Released March 2, 1984 Artist Spinal Tap Movie This Is Spinal Tap | Length 35:36 Release date 2 March 1984 Label Polydor Records | |
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This Is Spınal Tap
(1984) Break Like the Wind
(1992) Genres Heavy metal, Comedy rock, Glam metal Producers Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer | ||
This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) was the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. It was re-released in 2000 with lyrics and two versions of "Christmas with the Devil" as bonus tracks. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Rob Reiner.
Missing film songs
Noticeably missing tracks from the film include "All the Way Home", "Lick My Love Pump", "Jazz Odyssey", "Saucy Jack" and the band's a cappella performance of "Heartbreak Hotel". "All the Way Home", however, did later appear on the Break Like the Wind album, while "Jazz Odyssey" and "Saucy Jack" later appeared on the Back from the Dead album. "Lick My Love Pump" and "Heartbreak Hotel" have not been officially released. Conversely, the song "America" from the soundtrack does not appear in the movie, other than in a brief scene where Nigel and David are shown attempting to record the guitar parts for the song.
Other appearances
"Gimme Some Money" was featured in the 1991 comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
The song "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero II. When played as the encore song at the end of the career mode's second tier, the in-game band's drummer spontaneously combusts upon the song's completion, a direct reference to This Is Spinal Tap.
Seattle grunge band Soundgarden covered the song "Big Bottom" several times at their early live shows, documented on their live video Louder Than Live as well as on the Netherlands release of their 1992 Rusty Cage single.
In early 2007, American Express Small Business Services used "Gimme Some Money" (with vocals) as background music in a television ad.
Big Bottom appeared on the 2007 Rhino Records release, The Heavy Metal Box.
Spinal Tap
Additional personnel
Production
Songs
1Hell Hole3:08
2Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
3Heavy Duty4:28