Released On June 13 2000
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| Foo Fighters | Break Out |
| 2 Smash Mouth | Do It Again |
| Third Eye Blind | Deep Inside Of You |
| The Offspring | Totalimmortal |
| Ellis Paul | The World Ain't Slowin' Down |
| Wilco | Any Major Dude Will Tell You |
| Ivy | Only A Fool Would Say That |
| Hootie & The Blowfish | Can't Find The Time To Tell You |
| Brian Setzer Orchestra | Bodhisattva |
| The Push Stars | Bad Sneakers |
| Marvelous 3 | Reelin' In The Years |
| Pete Yorn | Strange Condition |
| Ben Folds Five | Barrytown |
| Billy Goodrum | Razor Boy |
| Tom Wolfe | Where He Can Hide |
Review from CDNow
This soundtrack for the latest Farrelly Brothers
movie (starring Jim Carrey) is built around covers of classic Steely Dan
tunes as performed by current bands, with 8 of the 15 tracks reaching back
into their catalog of complex, allusive songs.
If Steely Dan had a fault, it was that sometimes
Walter Becker and Donald Fagan polished the music too smoothly (even more
of a problem with their reunion stuff). So hearing a bunch of rock guys
and gals take their tunes out for a modernized spin has the benefit of
roughing up the edges of the material a little bit. As a prime example,
Ben Folds Five winningly smashes through "Barrytown" with the group's trademark
piano/bass-heavy sound and close harmonies.
Other successful Dan-cover efforts include Brian Setzer's clever big-band take on "Bodhisattva," Dominique Durand's breathy vocals on Ivy's fuzz-toned version of "Only a Fool Would Say That," Wilco's down-home "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Marvelous 3's raucous, rocking "Reelin' in the Years," and the cool lounge-swank of Billy Goodrum's "Razor Boy."
The Push Stars' mildly funky, slightly Latinized "Bad Sneakers" is interesting if not compelling, but Smashmouth -- hardly proponents of smart rock -- fare much worse by adding an abrasive psychedelic touch to "Do It Again" (though the band's fans will probably enjoy the result).
Not all the cover tunes come from Steely Dan. The Offspring cover A.F.I.'s underground punk classic "Totalimmortal." On a completely different tip, Hootie & the Blowfish do up obscure Boston mellow-rock band Orpheus's "Can't Find the Time to Tell You."
There are tracks, already available on their own albums, by Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind, and Ellis Paul. A few new artists get exposure, with Tom Wolfe's luscious power-pop-with-strings "Where He Can Hide" and Pete Yorn's jangly, ultra-catchy "Strange Condition" standing out. All in all, this is one of the few compilation soundtracks with a solid justification for its existence beyond mere marketing.