More Music from the Motion Picture Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

by More Music From Austin Powers:

Overview

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was the surprise blockbuster of the summer 1999 movie season -- well, at least until The Sixth Sense came out of nowhere in August and enraptured audiences with its spooky mysteries. Prior to that, The Spy Who Shagged Me pretty much ruled June, stealing thunder from the Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace, and spawning a litany of catch phrases. There was also a soundtrack, highlighted by Lenny Kravitz's plodding cover of the Guess Who's "American Woman" and by Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger," a psychedelicized dance number that was her best single in years. "Beautiful Stranger" helped make the record a hit, which increased the demand for a second Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack -- which appeared a couple of weeks before the video release of the film in November 1999. Curious thing -- The Spy Who Shagged Me already felt like a pop culture artifact by the time this second soundtrack and the video were released. That didn't detract from the quality of the soundtrack, but it did make it seem a little unnecessary. However, They Might Be Giants' brilliant "Goldfinger" parody, "Dr. Evil," is as good as anything on the first record, as is the Bangles' unexpected reunion track "Get the Girl," a fine piece of retro-psychedelia that sounds like it hails from the band's prime. These two tracks certainly deserved to be on the first record, as did Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and Fantastic Plastic Machine's "Bachelor Pad." But at least they served as an excuse for this second soundtrack, which improbably turns out to be more entertaining than the first. That's largely due to the fact that it has the original versions of "American Woman" and "Time of the Season" (which were covered very poorly on the first disc), along with a few oldies ("I'm a Believer," "Magic Carpet Ride") that add some swinging-'60s context. There is some filler here -- most notably, a superfluous remix of "Beautiful Stranger" and Lords of Acid's "Am I Sexy?" -- but the record is actually more consistent than its predecessor, and just as entertaining -- even if it isn't exactly necessary and sort of feels like an afterthought. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/26/1999
Label:	Maverick
UPC:	0093624753827

Tracks

1. Austin Meets Felicity
2. Am I Sexy?
3. I'm a Believer
4. Magic Carpet Ride
5. American Woman
6. Get the Girl
7. Bachelor Pad
8. Let's Get It On
9. Crash!
10. Time of the Season
11. Dr. Evil
12. The Austin Powers Shagaphonic Medley
13. Beautiful Stranger

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Madonna   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Monkees   Primary Artist
Austin Powers   Primary Artist
Lords of Acid   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Propellerheads   Primary Artist
The Guess Who   Primary Artist
George Clinton   Primary Artist
The Zombies   Primary Artist
The Bangles   Primary Artist
Fantastic Plastic Machine   Primary Artist
George S. Clinton   Primary Artist
Steppenwolf   Primary Artist
They Might Be Giants   Primary Artist
Davy Jones   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Buddy Salzman   Drums
Micky Dolenz   Vocals (Background)
Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser   Vocals
Peter Tork   Vocals (Background)
Neil Diamond   Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Victor Calderone   Remix Engineer,Remixing
Rushton Moreve   Composer,Lyricist
John Flansburgh   Group Member
John Houlihan   Music Supervisor
Debbi Peterson   Composer,Lyricist
John Kay   Composer,Lyricist
Madonna   Composer,Producer,Performer
Hugh Grundy   Composer
Lords of Acid   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer
They Might Be Giants   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer
Kevin Reagan   Artwork,Art Direction
Guy Oseary   Producer
Lori Silfen   Soundtrack Executive Producer
Carlos Imperial   Composer,Lyricist
E.J. Camp   Photography
Jay Roach   Soundtrack Executive Producer
Jason Cienkus   Soundtrack Coordination
Mark Fellman   Photography
Rod Argent   Composer,Lyricist
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer
Randy Bachman   Composer,Lyricist
Propellerheads   Performer
The Monkees   Performer
Brian Fahey   Composer,Lyricist
George Clinton   Lyricist
Dan Schwartz   Producer
The Zombies   Producer,Performer
William Orbit   Composer,Producer
Alex Gifford   Producer
Danny Bramson   Producer
Yukihiro Fukutomi   Producer
The Bangles   Producer,Performer
Colin Blunstone   Composer
Fantastic Plastic Machine   Performer
Jeff Barry   Producer
Jim Kale   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Cameron   Composer,Lyricist
Neil Diamond   Composer,Lyricist
Mike Myers   Soundtrack Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Burton Cummings   Composer,Lyricist
George S. Clinton   Composer,Performer
Patrick Houlihan   Soundtrack Coordination
Gary Peterson   Composer,Lyricist
Kimberly Wright   Photography
Dave Collins   Mastering
Paul Atkinson   Composer
Tchad Blake   Mixing
Steppenwolf   Performer
Susanna Hoffs   Composer,Lyricist
The Guess Who   Performer
Chris White   Composer
Jack Richardson   Producer
Gabriel Mekler   Producer
Patrick Dillett   Producer
Ed Townsend   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Garry Peterson   Composer
John Linnell   Group Member
Vicki Peterson   Composer,Lyricist