More Music from the Motion Picture Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1	Austin Meets Felicity Film Dialogue 0:10
2	Am I Sexy? / Lords of Acid 3:34
3	I'm A Believer / Monkees 2:44
4	Magic Carpet Ride / Steppenwolf 4:20
5	American Woman / The Guess Who 3:51
6	Get The Girl / Bangles 3:10
7	Bachelor Pad / Fantastic Plastic Machine F.P.M. Edit 4:49
8	Let's Get It On / Marvin Gaye 4:00
9	Crash! / Propellerheads 3:44
10	Time Of The Season / The Zombies 4:15
11	Dr. Evil / They Might Be Giants 1:47
12	The Austin Powers Shagaphonic Medley / George S. Clinton 4:53
13	Beautiful Stranger / Madonna Calderone Mix 4:03

Barnes & Noble

The second soundtrack of tracks culled from the movie "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" is a cut above its predecessor, as it better reflects the feel of the film. Travel back to the '60s with Austin and enjoy the Guess Who's original version of "American Woman" as well as a handful of other decades-old classics, such as Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," the Zombies' "Time of the Season," Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride," and The Monkees' "I'm a Believer." The melodic tone of the '60s is carried through by contemporary acts like the Bangles, Propellerheads, and They Might Be Giants, which all contribute previously unreleased tracks. Fantastic Plastic Machine's "Bachelor Pad (f.p.m. edit)" is a bubbly, retro wonder. Even the industrial group the Lords of Acid contribute an uncharacteristically groovy song, "Am I Sexy?" that continues the theme of psychedelic pop that characterized the free love era. A little out of place is a remix version of Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger." And as if that weren't enough, there are sound bites from the movie. Fat Bastard on the answering machine, anyone? Dawn Sutter Madell

All Music Guide

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was the surprise blockbuster of the summer 1999 movie season -- well, at least until The Sixth Sense came out of nowhere in August and enraptured audiences with its spooky mysteries. Prior to that, The Spy Who Shagged Me pretty much ruled June, stealing thunder from the Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace, and spawning a litany of catch phrases. There was also a soundtrack, highlighted by Lenny Kravitz's plodding cover of the Guess Who's "American Woman" and by Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger," a psychedelicized dance number that was her best single in years. "Beautiful Stranger" helped make the record a hit, which increased the demand for a second Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack -- which appeared a couple of weeks before the video release of the film in November 1999. Curious thing -- The Spy Who Shagged Me already felt like a pop culture artifact by the time this second soundtrack and the video were released. That didn't detract from the quality of the soundtrack, but it did make it seem a little unnecessary. However, They Might Be Giants' brilliant "Goldfinger" parody, "Dr. Evil," is as good as anything on the first record, as is the Bangles' unexpected reunion track "Get the Girl," a fine piece of retro-psychedelia that sounds like it hails from the band's prime. These two tracks certainly deserved to be on the first record, as did Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and Fantastic Plastic Machine's "Bachelor Pad." But at least they served as an excuse for this second soundtrack, which improbably turns out to be more entertaining than the first. That's largely due to the fact that it has the original versions of "American Woman" and "Time of the Season" (which were covered very poorly on the first disc), along with a few oldies ("I'm a Believer," "Magic Carpet Ride") that add some swinging-'60s context. There is some filler here -- most notably, a superfluous remix of "Beautiful Stranger" and Lords of Acid's "Am I Sexy?" -- but the record is actually more consistent than its predecessor, and just as entertaining -- even if it isn't exactly necessary and sort of feels like an afterthought. Stephen Thomas Erlewine