artists from the early 80s were like a closely guarded secret to me, and I didn’t much like sharing them with everybody. INXS, have at them, no skin off my banana. New Order too, since I never knew what to make of them. But Echo, The Smiths, OMD and the Furs were meant for the fringes, and the idea of them being swept into the mainstream always rankled me. Years ago, I stamped OMD a sellout for “If You Leave.” I’ve softened with age, however, and listening to it today I’d tell you it’s omdelicious. (No such amnesty for Simple Minds.) At the time of its release, this soundtrack was the only place to find “If You Leave,” “Shell-Shock” and remakes of “Pretty in Pink” and “Left of Center,” each of which had some success as singles. You’ll find those songs now (plus the earlier Bunnymen and Smiths tunes) on the artist’s respective compilations, and what remains (a Nik Kershaw cover by Danny Hutton, a track from Prince courtier Jesse Johnson) is pretty much filler. So the albums you’re really looking for are The Best of OMD, Songs To Learn & Sing, Louder Than Bombs, Tried And True, etc. John Hughes clearly had good tastes in movies and music, they just don’t taste good together.

TRACK LISTING

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: IF YOU LEAVE    (OMD)    4:25
2. Suzanne Vega featuring Joe Jackson on piano: LEFT OF CENTER    (Suzanne Vega/Steve Addabbo)    3:33
3. Jesse Johnson: GET TO KNOW YA    (Jesse Johnson)    3:34
4. INXS: DO WOT YOU DO    (Michael Hutchence/Andrew Farriss)    3:16
5. The Psychedelic Furs: PRETTY IN PINK    (Roger Morris/John Ashton/Vince Ely/Richard Butler/Tim Butler)    4:40
6. New Order: SHELL-SHOCK    (New Order/John Robie)    6:04
7. Belouis Some: ROUND, ROUND    (Neville Keighley)    4:07
8. Danny Hutton Hitters: WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD    (Nik Kershaw)    3:44
9. Echo & The Bunnymen: BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES    (Will Sergeant/Ian McCulloch/Les Pattinson/Pete De Freitas)    3:59
10. The Smiths: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT    (Morrissey/Johnny Marr)    1:51

CREDITS

Echo & The Bunnymen --
Danny Hutton Hitters --
INXS --
Joe Jackson -- piano (2)
Jesse Johnson -- producer (3)
New Order --
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark -- producer (1)
The Psychedelic Furs -- producer (5)
The Smiths --
Belouis Some --
Suzanne Vega --
Steve Addabbo -- producer (2)
Arthur Baker -- producer (2)
Bernard Edwards -- producer (7)
Charles Harrowell -- producer (5)
Laurie Latham -- producer (9)
Tom Lord-Alge -- producer (1)
Mark Opitz -- remix (4)
Richard Podolor -- producer (8)
John Porter -- producer (10)
John Robie -- producer (6)
Chris Thomas -- producer (4)

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