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Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files / Executive Album Producers: David Was and Chris Carter / Audio CD
UPC 093624607922
Made in Germany
Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files is a 1996 compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The album contained a mixture of songs that were either featured in the series, or shared thematic elements with it. Songs in the Key of X peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart after its release. The album's title is a play on the title of Stevie Wonder's 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.
The album has received positive reviews from critics, with one review describing it as "easily the most ambitious record ever assembled for a TV soundtrack". The song "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1997, losing to Rage Against the Machine. The album also features two songs hidden in the pregap before the start of the first track, both recorded by Nick Cave and The Dirty Three.
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records – CDW 46079 |
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| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Canada |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Genre: | Hip Hop, Rock, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Alternative Rock, RnB/Swing, Industrial, Soundtrack |
Tracklist:
| 0 | Nick Cave and Dirty Three– | Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum / X-Files Theme |
| 1 | Mark Snow– | X-Files Theme (Main Title) |
| 2 | Soul Coughing– | Unmarked Helicopters |
| 3 | Sheryl Crow– | On The Outside |
| 4 | Foo Fighters– | Down In The Park |
| 5 | R.E.M.– | Star Me Kitten
Vocals – William S. Burroughs
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| 6 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds– | Red Right Hand |
| 7 | Filter (2)– | Thanks Bro |
| 8 | Frank Black– | Man Of Steel |
| 9 | Meat Puppets– | Unexplained |
| 10 | Danzig– | Deep |
| 11 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins– | Frenzy |
| 12 | Elvis Costello with Brian Eno– | My Dark Life |
| 13 | Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper (2)– | Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn) |
| 14 | P.M. Dawn– | If You Never Say Goodbye |
| 15 | Mark Snow– | X-Files Theme (P.M. Dawn Remix) |
