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Repo Man (soundtrack)

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Repo Man: Music from the Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released1984
Recorded1980–1984
Genre
Length37:20
LabelMCA
ProducerPeter McCarthy, Jonathan Wacks

Repo Man is the soundtrack album to the eponymous 1984 film, Repo Man. The soundtrack features songs by punk rock acts such as the Plugz, Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop and others. The film score was created by Tito Larriva, Steven Hufsteter, Charlie Quintana and Tony Marsico of the Plugz.[1] Iggy Pop volunteered to write the title song after his manager viewed a screening of the film.[2]

Background

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A website Creative Noise noted the soundtrack as a snapshot of the early-1980s Los Angeles hardcore punk scene of the time.[3] Director Alex Cox wanted the music to serve as a backdrop to the story of the life of the repo men.[3][2]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Repo Man"Iggy PopIggy Pop, Steve Jones, Nigel Harrison, Clem Burke5:12
2."TV Party"Greg GinnBlack Flag3:50
3."Institutionalized"Mike Muir, Louiche MayorgaSuicidal Tendencies3:49
4."Coup d'État"Keith Morris, Greg HetsonCircle Jerks1:59
5."El Clavo y la Cruz"Tito LarrivaThe Plugz2:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Pablo Picasso"Jonathan RichmanBurning Sensations4:01
2."Let's Have a War"Lee Ving, Philo CramerFear2:28
3."When the Shit Hits the Fan"Morris, HetsonCircle Jerks3:11
4."Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)"P. F. Sloan, Steve BarriThe Plugz1:46
5."Bad Man"
Juicy Bananas4:59
6."Reel Ten"LarrivaThe Plugz3:09

Reception

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Noel Murray of The Dissolve website in 2013 considered Black Flag's "TV Party", Suicidal Tendencies's "Institutionalized", Circle Jerks' "Coup d'État", and Fear's "Let's Have a War" the highlights of the soundtrack.[4] Stephen Cook of AllMusic rated the soundtrack four and a half stars out of five.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cook, Stephen. "Repo Man". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b "REPO MAN - Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Repo Man Film. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  3. ^ a b Burks, Brian. "Repo Man (soundtrack)". Creative Noise. Retrieved 2002-04-23.
  4. ^ Murray, Noel (2013-07-13). "'I was a teenage dinosaur, stoned and obsolete': The lure and lessons of Repo Man's soundtrack". the dissolve. Retrieved 2019-01-01.