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Track Listings
| 1. Stayin' Alive |
| 2. How Deep Is Your Love (2007 Remastered Saturday Night Fever LP Version) |
| 3. Night Fever |
| 4. More Than A Woman (2007 Remastered Saturday Night Fever LP Version) |
| 5. If I Can't Have You |
| 6. A Fifth Of Beethoven |
| 7. More Than A Woman |
| 8. Manhattan Skyline |
| 9. Calypso Breakdown |
| 10. Night On Disco Mountain |
| 11. Open Sesame |
| 12. Jive Talkin' |
| 13. You Should Be Dancing |
| 14. Boogie Shoes |
| 15. Salsation |
| 16. K-Jee |
| 17. Disco Inferno |
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Survivors of the disco boom of the late 1970s are of course bemused at the ease with which the patina of cultural significance has appeared on the music (and even the clothes) of the period. In any event, whether you can't resist tapping your feet to those four-on-the-floor Bee Gees tunes or whether you're curious about what is, after all, the precursor of hip hop, there's still no better way of enjoying this stuff than through this era-defining recording. Interestingly, there's more social comment here than the happy tunes might suggest, such as in the lyrics of "Staying Alive" which are entirely reminiscent of the theme of the movie They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in their depiction of dance as a desperate escape from social deprivation. Well, up to a point. Then there's "Night Fever" and "Disco Inferno" and all the other white-suits-and-sequins standards which epitomised the movement. What's notable--and perhaps surprising--are the strong melodic and lyrical identities the songs all have, which resulted in a string of hit singles. If you were there, you'll want this music. If you weren't, you'll still want it. It explains a lot. --Roger Thomas
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Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Warner.
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By Roller
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The music of The Bee Gees is quite good. "Stayin Alive" still sounds good today. Some of the other music would best be appreciated by someone with an interest in this type of Music. The Music is good, but there is a time and a place for this type of Music. This Music would be appreciated by someone who lives for "Disco" Music.
By Estrild
Format:Audio CD
Back in the early 90's when I was clubbing, a friend watched Saturday Night Fever and gave me a rave review of it. I was ignorant in denying it a chance, and carrying on the unfortunate bias against it. I watched it 10 years later and lamented. Kleo was right, it was us, it was a mirror of our scene just with slightly different music, and slightly different clothes! I know that feeling, I know that need to dance, I know the high of the dancer and music united, and we shared that same acceptance of all races and sexual preferences as we danced the night away together amidst flashing lights and pina colada fog. Disco was the precursor to house, and thence techno. It's obvious. So if you are or were a raver, you will learn something from this film and it's music, and see something of ourselves in it. I'm glad there is a film to preserve club culture, and when I see Travlota getting taken over by the vibe I'm right there in the moment. I love the cd, especially "You should be Dancin'", "Jive Talkin'", "Night Fever", "Stayin'Alive", "If I can't Have You" and "More Than a Woman". It gets me groovin', in a different way from Orbital or Spiral Tribe or Underworld, but groovin' still! And that's eternal!
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By Martin A Hogan
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Format:Audio CD
"SNF" sold over 35 million copies world-wide. It also garnered seven #1 hits in the USA alone. The Bee Gees also won several Grammys from this for production and vocal arrangement. A unique mix of disco, funk and orchestration, this album (now one CD and newly remastered to perfection) defined a generation and a lasting style of music (albeit with repercussions). If you are still stalling on buying this, consider that it has been remixed and if you ever want to listen to dance songs that actually contain interesting lyrics; this is the one.
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Great disco classic
This masterpiece has lost none of its appeal after all these years, proving the critics wrong and the BeeGees right. Read more
Published on July 24 2007 by Pieter Uys
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Selling Soundtrack Ever
Apart from the soundtrack of Bodyguard, this is surely one of the best selling soundtrack ever. Starting with the Bee Gees, they are originally slow ballad singers. Read more
Published on July 8 2004 by Trombonist
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic!
Can everyone please spare me the lengthy diatribes and just say thumbs up, or thumbs down? If you don't like disco, why in the hell would you buy the soundtrack to Saturday Night... Read more
Published on July 4 2004 by James A. Butler
4.0 out of 5 stars
disco sucks
For my review, I'll reply to Melting Pot, who said "I feel folk-rock from the 1960's was the bane of music. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yes! YES!
This is the album that showed the nation that disco was the best kind of music. Played by the Bee Gees, plus a few others, this album's radiant style of disco will live through the... Read more
Published on May 31 2004 by Melting_Pot
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Soundtrack For A Movie And A Generation
I was in 7th grade when this movie/soundtrack came out. Well, it took off like a barn fire! And even now as I write this in the spring of 2004, I can still remember the feeling... Read more
Published on May 22 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best album ever!
I bought "Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack" last year and still can not get enough of it!
This album makes me wanna get on the dance floor. Read more
This album makes me wanna get on the dance floor. Read more
Published on Jan 18 2004 by Thomas Leonard Niehans
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting at the Time
While it was fun and interesting at the time, this only has appeal to those who lived through it for nostalgia purposes.
Published on Jan 2 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic soundtrack to a classic film!!!
A classic soundtrack to a classic film!!! A great CD!!! Five stars!!! A+
Published on Jan 1 2004 by Jason P. Pumphrey
3.0 out of 5 stars
If you like Disco, this is a must have
This movie defined a sound, a mood, a state of mind and this is the soundtrack that helped it do that. A must if you are a disco fan.
Published on Nov 17 2003 by Alicia Walker
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