Varèse Sarabande Records release the soundtrack album to the USA's Showtime series Shameless. The album includes the opening song from season four, 'Written Down' by David E. Sugar. The music captures the individual, non-conformist nature of the Gallagher world.  Most often the music isn't playing as a piece that a character puts on the stereo to listen to, rather it plays more as score, as the soundtrack to a Gallagher life...

The first four seasons of the USA's reworking of Shameless used over 750 songs, but this has been narrowed to just 14 tracks - aimed to represent the diversity of musical styles throughout the show's life.

The album kicks off with the theme song, 'The Luck You Got' by The High Strung. The album also captures the ‘wild side’ with bands like: The Moog, The Wild Yaks, FidLAr, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and the more heartbreaking side, with tracks like “Years” by JBM and “Hangman” by Chris Pureka.

For fans of the show this is an essential purchase, and to be honest, even if you've never seen the series this makes for an interesting compilation.

Track listing:

01 - 'The Luck You Got' (Main Title) - The High Strung
02 - 'Survive' - The Moog
03 - 'Loved You All Along' - La Strada
04 - 'Black Cloud' - Choo Choo La Rouge
05 - 'Wait For The Man' - Fidlar
06 - 'Something For Nothing' - Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
07 - 'Tomahawk' - Wild Yaks
08 - 'Who's That Dude - Part One' - Capital City
09 - 'Years' - JBM
10 - 'Hangman' - Chris Pureka
11 - 'The Usual Chords' - Slow Runner
12 - 'Three Days On End' - Blood Relative
13 - 'Keep It Coming' - Letters
14 - 'Written Down' - David E. Sugar

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Darren Rea