Music Review

Basquiat (1996)

Various Artists
Reviewed by Mike Flaherty | Aug 02, 1996
EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: Various Artists

To help tell the story of Jean-Michael Basquiat, the doomed New York graffiti artist-turned-Warhol protege, Basquiat's curious film soundtrack references early 1980s eclecticism with tracks from Grandmaster Flash, Tom Waits, and the Pogues while debuting notable covers — the most impressive of which are the Toadies' chain-saw take on Talking Heads' ''I'm Not in Love'' and PJ Harvey's lugubrious reading of ''Is That All There Is?'' B

Originally posted Aug 02, 1996 Published in issue #338 Aug 02, 1996 Order article reprints

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