Yet another compilation - how can a television show have its own soundtrack, when there's almost no music in the show? All the bands included here are fans of Chris Carter's creation, and when the groups run the gamut from Alice Cooper to Elvis Costello to PM Dawn, there's no lack of diversity present here.
There's also no lack of quality. All songs were previously unreleased, dark, gloomy and definitely different. "Fuc..." - oops, "Star Me Kitten", by R.E.M. - Michael Stipe + William Burroughs - is just a twisted take on this song. Sheryl Crow's "On The Outside" won't remind anyone of "All I Wanna Do" and Filter's half-acoustic "Thanks Bro" could just well be the song playing in the head of a killer possessed by aliens. P.M. Dawn's "If You Never Say Goodbye" is the Jersey City based group taking psychedelia one step further - they must have been listening to the Beatles' White Album while making this one.
Over in England, where the Gillian Anderson fans are as rabid as the States ("She's a babe!" is most commonly echoed), the theme song has made the top 10. Twice. At the same time; Mark Snow's original version is #2 on the charts and DJ Dado (no relation to Miko) just popped on there with a remix at #8. Dado's remix doesn't appear here but P.M. Dawn remix the theme into an almost ambient setting, with little similarity to the original, save for some soundbites from the series and parts of Snow's creation looped over themselves.
Eerie. You'll know by now if it's for you.
