This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film. The 2000 re-release includes lyrics and bonus tracks.
Contents
Track listing
The bonus tracks consist of both sides of the 1984 single "Christmas with the Devil".Neither of these tracks are the re-recorded version from 1992's Break Like The Wind.
Other appearances
"Gimme Some Money" was featured in the 1991 comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
The song "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero II. When played as the encore song in the career mode, the in-game band's drummer spontaneously combusts upon the song's completion, a direct reference to This Is Spinal Tap. Its riff is borrowed in the song "Athlete Cured" from the 1988 album by The Fall, The Frenz Experiment.
Seattle grunge band Soundgarden covered the song "Big Bottom" several times at their early live shows, documented on their live video Louder Than Live as well as on the Netherlands release of their 1992 "Rusty Cage" single.
San Francisco queercore band Pansy Division recorded a same-sex edit of "Big Bottom" in 1993. The track was included in their 1995 compilation album Pile Up.
"Stonehenge" is featured in the 2006 Supernatural episode "Simon Said".
In early 2007, American Express Small Business Services used "Gimme Some Money" (with vocals) as background music in a television ad.
At the Live Earth concert during the summer of 2007, Spinal Tap performed "Big Bottom" at Wembley Stadium with members of many of the other acts from the festival, including members of Beastie Boys, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and many others, all playing bass guitars. Their set also included "Stonehenge" and "Warmer Than Hell".
Spinal Tap performed "Big Bottom" on The Jimmy Kimmel Show on September 9, 2025, joined by two additional bass players, Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat.
Personnel
Spinal Tap
David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) – vocals, rhythm guitar; bass guitar (track 7)
Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) – vocals, lead guitar; bass guitar (track 7), mandolin (track 9)
Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) – vocals, bass guitar
Viv Savage (David Kaff) – vocals, keyboards
Mick Shrimpton (Ric Parnell) – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Harlan Collins – synthesizers
John Sinclair – keyboards
Production
Produced by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Patrick McDonald
Editing: Kenneth Karman