Less than Zero (soundtrack)

Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	November 6, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Rock pop rock hip hop R&B heavy metal
Length	41:28
Label	Def Jam Columbia
Producer	Chuck D Eric "Vietnam" Sadler Frederick Gordon Hank Shocklee Rick Rubin Russell Simmons Vincent Bell Aerosmith (co.)
Singles from Less than Zero (soundtrack)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	B+
New Musical Express	8/10

Less Than Zero is the soundtrack album to Marek Kanievska's 1987 drama film Less Than Zero. It was released on November 6, 1987, through Def Jam/Columbia Records, and consisted of a variety of music genres, including hard rock, pop rock, hip hop, heavy metal and contemporary R&B, with most of the album being produced by Rick Rubin. The soundtrack found success, peaking at 31 on the Billboard 200 and 22 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 8, 1988.

Four singles made it to the Billboard charts. The Black Flames cover of "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" and Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" were minor hits on the R&B charts, but LL Cool J's "Going Back to Cali" and The Bangles cover of "A Hazy Shade of Winter" fared better, making it to 31 and 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (performed by Aerosmith)	Rick Rubin Aerosmith (co.)	2:56
2.	"Life Fades Away" (performed by Roy Orbison)	Rick Rubin	3:42
3.	"Rock and Roll All Nite" (performed by Poison)	Rick Rubin	3:37
4.	"Going Back to Cali" (performed by LL Cool J)	Rick Rubin	4:10
5.	"You and Me (Less Than Zero)" (performed by Glenn Danzig & the Power and Fury Orchestra)	Rick Rubin	3:36
6.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (performed by Slayer)	Rick Rubin	3:19
7.	"Bring the Noise" (performed by Public Enemy)	Carl Ryder Hank Shocklee Eric "Vietnam" Sadler	3:45
8.	"Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)" (performed by the Black Flames)	Russell Simmons Vincent Bell	3:06
9.	"She's Lost You" (performed by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)	Rick Rubin	2:58
10.	"How to Love Again" (performed by Oran "Juice" Jones and Alyson Williams)	Frederick Gordon Vincent Bell	4:42
11.	"Hazy Shade of Winter" (performed by The Bangles)	Rick Rubin	2:47
Total length:			41:28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000
^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

• Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)