As a dancer, Alex is self-taught, picking up whatever she can by any means to make it her own. For this reason it sits way above the likes of Dirty Dancing, even without the context of the movie.īest Track: Maniac is a hectic and exciting closer here, but the peppiness of Flashdance…What A Feeling is hard to deny.In Pittsburgh, hard working, outwardly strong willed and independently minded eighteen year old Alex Owens is a welder at a steel mill by day, and a nightclub dancer by night, most specifically at a working class neighborhood bar called Mawby's where she is friends with boyfriend/girlfriend Richie Plasic, the bar's short order cook and an aspiring stand-up comic, and Jeanie Szabo, one of the waitresses and a competitive figure skater who is easy prey for anyone willing to play to her many insecurities. Even if none of the tracks truly match the thrills of its two #1 hits, Flashdance genuinely works as an album. As an album, Flashdance manages to capture an era where the tropes of disco were still in the blood of musicians, while the dance genre itself had moved towards the 80s Pop that would follow. It’s certainly not Summer’ finest moment, but unlike other compilation style sound tracks, the appearance of a major star doesn’t feel unwarranted. It’s interesting though how integrated the rest of the songs are though, Donna Summer’s appearance for the bouncy Romeo feels obvious and fits nicely alongside the likes of Manhunt by Karen Komon. The Moroder written tracks are the best here, from Joe Esposito’s slow dance synth track Lady Lady Lady, to the instrumental Love Theme that make up part of Side A. From the opening iconic title track Flashdance…What A Feeling by Irene Cara we have a variety of artists delivering potential dance hits culminating in the other major hit Maniac by Michael Sembello. Flashdance isn’t this at all, in fact being a surprisingly consistent and stylised take on Disco/80s Pop compiled by a pioneer of the genre Giorgio Morodor. I’ve never seen the film, and I was partly expecting the sort of compilation record that accompanied Dirty Dancing a few years later. I went into the Flashdance soundtrack completely blind. Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture – Various Artists – 1983įormat Listened?: Youtube (You cannot stream this album anywhere!)

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