Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Certain Songs #2269: The Smashing Pumpkins – “Drown”

January 18, 2022 by Jim Connelly

Album: Singles – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Year: 1992

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With the exception of 1979’s That Summer!, no motion picture soundtrack ever affected me as much as the soundtrack for 1992’s Singles. And unlike That Summer!, Singles was a film that people actually saw, especially as it came during that period where filmmaker Cameron Crowe could do no wrong, though I certainly didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as Say Anything or Almost Famous.

Certain Songs #1503: Pearl Jam – “State of Love and Trust”

April 6, 2019 by Jim Connelly

Album: Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Year: 1992

While “Jeremy” was what tipped me over into buying Ten, this barnburner was the first Pearl Jam song I ever loved.

As part of the Singles soundtrack, which turned me on to not just Pearl Jam, but also Smashing Pumpkins (which took) and Mudhoney (which didn’t); reminded me that the Screaming Trees were pretty awesome; and premiered not one but two Paul Westerberg solo songs, “State of Love and Trust” knocked me out from pretty much the beginning.