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Release Date: 08/05/2008
The soundtrack for director
David Gordon Green's stoner action comedy
Pineapple Express is notable mainly for the inclusion of a brand new track (and custom title cut) from America's favorite bar band,
Huey Lewis & the News. Taking its name from a particularly potent strain of marijuana,
"Pineapple Express" (the song) is a throwback to
Sports-era
Lewis, mirroring the bluesy, sax-driven backbeat of
"Heart of Rock and Roll" and
"I Want a New Drug." It's not a bad tune at all, but the lack of a memorable chorus and the inclusion of a sample of actor
Seth Rogen taking bong hits keep things squarely in the parody camp. What follows is a fairly pedestrian collection of disparate tracks for such a deliberately constructed "weed" movie, including a couple of left-field '80s hits from
Robert Palmer (
"Woke Up Laughing") and
Eddy Grant (
"Electric Avenue"); a little bit of
Public Enemy,
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and
Bell Biv DeVoe to welcome in the '90s; and some
Cypress Hill and
Peter Tosh to help keep the smoke from sneaking past the wet dorm room towel and into the hallway.
~James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide