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Grease
Soundtrack:  Grease

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Released: 1978
Label: Polydor
Selection #: 135125
The original film soundtrack! Includes You're The One That I Want, Summer Nights, Grease, We Go Together, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Greased Lightning, etc.
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1 Grease - Valli, Frankie
2 Summer Nights - Newton-John, Olivia
3 Hopelessly Devoted to You - Newton-John, Olivia
4 You're the One That I Want - Travolta, John
5 Sandy - Travolta, John
6 Beauty School Dropout - Avalon, Frankie
7 Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee - Channing, Stockard
8 Greased Lightnin' - Travolta, John
9 It's Raining on Prom Night - Bullens, Cindy
10 Alone at a Drive-In Movie [Instrumental]
11 Blue Moon - Sha Na Na
12 Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay - Sha Na Na
13 Those Magic Changes - Sha Na Na
14 Hound Dog - Sha Na Na
15 Born to Hand Jive - Sha Na Na
16 Tears on My Pillow - Sha Na Na
17 Mooning - Bullens, Cindy
18 Freddy, My Love - Bullens, Cinty
19 Rock & Roll Party Queen - Saint Louis, Louis
20 There Are Worse Things I Could Do - Channing, Stockard
21 Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee - Newton-John, Olivia
22 We Go Together - Travolta, John
23 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing [Instrumental]
24 Grease - Valli, Frankie
  
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Album Review

Grease was a huge success as a Broadway musical prior to hitting the big screen in 1978. That was the version that transformed Grease into a phenomenon -- it was a runaway box office success, and then became a TV, cable and video favorite. The soundtrack rivaled its film counterpart as a pop culture perennial, and it's not hard to see why -- its good-natured pastiche of doo-wop and early rock & roll is infectious and charming, due in no small part to John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's charismatic, engaging performances. They sing the majority of the originals -- "Summer Nights," "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "You'Re The One That I Want," "Sandy," "Greased Lightnin'" -- which were the reason why the film and soundtrack became blockbusters. The fact that the originals hold up better than the '50s tunes is largely due to Sha Na Na's workmanlike performances, but the originals are so giddily enjoyable -- not only the quintet mentioned above, but also Frankie Avalon's "Beauty School Dropout," Stockard Channing's "Look At Me, I'M Sandra Dee" and Frankie Valli's title track -- that everything works. Some listeners may prefer the Broadway cast recording, but the fact of the matter is, the sleek pop production the movie's soundtrack boasts and the cast's enthusiastic performances go along way in making this "Grease" the definitive "Grease". ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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