Superfly
1972
Mayfield watched the film and wrote songs attacking the drug dealing it made look glamorous, then sang them in a falsetto over congas.
★ 7.4
The Albums canon
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Every record chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Various artists
1977
The Bee Gees wrote most of it in about two weeks in a French château, without having read the script or seen a frame.
★ 6.8
Original Soundtrack (The Harder They Come)
1973
Jimmy Cliff starred in the film as well as singing on it, and for years this was the only reggae record most Americans owned.
★ 6.0
O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack
Various artists
2000
T Bone Burnett recorded most of it before the film was shot, so the Coens built scenes around the music. It sold eight million.
★ 5.7