This Is Spinal Tap (soundtrack)

This Is Spinal Tap
Solid black (#000) square Textless Cover Art For “This Is Spinal Tap”.
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 1984
Genre
Length35:36
LabelPolydor
Producer
Spinal Tap chronology
This Is Spinal Tap
(1984)
Break Like the Wind
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(B+)[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Select[4]

This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. It was re-released in 2000 with lyrics and two versions of "Christmas with the Devil" as bonus tracks. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film.

  1. ^ a b c Adams, Bret. Spinal Tap: This Is Spinal Tap > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Spinal Tap". Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Twomey, Chris (June 10, 1989). "Review: Spinal Tap — This Is Spinal Tap" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 32. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Cavanagh, David (September 1990). "Spinal Tap: This Is Spinal Tap". Select. No. 3. p. 106.