Sound City: Real to Reel

Sound City: Real to Reel is the soundtrack of the documentary film Sound City and the only studio album by the Dave Grohl-led supergroup Sound City Players. It was officially released on March 12, 2013. Grohl is the only musician to perform on all tracks, with various other musicians performing on each track.

Sound City: Real to Reel
Soundtrack album by various artists (Sound City Players)
Released	March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)
Recorded	November 2–3, 2011
Studio	Studio 606 West (Northridge, Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Rock
Length	55:31
Label	Roswell/RCA
Producer	Butch Vig
Singles from Sound City: Real to Reel
"Cut Me Some Slack" Released: December 14, 2012 "From Can to Can't" Released: January 15, 2013[1] "You Can't Fix This" Released: February 15, 2013 "Mantra" Released: March 12, 2013

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[3]
AllMusic	[4]
The Austin Chronicle	[5]
The A.V. Club	C+[6]
Consequence of Sound	[7]
Filter	64/100[8]
NME	[9]
Pitchfork	5.3/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Spin	6/10[12]

The soundtrack received two Grammy Awards: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song (for "Cut Me Some Slack").

Track listing

Track listing

No.	Title	Performers	Length
1.	"Heaven and All"	Robert Levon Been Dave Grohl Peter Hayes	5:27
2.	"Time Slowing Down"	Chris Goss Tim Commerford Grohl Brad Wilk	5:58
3.	"You Can't Fix This"	Stevie Nicks Grohl Taylor Hawkins Rami Jaffee	5:56
4.	"The Man That Never Was"	Rick Springfield Grohl Hawkins Nate Mendel Pat Smear	3:24
5.	"Your Wife Is Calling"	Lee Ving Grohl Hawkins Alain Johannes Smear	3:20
6.	"From Can to Can't"	Corey Taylor Grohl Rick Nielsen Scott Reeder	4:50
7.	"Centipede"	Josh Homme Goss Grohl Johannes	5:10
8.	"A Trick With No Sleeve"	Johannes Grohl Homme	4:55
9.	"Cut Me Some Slack"	Paul McCartney Grohl Krist Novoselic Smear	4:38
10.	"If I Were Me"	Grohl Jessy Greene Jaffee Jim Keltner	4:10
11.	"Mantra"	Grohl Homme Trent Reznor	7:43
Total length:			55:31

Personnel

• Credits for Sound City: Real to Reel adapted from AllMusic.^[13]

Performance

as composer and primary artist

• Robert Levon Been
• Tim Commerford
• Chris Goss
• Jessy Greene
• Dave Grohl
• Taylor Hawkins
• Peter Hayes
• Joshua Homme
• Rami Jaffee
• Alain Johannes
• Jim Keltner
• Paul McCartney
• Nate Mendel
• Stevie Nicks
• Rick Nielsen
• Krist Novoselic
• Scott Reeder
• Trent Reznor
• Chris Shiflett
• Pat Smear
• Rick Springfield
• Corey Taylor
• Lee Ving
• Brad Wilk

Technical

• Sami Ansari – photography
• Matt Bissonette – composer
• James Brown – engineer, mixing
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Emily Lazar – mastering
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• John Lousteau – engineer
• Jim Scott – engineer
• Derek Silverman – engineering support
• Butch Vig – producer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Sound City: Real to Reel Chart (2013) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 6 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 51 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 23 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 9 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 33 French Albums (SNEP)[22] 76 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 32 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 5 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 18 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 19 US Billboard 200[28] 8 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 4 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[31] 2 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[32] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Sound City: Real to Reel Chart (2013) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[33] 191 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[34] 17

Certifications

Certifications for Sound City: Real to Reel

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35]	Platinum	15,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.