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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 "You Can't Fix This" Released: February 15, 2013 "Mantra" Released: March 12, 2013

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com
AllMusic
The Austin Chronicle
The A.V. Club	C+
Consequence of Sound
Filter	64/100
NME
Pitchfork	5.3/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	6/10

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.

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

Track listing

Personnel

• Credits for Sound City: Real to Reel adapted from AllMusic.

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

Certifications

References

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External links

• Sound City: Real to Reel at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2013 soundtrack albums
• Albums produced by Butch Vig
• Dave Grohl
• Documentary film soundtracks
• Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
• Rock soundtracks
• RCA Records soundtracks