''A Tribute to Hard Core Logo'' is a 1996 album, which was released as an unofficial

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to Bruce McDonald's film '' Hard Core Logo''."Rock albums don't need movies they were written for". ''

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'', December 5, 1996. The film is a

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about the reunion tour of a Canadian punk rock band, Hard Core Logo. Instead of releasing a conventional soundtrack, McDonald compiled a

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, asking a number of notable Canadian and international bands to record

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s of the film's songs. The album was packaged with the participating musicians contributing quotes about Hard Core Logo's "influence" on their own music. As part of the promotion for the album and film, McDonald placed classified ads in many Canadian publications, purporting to be from fans looking to buy Hard Core Logo memorabilia. Some real fans actually looking to purchase real promotional materials, such as movie posters or rare

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copies of the album, were forced to append comments in their advertisements to clarify that their ads were real. The music video for "Blue Tattoo" by

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appears on the Canadian VHS of the film. A true soundtrack album, '' Hard Core Logo'', was subsequently released in 1998 featuring the original songs as performed by

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with the band Swamp Baby.

Critical response

Tom Harrison of ''

'' gave the album a 4/5 rating, saying in his review that the album "imaginatively mates the concept of the tribute album with that of the exploitative rock soundtrack", and said that it provides "enough grist to make you wish you could have seen Hard Core Logo at its peak -- if there'd been one." Chris Dafoe of ''

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'' rated the album three stars, writing that "the results are loose and funny and catchy and the liner notes ("They were ugly. I was ugly. They gave me hope," writes Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness) offer proof that you can't survive long in the Canadian music industry without a sense of humour." James Muretich of the ''

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'' rated it four out of five, and called it "a dose of rock solid reality that captures the sounds of underground bands during the '80s in Western Canada". Shawn Ohler of the ''

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'', conversely, rated the album just one and a half stars out of five, calling the album "as ill-conceived as it gets" and suggesting that The Pursuit of Happiness's version of "Edmonton Block Heater" was the album's only worthy song." Various Artists: A Tribute to Hard Core Logo". ''

'', November 9, 1996.

Track listing

All lyrics by Michael Turner, music by the credited bands. # The Headstones, "Son of a Bitch to the Core" # The Pursuit of Happiness, "Edmonton Block Heater" #

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, "Let's Break Robert Out of Jail" # Dream Warriors, "Edmonton Block Heater" #

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, "Words and Music" #

, "Blue Tattoo" #

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, "Son of a Bitch to the Core" # 54-40, "Rock and Roll is Fat and Ugly" # Sol, "Blue Tattoo" #

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, "Something's Gonna Die Tonight" #

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, "China White" #

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, "Canadian Bush Party" #

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, "Pipefitter's Clubhouse" # cub, "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?" #

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, "Blue Tattoo"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tribute To Hard Core Logo, A Compilation albums by Canadian artists 1996 compilation albums Alternative rock compilation albums Punk rock compilation albums