Grease 2 Soundtrack CD
Grease 2.
1982, Paramount.
Louis St. Louis etc.
Polydor, CD, 1994, 8250962
Rating: 
Slated by critics on release, Grease 2 is probably always going to be the poor relation to the 1978 blockbuster that spawned it, but the fact that the soundtrack cd has been in print for some years now may tell us that it has developed a certain cult status of its own. The film starred Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie Zanoni, leader of the Pink Ladies and Maxwell Caulfield as the new boy in town who falls for her. Set two years after ‘Grease’, the sequel is basically a re-hash of the first film, with Caulfield in the girls role and Pfeiffer in the boys; motorbikes instead of cars, luau’s rather than fun fairs and an ending as corny as the first film, though the dance numbers by director Patricia Birch, who also choreographed ‘Grease’, are energetic and entertaining. The soundtrack is also a poor substitute to the original though The Four Top’s opener ‘Back To School Again’ is exceptional. The main problem, apart from the fact that the songs are just not strong enough to hold the audience is that many of the actors cast cannot sing; Maxwell Caulfield (Michael) and Maureen Teefy (Sharon) are particularly bad; Teefy was edited out of the soundtrack album, leaving ‘Do It For Our Country’, one of the better songs in the film, to be performed by Peter Frechette (Louis) solo. ‘Reproduction’, performed by many of the cast, including 1950s icon Tab Hunter, hit’s a bright note, though you just cannot help feeling that you have heard it all before - and done much better.
Grease 2 Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Back To School Again (The Four Tops)
2. Cool Rider (Cast)
3. Score Tonight (Cast)
4. Girl For All Seasons (Michele Pfeiffer and Cast)
5. Do It For Our Country (Peter Frechette)
6. Who’s That Guy? (Cast)
7. Prowlin’ (Adrian Zmed & Cast)
8. Reproduction (Tab Hunter & Cast)
9. Charades (Maxwell Caulfield)
10. Turn Back The Hands Of Time (Love Will) (Michelle Pfeiffer)
11. Rack-a-Hula-Luau (summer Is Coming) (Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield & Cast)
12. We’ll Be Together (Cast)
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