Almost Famous (soundtrack)
# Almost Famous (soundtrack)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Almost Famous is a 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 will be the first time all of the music featured in the film will be released in one set.

## 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

## Personnel

* 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

## Chart performance

### Album

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 2000 | Billboard 200 | 43 |
| 2000 | Billboard Top Internet Albums | 8 |
| 2001 | Billboard Top Soundtrack Albums | 16 |

### Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Almost Famous :

| Chart (2001) | Position |
| - | - |
| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | 163 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | $50,000^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | $500,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
