This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
What a concept: A soundtrack that actually has something to do with the movie.
Instead of just collecting a bunch of pop and rap-metal B-sides, this disc for John Cusack’s romantic comedy about a record store owner is like a mixtape from that music-geek pal of yours with the basement full of wax. You’ve got unheralded ’60s acts (13th Floor Elevators), obscure cuts from big stars (The Kinks’ Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy, Bob Dylan’s Most Of The Time, two late-period Velvet Underground tracks), introspective singer-songwriters (John Wesley Harding) and cool indie-rock bands (Smog’s Cold Blooded Old Times, Stereolab’s Le Boob Oscillator, Royal Trux’s Inside Game, The Beta Band’s Dry The Rain). And every cut’s a keeper — even actor/Tenacious D singer Jack Black’s cover of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On. Buy the cassette, change the stickers and case and give it to a friend; then you can be that music-geek pal with impeccable taste.
