V/A - The Wedding Singer: Music From The Motion Picture LP (Blue Vinyl)

Label: Friday Music

It's 1985 and Robbie (Adam Sandler) is the ultimate master of ceremonies... until he is left at the altar at his own wedding. Propelled by some of the finest 80's new wave/rock music of the era, The Wedding Singer: Music From The Motion Picture includes entertaining classics from the likes of Culture Club, The Police, The Smiths, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins, Elvis Costello, Billy Idol, David Bowie and New Order among others. Gatefold coloured 180g vinyl LP from Friday Music, mastered by Joe Reagoso.

The very fact that the good-natured romantic comedy The Wedding Singer is set in 1985 means that the accompanying soundtrack is a perfect vehicle for a host of early-'80s new wave classics. Although the album, like the movie, gets the time period slightly wrong -- new wave was finished by 1985, but the entire project barrels ahead as if it were the glory days of 1983 -- the end result is thoroughly enjoyable.

Tracklist:
Side One:
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins
Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis Costello

Side Two:
White Wedding - Billy Idol
China Girl - David Bowie
Blue Monday - New Order
Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
Have You Written Anything Lately?
Somebody Kill Me - Adam Sandler
Rapper's Delight (Medley) - Ellen Dow Plus Sugarhill Gang