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- Release Date: October 29, 2002
- Type: Soundtrack, Box set
- Genre: Soundtrack
Review
As with everything involved with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the game's soundtrack is epic in scope and incredibly detailed. Though countless games have offered soundtracks, GTA: Vice City offers a unique twist on the format: Its soundtrack has seven volumes, one apiece for Vice City's radio stations. Though games such as Jet Grind Radio and Jet Set Radio Future also revolved around the concept of soundtrack-as-radio-station, GTA: Vice City's soundtrack is the most ambitious -- and impressive -- realization of this idea yet, offering DJs with distinctive personalities, tailored track listings, and realistic bumpers, voice-overs, and commercials. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Box Set collects all seven volumes into a sprawling, almost overwhelming set that spans the heavy metal of volume one, the new wave of volume two, volume three's soft rock, volume four's pop hits, volume five's hip-hop and electro, volume six's funk and urban hits, and the Latin jazz of volume seven. Several of the discs -- volumes one, five, and seven in particular -- are solid enough collections of their styles of music that they match, if not surpass, many "serious" collections of metal, hip-hop, and Latin music. The bumpers, voice-overs, and commercials on each of the volumes give a good idea of the DJ and radio stations' personalities, and help further blend the line between fantasy and reality in the game. Grand Theft Auto fanatics may want to buy the box set instead of purchasing each volume individually to get all of the Windows- and Mac-compatible multimedia material, which includes wallpaper, screenshots, screensavers, movie clips, and most importantly, the unique cheat codes that come on each disc. The cheats do everything from turning all the cars pink to making Vice City's skies perpetually sunny to unlocking a variety of weapons, making Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Box Set equally entertaining and useful for the die-hard GTA: Vice City gamer. ~ Heather Phares, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | (1:22) | ||
| You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Lyrics) | Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, |
Judas Priest | (5:03) |
| Too Young to Fall in Love (Lyrics) | Nikki Sixx | Mötley Crüe | (3:29) |
| Peace Sells (Lyrics) | Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | (4:01) |
| Dangerous Bastard | (4:06) | ||
| Turn Up the Radio (Lyrics) | Autograph | (4:31) | |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:41) | ||
| I Wanna Rock (Lyrics) | Dee Snider | Twisted Sister | (3:01) |
| Bark at the Moon (Lyrics) | Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzy Osbourne | (4:15) |
| Madhouse (Lyrics) | Anthrax | Anthrax | (4:16) |
| 2 Minutes to Midnight (Lyrics) | Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith | Iron Maiden | (5:59) |
| Raining Blood (Lyrics) | Slayer | (4:12) | |
| Cumin' Atcha Live | Tesla | (4:26) | |
| Yankee Rose (Lyrics) | David Lee Roth, Steve Vai | David Lee Roth | (3:49) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:19) | ||
| Exploder | Jeff Berlin, |
(1:20) | |
| Thor | (3:23) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | (1:05) | ||
| Two Tribes | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | (3:53) | |
| Pale Shelter (Lyrics) | Curt Smith, |
Tears for Fears | (4:24) |
| Kids in America | Marty Wilde, Ricki Wilde | Kim Wilde | (3:22) |
| Atomic (Lyrics) | Debbie Harry, |
Blondie | (4:38) |
| I Ran (So Far Away) | A Flock of Seagulls | (3:39) | |
| (Keep Feeling) Fascination | Philip Oakey, |
The Human League | (3:42) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:29) | ||
| 99 Luftballons (Lyrics) | Nena | (3:51) | |
| Love My Way (Lyrics) | The Psychedelic Furs | (3:29) | |
| Gold (Lyrics) | Spandau Ballet | (3:47) | |
| Hyperactive! | Thomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | (4:10) |
| Never Say Never (Lyrics) | Romeo Void | (5:51) | |
| Sunglasses at Night (Lyrics) | Corey Hart | Corey Hart | (5:14) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:40) | ||
| Sissy Spritz | (0:38) | ||
| Synth and Jon | (2:16) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | (1:16) | ||
| Africa (Lyrics) | Toto | (4:55) | |
| Crockett's Theme | Jan Hammer | Jan Hammer | (3:24) |
| Missing You (Lyrics) | John Waite, |
John Waite | (4:25) |
| (I Just) Died in Your Arms | Nick Van Eede | Cutting Crew | (4:34) |
| Waiting for a Girl Like You | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Foreigner | (4:45) |
| Broken Wings (Lyrics) | Mr. Mister | (4:34) | |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:27) | ||
| More Than This (Lyrics) | Bryan Ferry | Roxy Music | (4:26) |
| Tempted (Lyrics) | Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook | Squeeze | (3:57) |
| Keep on Loving You (Lyrics) | Kevin Cronin | REO Speedwagon | (3:20) |
| Sister Christian (Lyrics) | Night Ranger | (4:55) | |
| Never Too Much (Lyrics) | Luther Vandross | Luther Vandross | (3:48) |
| Wow (Lyrics) | Kate Bush | Kate Bush | (3:40) |
| Adios | (0:53) | ||
| Knife After Dark | Jeff Berlin, |
(0:23) | |
| Petstuffers | (2:48) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Hi I'm Toni | (0:39) | ||
| Out of Touch (Lyrics) | Daryl Hall, John Oates | Hall & Oates | (3:53) |
| Four Little Diamonds (Lyrics) | Jeff Lynne | Electric Light Orchestra | (4:05) |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | (4:53) |
| Your Love (Lyrics) | The Outfield | (3:40) | |
| Life's What You Make It (Lyrics) | Tim Friese-Greene, Mark Hollis | Talk Talk | (4:25) |
| Run to You | Bryan Adams, |
Bryan Adams | (3:49) |
| Dance Hall Days | Wang Chung | (3:50) | |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:38) | ||
| Call Me | Peter Cox, |
(4:08) | |
| Running With the Night | Lionel Richie, Cynthia Weil | Lionel Richie | (5:57) |
| Self Control | Laura Branigan | (4:00) | |
| Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) | INXS | (3:53) | |
| Owner of a Lonely Heart (Lyrics) | Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Trevor Horn | Yes | (4:23) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:29) | ||
| Blox | (1:09) | ||
| Just the Five of Us | (2:22) |
CD 5
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:24) | |
| Rockit | Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn | Herbie Hancock | (5:22) |
| The Message | Grandmaster Flash, |
(7:09) | |
| More Bounce to the Ounce (Lyrics) | Roger Troutman | Zapp & Roger | (5:27) |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:13) | |
| One for the Treble | Davy DMX | (6:32) | |
| Bassline | Mantronix | (5:23) | |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:11) | |
| Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) | Man Parrish, |
Man Parrish | (5:41) |
| Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) | Hashim | (7:43) | |
| Clear | Juan Atkins, |
Cybotron | (4:52) |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:10) | |
| Looking for the Perfect Beat | Arthur Baker, |
(6:47) | |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:05) | |
| Rock Box | Run-D.M.C. | (5:28) | |
| The Breaks | Kurtis Blow, |
Kurtis Blow | (7:47) |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:08) | |
| Magic's Wand | Thomas Dolby, |
Whodini | (5:36) |
| [Untitled Track] | Mr. Magic | (0:24) | |
| Degeneration | (1:08) | ||
| Maibatsu Thunder | (0:53) |
CD 6
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:49) | ||
| Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | (6:01) |
| Automatic (Lyrics) | The Pointer Sisters | (6:05) | |
| Act Like You Know | Nick Martinelli, |
Fat Larry's Band | (6:28) |
| Juicy Fruit | James Mtume | James Mtume | (5:51) |
| Behind the Groove (Lyrics) | Teena Marie | (3:58) | |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:33) | ||
| Get Down Saturday Night (Lyrics) | Oliver Cheatham | (6:50) | |
| Ghetto Life (Lyrics) | Rick James | Rick James | (4:19) |
| Shame | Evelyn "Champagne" King | (6:31) | |
| All Night Long | Rick James | The Mary Jane Girls | (5:43) |
| Summer Madness | Kool & the Gang | (4:15) | |
| I'll Be Good | René & Angela | (4:08) | |
| And the Beat Goes On (Lyrics) | Leon F. Sylvers III, |
The Whispers | (7:34) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:35) | ||
| Salivex | (1:05) | ||
| Yuppie and the Alien | (2:55) |
CD 7
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| [Untitled Track] | (1:00) | ||
| Super Strut | Deodato | (8:53) | |
| A Gozar con Mi Combo (To Rejoice With My Combo) | Cachao | (6:18) | |
| Me and You Baby (Picao y Tostao) | Mongo Santamaria | Mongo Santamaria | (4:59) |
| Mambo Mucho Mambo | Machito | (3:00) | |
| Jamay | (2:38) | ||
| [Untitled Track] | (0:08) | ||
| Mama Papa Tu | Norman Simmons | Mongo Santamaria | (3:37) |
| La Vida Es Una Lenteja | (4:25) | ||
| Expansions | Lonnie Liston Smith | Lonnie Liston Smith | (6:02) |
| Aguanile | Chucho Valdés | Irakere | (6:00) |
| Maracaibo Oriental | Beny Moré | (3:07) | |
| Latin Flute | Deodato | (4:46) | |
| Mambo Gozón | Tito Puente | Tito Puente | (2:44) |
| [Untitled Track] | (0:24) | ||
| Fernando's Medillion Ad | (0:56) | ||
| Think Your Way to Success | (2:58) |
