Soundtrack - 9 1/2 Weeks (LP) (1986) - €4,99

9+1⁄2 Weeks is a 1986 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne with a screenplay by Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King and Patricia Louisianna Knop. 

The film is based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Austrian-American author Ingeborg Day. 

It stars Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw and Mickey Rourke as John Gray. McGraw is a New York City art gallery employee who has a brief yet intense affair with a mysterious Wall Street broker. 

While the film might have a sort of timeless appeal -- Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke were young then, and while one has aged gracefully, the other has become a plastic surgery disaster -- the soundtrack (which also experiences a bit of a sales spike during this holiday) has lost much of it. 

Certainly the theme song, "I Do What I Do," penned by John Taylor (right), Michael Des Barres, and Jonathan Elias and performed by them along with B.J. Nelson, Michael Brecker, and Dalbello, sounds so dated as to be almost laughable, as are contributions by Devo ("Bread and Butter"), Dalbello ("Black on Black"), and Corey Hart ("Eurasian Eyes"). 

Other cuts here have become classics (or already were): Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love," Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," and Eurythmics' "This City Never Sleeps." Still others, such as Luba's "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "Let It Go," are campy fun, and Stewart Copeland's moody "Cannes" is a miniature masterpiece that actually reflects something akin to incidental music in a film score. 

Side one

1. John Taylor - I Do What I Do... (Theme For 9 1/2 Weeks) - 3:45 

2. Luba - The Best Is Yet To Come - 3:58 

3. Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love - 4:23 

4. Dalbello - Black On Black - 3:58 

5. Corey Hart - Eurasian Eyes - 5:26 

Side two

1. Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On - 4:14 

2. Devo - Bread And Butter - 2:25 

3. Eurythmics - This City Never Sleeps - 6:20 

4. Stewart Copeland - Cannes - 3:10 

5. Luba - Let It Go - 3:45 

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – Jonesfilm
• Mastered At – Capitol Studios
• Printed By – James Upton Ltd.
• Record Company – EMI Records Ltd.

Credits

• Executive-Producer – Stephen Powers
• Mastered By – Wally Traugo

Notes

Release: 1986

Format:  LP

Genre:  Pop, Rock

Label:  Capitol Records

Catalog#  064 240499 1

Vinyl:  Lichte Gebruikerssporen

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