![]() It was a critical and commercial flop something about its self-aware cynicism put off its turn-of-the-century tweenage audience. Josie and the Pussycats is a feel-good relic from a pre-9/11, pre-iPod world, a time Tara Reid recently described as “almost like a fantasy.” The film, which follows a small-town band as they’re lured into a corporate mind-control scheme, is both a girl-power treasure and a sarcastic parody of consumer capitalism. Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger produced the other half, while The Go-Gos’ Jane Wiedlin, that dog.’s Anna Waronker, Jellyfish’s Jason Falkner, Gigolo Aunts's Dave Gibbs, and Adam Duritz of Counting Crows all contributed melodies and lyrics. Legendary R&B producer Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds served as executive producer and worked on half the songs, with lots of input from writer/director duo Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. Kay Hanley, lead singer of vibrant alt-rock group Letters to Cleo, voiced Josie during the musical scenes, Singin’ In The Rain-style. But it was actually only this year - after hearing that the soundtrack would be reissued on vinyl for the first time ever, by Mondo on September 26 - that I discovered these songs were the product of an epic all-star collaboration between a handful of the best pop and indie rock songwriters of the ’80s and ’90s.
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