Various Artists
The Virgin Suicides (1999 Film)
Label:  Emperor Norton 
Date:  3/28/2000
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Classic Rock
  Category:  soundtrack
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Heart - Magic Man    
      2.  
      		 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me    
      3.  
      		 Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong    
      4.  
      		 Air - Ce Matin La    
      5.  
      		 The Hollies - Air That I Breathe    
      6.  
      		 Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?    
      7.  
      		 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)    
      8.  
      		 10cc - I'm Not in Love    
      9.  
      		 Todd Rundgren - Dream Goes on Forever    
      10.  
      		 Heart - Crazy on You    
      11.  
      		 Air - Playground Love [Vibraphone Version]    
      12.  
      		 Styx - Come Sail Away    
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      Sofia Coppola's directorial debut has no shortage of music. She commissioned the French band Air to record an entire album's worth of material (sold separately) and enlisted the help of former Redd Kross drummer Brian Reitzell to pick other music to support the film. Aside from "Playground Love" and "Ce Matin La" by Air and "Everything You've Done Wrong" by Nova Scotia's fine Sloan (who add horns and backdate by three decades to the 1970s), the soundtrack resembles an anonymous day of 1970s AM radio. Al Green delivers a little bit o' soul with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?", Todd Rundgren balances progressive rock with a strong power-pop backing ("Hello, It's Me" and "A Dream Goes On Forever") as do 10cc with "I'm Not in Love." Heart nail down the hard-rock end with two of their trademarks from the Dreamboat Annie album. Thankfully, Styx is programmed last, so you can skip the overwrought strains of "Come Sail Away" without difficulty. --Rob O'Connor