Rock of Ages [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (CD ALBUM, 2012)

Rock of Ages [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (CD ALBUM, 2012)

A silver screen adaptation of a Broadway show that turned MTV metal into a musical, the original soundtrack to Rock of Ages can't help but feel like a faded photocopy, but somebody has taken great care to dress those smeared, blurry images in glitter and highlights, the sparkle deriving from a star-studded cast fronted by Tom Cruise. That Tom Cruise has never, ever seemed to connect with rock & roll, particularly of the gutbucket L.A. sleaze variety celebrated here, matters not because Rock of Ages is not for rock & rollers, it's for any number of people who like to dress up and play pretend. Now that the glory days of Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and Poison are firmly in the past -- and thereby no longer carry any sense of sexual danger -- it's totally fine to drape a feather boa around your neck, darken your eyes, harden your heart, and sing along with the songs you know by heart. On film or on stage it might be easy to get wrapped up in the spectacle, but on record, it's mere nostalgia. 

TRACKLIST

1. Tom Cruise – Paradise City
2. Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand And Alec Baldwin – Sister Christian / Just Like Paradise / Nothin' But A Good Time
3. Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand And Julianne Hough – Juke Box Hero / I Love Rock 'N' Roll
4. Catherine Zeta-Jones –  Hit Me With Your Best Shot
5. Diego Boneta And Julianne Hough – Waiting For A Girl Like You
6. Julianne Hough And Diego Boneta – More Than Words / Heaven
7. Tom Crusie And Julianne Hough –  Wanted Dead Or Alive
8. Tom Cruise And Malin Akerman –  I Want To Know What Love Is
9. Diego Boneta – I Wanna Rock
10. Tom Cruise – Pour Some Sugar On Me
11. Julianne Hough And Mary J. Blige – Harden My Heart
12. Mary J. Blige And Julianne Hough – Shadows Of The Night / Harden My Heart
13. Diego Boneta, Paul Giamatti, Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige And Tom Cruise – Here I Go Again
14. Russell Brand And Alec Baldwin – Can't Fight This Feeling
15. Mary J. Blige, Constantine Maroulis And Julianne Hough – Any Way You Want It
16. Diego Boneta – Undercover Love
17. Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise And Mary J. Blige – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
18. Julianne Hough And Tom Cruise –   Rock You Like A Hurricane
19. Russell Brand And Catherine Zeta-Jones – We Built This City / We're Not Gonna Take It
20. Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand And Mary J. Blige – Don't Stop Believin'