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	Valley Girl: Music From The Soundtrack Various Artists, Scott Wilk Rhino / Wea, 1994 average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The only flaw with this album was the failure to include "Monster of Love", "Shelly's Boyfriend" and "Girls Like Me." Thankfully, this egregious error has been remedied by Volume 2 which includes these and other similar cuts and is only slightly less trippindicular.

If you want to remember what a blast music used to be before the Shania Twains, Limp Bizkits, and Kid Rocks rendered radio unlistenable, this is a great starting point.

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You can thank me for this....

True story: I saw the movie on cable in 1984, about a year after it came out. I immediately started a fruitless, 10 year search for the soundtrack. During that time, I got my share of shrugs and/or disdainful looks from those oh-so-hip music store clerks whenever I asked if they had the "Valley Girl" soundtrack in stock. In early 1994, my persistence was finally rewarded when this collection (and later vol 2) was released. I guess there were enough weirdos like me out there asking about this music to make the execs at Rhino figure out there was a profit to be made on the soundtrack of an 11 YEAR OLD MOVIE! (how often does that happen?) So next time you listen to this CD, think about those of us who kept up the pressure all those years.

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Oh, the memories! Oh, the ennui!

If you were in high school in the early 1980's, I cannot recommend a wiser musical investment than this CD! Yep, this one's a winner, from the Plimsouls opening track "A Million Miles Away" to the Modern English finale of "I Melt With You". Too bad "Eaten By The Monster Of Love" by Sparks isn't on this CD, that would make it too cool for mere words. Buy it, listen to it, and drift back to the time when you were a naive idiot with a bit of optimism thrown in for good measure. You'll be glad you did, fer sher! =)


A MUST for all fans of 80's music

I remember seeing this movie when it came out and I was so disappointed when the origianl soundtrack had something like six songs on it. With this CD and the follow up - you get every song. "Eyes of a Stranger" and "The Fanatic" are great. Better yet, there's a Volume II - just as good as this first one. Get it and round out your collection.

To close, I'll end with one of the great quotes from the movie: 80's Prep to Nicholas Cage (wearing 3-d glasses) and taking tickets at the theater: "Cool, is this movie in 3-D?" Nicholas Cage: "No, but your face is."

Love the CDs - love the goofy movie!

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Pure solid gold, why did it take so long?

This is pure solid gold. Why the movie producers didn't release this with the movie is baffling. Makes today's music sound tired. There are songs on here that are pure magic(Love my way). The best soundtrack in the last 25 years and i'm including 'Saturday night fever'


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