Pretty In Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Album · Soundtrack · 1986
John Hughes had helped Simple Minds score their first American hit with The Breakfast Club, but Pretty in Pink was where the filmmaker fully embraced his left-of-the-dial aesthetic. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's longingly romantic "If You Leave", Suzanne Vega's angst-ridden piano ballad "Left of Center" and The Psychedelic Furs' elegant re-recording of the title track captured intense adolescent emotions for an entire generation. The album also helped Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths and New Order widen their mainstream profile.