There is something of a disconnect in this film. One of the main themes is that you need to get musicians together in one room (the studio) to make great music, yet so many records made at Sound City were anodyne, Adult Oriented Rock albums. REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar and Bachman Turner Overdrive were all acts that recorded at Sound City.
Most of the film is a straightforward documentary featuring present day interviews over archive photographs. But the end section gets really self-indulgent. Stevie Nicks reading out a letter she wrote to her folks while recording her first album is particularly cringe worthy, and a long jam session with Paul McCartney, who never recorded at Sound City in the first place, could have been much shorter.
Most of the film is a straightforward documentary featuring present day interviews over archive photographs. But the end section gets really self-indulgent. Stevie Nicks reading out a letter she wrote to her folks while recording her first album is particularly cringe worthy, and a long jam session with Paul McCartney, who never recorded at Sound City in the first place, could have been much shorter.
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