Rushmore [LP]

Rating

Album: Rushmore [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hardest Geometry Problem in the World	More Info...	0:01
2)	Making Time	More Info...	0:03
3)	Concrete & Clay	More Info...	0:02
4)	Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl	More Info...	0:02
5)	Sharp Little Guy	More Info...
6)	The Lad With the Silver Button	More Info...	0:01
7)	A Summer Song	More Info...	0:02
8)	Edward Appleby (In Memoriam)	More Info...
9)	Here Comes My Baby	More Info...	0:03
10)	A Quick One, While He's Away	More Info...	0:08
11)	Snowflake Music (From Bottlerocket)	More Info...
12)	Piranhas Are a Very Tricky Species	More Info...	0:01
13)	Blinuet	More Info...	0:04
14)	Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends	More Info...	0:01
15)	Rue St. Vincent	More Info...	0:03
16)	Kite Flying Society	More Info...	0:01
17)	The Wind	More Info...	0:01
18)	Oh Yoko	More Info...	0:04
19)	Ooh La La	More Info...	0:03
20)	Margaret Yang's Theme	More Info...	0:01

Album: Rushmore [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hardest Geometry Problem in the World	More Info...	0:01
2)	Making Time	More Info...	0:03
3)	Concrete & Clay	More Info...	0:02
4)	Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl	More Info...	0:02
5)	Sharp Little Guy	More Info...
6)	The Lad With the Silver Button	More Info...	0:01
7)	A Summer Song	More Info...	0:02
8)	Edward Appleby (In Memoriam)	More Info...
9)	Here Comes My Baby	More Info...	0:03
10)	A Quick One, While He's Away	More Info...	0:08
11)	Snowflake Music (From Bottlerocket)	More Info...
12)	Piranhas Are a Very Tricky Species	More Info...	0:01
13)	Blinuet	More Info...	0:04
14)	Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends	More Info...	0:01
15)	Rue St. Vincent	More Info...	0:03
16)	Kite Flying Society	More Info...	0:01
17)	The Wind	More Info...	0:01
18)	Oh Yoko	More Info...	0:04
19)	Ooh La La	More Info...	0:03
20)	Margaret Yang's Theme	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

Original score music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.
Producers: Wes Anderson, Randall Poster.
Includes liner notes by Wes Anderson.
Though it contains a token nod to Americana with West Coast saxman Zoot Sims' "Blinuet," this collection is driven by Britpop (not the Oasis variety, but the real stuff circa 1960s). Long lost British mod heroes the Creation are an obscure but wonderful choice, their Whoish sound full of youthful abandon. Early Kinks is never a bad thing, and the Davies boys' "Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" is a lesser known gem from the band's golden period. Things turn more introspective with John Lennon's sentimental "Oh Yoko" and Cat Stevens' "The Wind," but the irrepressible Faces' "Ooh La La" puts things back on a righteously rocking course.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (3/4/99, p.87) - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - "...Like the movie, the soundtrack pays tribute to young love in all its annoying, cloying, earnest and ingratiating qualities. It charms..."

Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.43) - Ranked #84 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks"

Entertainment Weekly (3/5/99, p.67) - "Writer-director Wes Anderson is the rare filmmaker who understands how crucial music is for setting a movie's tone, and RUSHMORE's wonderfully strange ambiance owes a great deal to this similarly eccentric soundtrack..." - Rating: A-