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| Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files | 
 enlarge | Creators: Various Artists, Mark Snow
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 42390
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
UPC: 093624607922
EAN: 0093624607922
ASIN: B000002N3A
Release Date: March 22, 1996
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 Pleasant Surprise December 14, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although an avid fan of "The X-Files," I was still questioned what the quality of this particular cd may be, right up to the day I got it. I must say I am quite impressed, I did not think Chris Carter would be able to produce such a well themed cd with songs from many different artists. Many of the songs on this cd are now favorites of mine, and have become interested in many of the artists. If you are familiar with the artists and dont like them, dont hold that against the cd! Buy it anyway, the tracks on here are by far the best tracks of each artist. The only thing about this compilation that bothers me are the hidden tracks, one by Nick Cave, is among the best on the cd. While I enjoy the symbolism of the hidden tracks on an X-File cd, it is bothersome to rewind for nine minutes. Oh well...if you have only enough money for one cd buy this now, then buy soul coughing later, I guarantee you will want to.
 For the most part, a great album January 25, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're looking for variety, you would do well to purchase "Songs in the Key of X". Being a fan of "The X-Files" would probably help, but it's not neccesarily required. Where else could you find Sheryl Crow, Rob Zombie, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins all in the same place? Not only is this album a worthy soundtrack to one of the great shows of the 1990's, it's also an interesting collection of music that you probably don't get to hear quite often. While there are some big-name musicians like Foo Fighters, REM, and Sheryl Crow (as mentioned above), their contributions to "Songs In the Key of X" are significantly different from their more popular songs. REM's contribution is noteworthy, for it features novelist William S. Burroughs reciting the vocals to their song 'Star Me Kitten' with music done by the band. It's a moment that's as strange as anything Burroughs devised for one of his novels. While this song doesn't have much in common with the show, it's still one of the finer tunes on here.
In addition to mainstream alternative rock, there's also music by bands who didn't quite make it to the top. Meat Puppets and Soul Coughing both offer up musical tributes to paranormal phemonena, while the normally aggressive Filter tones things down a bit with their song 'Thanks Bro'. Not the best song on this album, but it's worth a glance if you enjoy their other music.
While this album earns points for its eclectic lineup of artists and the high quality of the music featured on it, some of the songs are total disappointments. Danzig's 'Deep' is a monotonous dirge about the usual topics: evil and death. He's done better in the past. PM Dawn's remix of the classic X-Files theme is tolerable, but not as memorable as Mark Snow's original. Perhaps someone like Moby or the Chemical Brothers would have been a more appropriate choice to redo the theme?
So yeah, "Songs In the Key of X" is not the perfect soundtrack. But despite some weak offerings, anyone who enjoys offbeat music and 90's alt-rock should give this album a try. Out of the two X-Files compilation albums released, it's by far the superior choice to the movie soundtrack. At least this album didn't have Sting trying to sound like Bob Marley...
Nick Cave rules! October 31, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The highpoint of this album is definitely Nick Cave's Red Right Hand, with it's booming bass guitar and eerie organs. FYI: If you go to the beginning of the CD and REWIND you will find two hidden tracks, one of which is by Mr. Cave.
Perfect Initiation to the Dark World April 13, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD changed my taste for music (and for life) forever! I was listening to it for the first time, and I was like 'Who ARE these people?'. I live in a country where most of the time you can only listen to commercially hyped-up music, boy bands, or that song from Titanic's soundtrack. You can't find Nick Cave's or Elvis Costello's at many stores. But now, thanks to 'Red Right Hand' and 'My Dark Life', I have artists I really want to listen to.
Great spooky album for a great Spooky show October 26, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best acheivments on this ablum is that it captures the atmosphere of the show perfectly, its Dark, Fun, Weird and Smart. You start off with the x-files theme (extended) personally it would have been a hell of a lot more exciting if it was the terresial dance mix. All this is made up with the P.M. Dawn mix at the end though so no real damage. any person buying this will expect a lot of Dark grunge, metal songs on this album and they're right-- there's some good stuff here like the foo fighters' cover of Gary Numans 'Down in the Park', Danzig's 'Deep' with an effective use of a HArdcore HipHop Beat. Nick Cave's classic, which every x-phile will know, 'Red Right Hand' is on board here, also there are great ballads by Frank Black and Sheryl Crow. Some bizarre encounters listening to Willaim S Burroughs croak through Star Me Kitten, it is quite funny. My alltime fav on this album is 'If You Never Say Goodbye' using P.M. Dawn front man Prince Be to deliver spaced out lyrics in top form, painting a mental picture of apocalyptic mayhem with the chorus being the underlining of hope- a message to Scully or Mulder. Its a cool idea and its written along with Chris Carter himself and producer David Was. It takes the form of their usual phychadelic Rock and Cameron is amazing on guitar.If You are a fan of X-files You should have no problem finding your own favorite tracks. pe@ce
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