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The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Various Artists
Reviewed by Devon Jackson | Mar 24, 1995
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Various Artists; Genre: Soundtracks/Cast Recordings

The Basketball Diaries is a soundtrack guided by basses: on PJ Harvey's ''Down by the Water,'' it's hypnotic; on Flea's ''I've Been Down,'' it's feathery, and on Soundgarden's ''Blind Dogs,'' it's wall-sized. Jim Carroll, on whose memoirs the film is based, recites poetry and even fronts for Pearl Jam on ''Catholic Boy.''

Originally posted Mar 24, 1995 Published in issue #267 Mar 24, 1995 Order article reprints

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