After the unbridled hysteria that ensued earlier this year when we were once again reunited with Arrested Development, downloading the entire season as Netflix intended and marathon-ing like never before, there’s been a bit of a lull on the whole Bluth family front. While speculation on continuing the series is in “I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it” territory, Arrested Development has finally treated us with something fans may not have even realised they needed, but definitely must have: The Arrested Development soundtrack. Taste the happy, Michael, this calls for a celebratory chicken dance.
Arrested Development’s composer and dude responsible for getting the ukulele opener garishly stuck in my head for weeks David Schwartz announced the soundtrack on his website by describing what to expect: “The playlist is based on all of the requests from we received during the AMA on reddit.com. Greatest fans ever! The soundtrack features music from all 4 seasons and is a whopping 42-tracks.”
Spot the number of recognisable in jokes in the huge track listing after the jump. Naturally, however, the one track to dwarf all the others will easily be GOB & Franklin’s “It Ain’t Easy Being White Or Brown.” Take it away:
Music And Songs From Arrested Development:
1. Arrested Development (Main Title) (:18)
2. She’s Cute (1:25)
3. Getaway (Extended Version) (2:53)
4. Practice Kisses (1:51)
5. Sound of Silence / The Cockroach (Medley) (1:09)
6. Balls In The Air (Extended Version) (3:05)
7. Face Blindness (L&M) (1:33)
8. You’ll Never Hear From Me Again (3:35)
9. As It Is Such (Medley) (1:18)
10. Tobias Eat Pray Gay (Medley) (:40)
11. Motherboy (1:19)
12. Franklin’s Brown Sugar (:23)
13. It Ain’t Easy Being White (1:19)
14. Shot By Love (Extended Version) (3:04)
15. Mr.F (:49)
16. The Yellow Boat (1:56)
17. All You Need Is Smiles (:27)
18. Big Yellow Joint (:27)
19. Big Rock’n Yellow Joint (:09)
20. The Cute Test (2:05)
21. Aloha Lei To You (1:09)
22. Oh Phoenix (2:14)
23. Andele (:28)
24. Bang Bang Bang Bang (Buster Dance) (2:14)
25. I’m Blue, Man (2:13)
26. Mock Trial (:15)
27. Not Your Father, Mopy, Tiny Town (Medley) (1:30)
28. What Could Be Better (1:20)
29. She Winked (1:07)
30. Free At Last (1:18)
31. Oh My (Medley) (:49)
32. Get Along, Little Sheep (:29)
33. Big Ska (:49)
34. Buster & Lucille & George & GOB (:40)
35. Fantastic 4 (Medley) (:54)
36. The Invisible Girl (:58)
37. Rub It In (1:53)
38. The Chipper (1:39)
39. Teamocil (:35)
40. You Here With Me (1:27)
41. Police Cruise (1:04)
42. Boomerang (3:37) Performed by Lucy Schwartz
