Crowe would have been better off using the opportunity and access he gained to make the ultimate documentary about Seattle's music scene. It was likely shelved for a year because it simply wasn't good enough. Singles has all of the trappings of any 20-something hetero love story, over the backdrop of America's sexiest city and cameos by Seattle's music community ( Tad Doyle is the recipient of a sexy wrong number call! Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt appears in the VHS dating service video! Alice In Chains and Soundgarden perform live! Eddie Vedder talks!).
So a grunge rom-com set in Seattle starring Gen-X icons like Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda, made by a former music journalist-cum-respected filmmaker, seemed too good to be true. In 1989, Crowe had hit big with the John Cusack-starring rom-dramedy Say Anything. When it finally arrived, its soundtrack had been out for three months and paved the way for the movie to follow in its footsteps. There will no doubt be a lot of fans revisiting this album to remember his work, but there is also a good story to how Singles became the soundtrack that didn't need its film.Ĭameron Crowe's film had already been sitting on the shelf when it was released in September 1992. Sadly, it arrives just days after the recent and sudden death of Chris Cornell, who appears on the album not only with Soundgarden, but also as a solo artist.
For the longest time, it has been something I have coveted on vinyl, and now after a 25-year wait, the Singles soundtrack finally sees its long, overdue reissue.
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