| Action Jackson: Original Soundtrack Album | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists/Vanity |
| Cover: | Album_cover_to_the_movie_sound_track_Action_Jackson.jpeg |
| Recorded: | 1987–1988 |
| Genre: | Pop, Funk, Soul, R&B |
| Length: | 45:56 |
| Label: | Lorimar |
| Producer: | Richard Perry, Bernadette Cooper LeVert, Jesse Johnson Kae Williams Jr, Phillip Lightfoot Jeff Lorber, Randy Muller Solomon Roberts Jr, Stevie Salas |
| Chronology: | Vanity albums |
| Prev Title: | Skin on Skin |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
Action Jackson: Original Soundtrack Album is the official soundtrack album for the 1988 film Action Jackson starring Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone.[1] The soundtrack album was produced by Richard Perry, Jeff Lorber, Stevie Salas, as well as Jesse Johnson and Bernadette Cooper. The soundtrack features new music by Herbie Hancock, The Pointer Sisters' R&B hit "He Turned Me Out", LeVert and Sister Sledge.
The soundtrack also includes three new songs by Vanity, "Faraway Eyes" and "Undress" written and produced by former The Time member and musician Jesse Johnson, and "Shotgun" with saxophonist Dave Koz. Koz himself also provides lead vocals on "Shotgun" with Vanity.
US, Europe 12" Vinyl LP, record, compact cassette, and CD[2]