Track Listing

1. All I Want Is You � Barry Louis Polisar
2. My Rollercoaster - Kimya Dawson
3. A Well Respected Man � The Kinks
4. Dearest � Buddy Holly
5. Up The Spout � Mateo Messina
6. Tire Swing � Kimya Dawson
7. Piazza, New York Catcher � Belle & Sebastian
8. Loose Lips � Kimya Dawson
9. Superstar � Sonic Youth
10. Sleep (Instrumental) � Kimya Dawson
11. Expectations � Belle & Sebastian
12. All The Young Dudes � Mott The Hoople
13. So Nice So Smart � Kimya Dawson
14. Sea Of Love � Cat Power
15. Tree Hugger � Kimya Dawson and Antsy Pants
16. I�m Sticking With You � Velvet Underground
17. Anyone Else But You � The Moldy Peaches
18. Vampire � Antsy Pants
19. Anyone Else But You � Michael Cera and Ellen Page

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4705 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 96 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
New York singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson may be familiar to many, seeing as her existing infamy is based on being one half of acerbic so-called 'anti-folk' duo The Moldy Peaches who made ripples around the turn of the century with taboo-provoking pared-down romps against this, that and the other. It might be a surprise to find her ramshackle and largely solo performances heading up a film soundtrack, but to Juno's independence and understated qualities she turns out to be a remarkably good fit. She's mellowed a little with age perhaps, but then to counter that claim take the track "Loose Lips"; she rallies through a nonchalant stream-of-consciousness rant against such adversaries as President Bush, the Iraq war and self-harm/suicide, curling out blunt matter-of-fact lines like "call me up before you're dead, we can make some plans instead," that in the simple is as simple does context she provides resonate beautifully. Hardly lightweight then, but far from coarse or unwieldy. Like the film itself, she handles issues with straightforward clarity, an ambling pace and effortless humour. And to complete the soundtrack, a couple of typically twee compositions from Belle & Sebastian, The Kinks' "A Well Respected Man", Sonic Youth's excellently woozy cover of The Carpenter's "Superstar", the Velvet Underground's daft as elastic "I'm Sticking with You" and Cat Power (the queen of ramshackle) with the fragile "Sea of Love", make this a delightfully humbling listen. --James Berry

Album Description
Fox Searchlight Picture's February 2008 coming-of-age comedy Juno, directed by Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking). The narrative centers on whip-smart Juno (Ellen Page, in a breakthrough role), a teenage girl faced with an unplanned pregnancy from an afternoon with the charmingly unassuming Bleeker (Michael Cera). Juno finds her unborn baby the perfect set of parents in Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), an affluent suburban couple who are eager to adopt. Along with the total support of her parents, (Allison Janney and J.K. Simmons) Juno conquers her problems head-on, displaying a youthful exuberance that is both smart and unexpected. The film was an official selection at 2007's Telluride, Toronto, and London film festivals and received the Best Film award at the Rome International Film Festival. The soundtrack to Juno mixes classic rock favourites with indie-rock gems.

Customer Reviews

"the monkey on your back is the latest trend"
Well for the first time in my life, i went to see a movie because i had heard the soundtrack. This in my opinion is an amazing album although of course different people have different taste, saying that however i didn't know i was into this type of music until now. The Juno Sountrack is one of the finest things i've added to my music collection in a long time and since i recieved it last week it has not been off. I find myself singing the songs as i go about my business, and as the lyrics come from my mouth a smile can't help but form.

What i love about alot of the songs is the way in which they have been recorded, they sound like they are sitting on the couch in the same room as you, singing and strumming their guitars, and for you guitar players out there, the songs are so easy to learn and you WILL find yourselves playing along.

There are also songs in there from the likes of 'the kinks' and 'buddy holly' which add to the wide variety of talent shown in the album. For me though, the song played in the opening credits 'All i want is you' by barry louis polisar is my favorite, such an amazing opening to the album and indeed the film.

Anyways this i think is my first ever review, i hope i've been helpfull...

Buy this album.

...indieville bliss...
For those who don't know, "Juno" is an award winning comedy featuring Juno (played by Ellen Page), a teenage girl faced with an unplanned pregnancy from an afternoon with Bleeker (Michael Cera from TVs "Arrested Development"). Juno finds her unborn baby the perfect set of parents in Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), an affluent suburban couple who are eager to adopt. The film was an official selection at 2007's Telluride, Toronto, and London film festivals and received the Best Film award at the Rome International Film Festival.

Which means we're talking a total indie fest. The indie royalty are here with Belle & Sebastian alongside non-ironic covers from Sonic Youth and Cat Power and a song from the Velvet Underground. For the dads in the audience you get some Mott the Hoople and Kinks, with Buddy Holly in there for the stray gran who's wandered in on pensioners half price day.

Then there's the left field corner, largely taken up by Kimya Dawson, solo, with the Moldy Peaches and her new group Antsy Pants taking up 8 of the 19 tracks on offer. Heck, even the movie leads have a bash at a Moldy Peaches tune with Ellen Page and Michael Cera crooning away on 'Anyone Else But You'. Obviously, without seeing the movie, it's hard to tell how well the soundtrack works as an actual soundtrack, but as a compilation album, it certainly fulfills the criteria of a Best of Indie selection, hands down.

This became the fastest selling album on the iTunes music store, when it was released in America and makes the perfect present for the slightly fey, ever so put upon, sociology student in your life.

A real mixture for a top notch film!
The first song is the excellent upbeat folky "All I want is you" from Children's music singer/songwriter Barry Lou Polisar which plays over the opening credits of the film. The last song is a duet between Ellen Page and Michael Cera on "Anyone else by you" which is also featured earlier on the album. In between are a decent variety of indie records and also a lesser known gem from rock 'n' roll genius Buddy Holly. A great selection of fairly mellow tunes that worked brilliantly for the film soundtrack and are great to listen to in their own right.