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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2974
Category: Music
Artists: Irene Cara, Michael Gore, Paul Mccrane
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Label: Rhino / Wea
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 73862
UPC: 081227386221
EAN: 0081227386221
ASIN: B00008OP1Z
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Fame - Irene Cara | | • | Out Here on My Own - Irene Cara | | • | Hot Lunch Jam - Paul McCrane | | • | Dogs in the Yard - Linda Clifford | | • | Red Light - Paul McCrane | | • | Is It OK If I Call You Mine? - Contemporary Gospel Chorus | | • | Never Alone | | • | Ralph and Monty (Dressing Room Piano) - Eric Brockington, Irene Cara, Laura Dean, Paul McCrane, Traci Parnell | | • | I Sing the Body Electric | | • | Miles from Here [#][*] - Paul McCrane | | • | Out Here on My Own [Instrumental Version][*] | | • | Fame [Instrumental Version][*] - Irene Cara |
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Album Description
Remastered for the first time since it debuted in 1980! 2003 reissue include three bonus tracks, 'Out Here On My Own' (Instrumental Version), 'Fame' (Instrumental Version), & the previously unreleased, 'Miles From Here'. Rhino.
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We don't know whether Fame will, like its iconic, Irene Cara-sung title song insists, "live forever." But director Alan Parker's vibrant, ambitious 1980 tale of New York's High School of the Performing Arts has been remarkably influential, spawning a TV series, stage musical, and helping cast the mold--for better or worse--for the decades of pop-song dominated soundtracks that followed in its wake. But the innocent, urgent charms of the original won't be denied, and this release marks the album's first digital remastering, an edition supplemented by three previously unreleased bonus tracks (the wistful ballad "Miles From Here," as well as instrumental versions of the title track and Top 20 Cara hit, "Out Here on My Own," that underscore composer Michael Gore's pop-disco inspirations). --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Love the Songs and the Movie May 13, 2009
I've grown increasingly fond of the movie Fame over the years, appreciating more and more what an electrifying and entertaining picture it is. It was filled with great songs, both upbeat and slower, that I feel have held up very well. Irene Cara has an amazing voice.
What I would like to focus on in this review is the recording quality of the remastered CD. It is miles above the original release. If you have the original CD of Fame, cut it into little pieces and get this one. The original sounded so dull and lifeless I wondered who did the recording - it sounded like everything had a blanket over it. That was a huge insult to the movie. The remastered CD cures this - the sizzle is back. The voices and instruments are alive, not under a pillow.
Adding the bonus tracks is okay - I guess you can use the two instrumental ones for karaoke and pretend you are Irene Cara. I am so glad someone made the decision to remaster this CD because the first recording was a total ruin.
A genuine RSO classic! September 24, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Here is an expanded version of the original 1980 RSO(Robert Stigwood Organization) release featuring the original 9-track line-up with instrumental versions of the title track and OUT HERE ON MY OWN. The vocal versions are performed by the film's star Irene Cara(both on hit parade in '80). There's also another previously unreleased track. DOGS IN THE YARD and IS IT OKAY IF I CALL YOU MINE? are performed by Paul McCrane who also appeared in the film. Another hit from this album is RED LIGHT,performed by Linda Clifford. Many of these songs were written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore(brother of Lesley). I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC is performed by the film's cast(Cara,Lee Curreri,McCrane and the late Gene Anthony Ray to name a few). This album was subsequently re-released around 1984 when RSO was bought out by its sister label Polydor,both subsidiaries of PolyGram.
Review of "FAME" soundtrack July 31, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I used this soundtrack--in LP form--many years ago when I first started teaching dance. This summer I used it as part of a dance history class. I used this music for the American Jazz Dance/Broadway Style section of the class, and my elementary age students had to create original choreography to the theme song--in the style of Bob Fosse. The music was appropriate for my theme and the age level of the students. After all these years, it's still catchy.
 Fame July 28, 2006
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
Glad I purchased a used copy, would not pay full price for this CD. Not what I expected
An Awesome OST! May 21, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this together with another CD sometime in December 2004. All the tracks are carefully remastered. What makes it more awesome are the bonus tracks! The previously unreleased "Miles From Here, and the instrumental Out Here On My Own, and Fame. Wow! What an inclusion! Makes me sing along, too.
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