Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated sci-fi-fantasy film directed by Gerald Potterton, produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film. The soundtrack was released on LP in 1981, but for legal reasons, was not released on CD until 1995.
Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called “Vengeance (The Pact)” for the film, but the producers declined to use the song because the lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the “Taarna” vignette.
The 1995 releases are the only releases on CD. In 2017 the album was reissued on LP by Rhino and only in the US and Canada.

Source of Tracks:
01 Sammy Hagar – Standing Hampton
04 Blue Öyster Cult – Fire Of Unknown Origin
10 Journey – Escape
The Rest was created exclusively for the Soundtrack, with two exceptions:
⇒ Black Sabbath’s “Mob Rules” as present on this album, is an early demo. It was later Re-recorded on “Mob Rules”.
⇒ Trust’s “Prefabricated” is English-Language version of “Prefabriques”, which appeared on “Trust” (a.k.a. “L’Élite”).

Order of track appearances in the film (tracks marked with asterisks appeared in the movie, but not in OST):
9→4→7→2→16→10→5→6→12→11→8→14→1→15→13→*→3→**
* – “Through Being Cool” (from “New Traditionalists” by Devo)
** – “E5150” (from “Mob Rules” by Black Sabbath)

Artist: Various
Album: Heavy Metal (OST)
Year: 1981 (CD release 1995)
Label: Full Moon / Elektra
Style: Soundtrack, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 Sammy Hagar – Heavy Metal 3:52
02 Riggs Heartbeat – 3:51
03 Devo – Working In The Coal Mine 2:51
04 Blue Öyster Cult – Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 4:49
05 Cheap Trick – Reach Out 3:39
06 Don Felder – Heavy Metal (Takin’ A Ride) 4:59
07 Donald Fagen – True Companion 5:08
08 Nazareth – Crazy (A Suitable Case For A Treatment) 3:27
09 Riggs – Radar Rider 2:46
10 Journey – Open Arms 3:20
11 Grand Funk Railroad – Queen Bee 3:14
12 Cheap Trick – I Must Be Dreamin’ 5:41
13 Black Sabbath – The Mob Rules 3:15
14 Don Felder – All Of You 4:21
15 Trust – Prefabricated 2:54
16 Stevie Nicks – Blue Lamp 3:48

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