Almost Famous is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 2000. It was awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
In May 2021, UMe announced the reissue of the soundtrack as an expanded five CD/seven LP boxed set. It was the first time all of the music featured in the film was released in one set.
Track listing
Personnel Stillwater Billy Crudup ("Russell Hammond") – lead guitar Jason Lee ("Jeff Bebe") – lead singer John Fedevich ("Ed Vallencourt") – drums Mark Kozelek ("Larry Fellows") – bass guitar
Musicians Peter Frampton Mike McCready Jon Bayless Ben Smith Gordon Kennedy Marti Frederiksen – vocals
Additional music Other music used in the film did not appear on the soundtrack album. As with the songs in the released soundtrack, they are usually snippets of a minute or less. Alvin and the Chipmunks: "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" Brenton Wood: "The Oogum Boogum Song" The Stooges: "Search and Destroy" Black Sabbath: "Paranoid" Jethro Tull: "Teacher" Yes: "Roundabout" Joni Mitchell: "River" Black Sabbath: "Sweet Leaf" Nancy Wilson: "Cabin in the Air" Little Feat: "Easy to Slip" Raspberries: "Go All the Way" Stillwater: "Hour of Need" The Guess Who: "Albert Flasher" Stillwater: "Love Thing" Neil Young and Crazy Horse: "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" Fleetwood Mac: "Future Games" Deep Purple: "Burn" Stillwater: "You Had to Be There" Blodwyn Pig: "Dear Jill" Steely Dan: "Reelin' in the Years" MC5: "Looking at You" Stillwater: "Love Comes and Goes" The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" Free: "Wishing Well" Buddy Holly and The Crickets: "Peggy Sue" # Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show: "The Cover of "Rolling Stone"" # Elton John: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" Stevie Wonder: "My Cherie Amour" Chicago: "Colour My World" # Neil Young: "Cortez the Killer" (live recording from the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California on 20 March 1999) Led Zeppelin: "The Rain Song" Led Zeppelin: "Bron-Yr-Aur" Led Zeppelin: "Tangerine" Led Zeppelin: "Misty Mountain Hop" Stillwater: "Chance Upon You" @ Pete Droge and Elaine Summers: "Small Time Blues" # Portraying Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris at the Riot House Hotel
# Sung or performed by a character in the film @ Only featured in the director's cut, Untitled
Charts Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Almost FamousChart (2000–2001)Peakposition US Billboard 200 43 US Top Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 16
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Almost FamousChart (2001)Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 163
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