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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The Faculty Soundtrack

The horror movie companion album comes straight from Film Soundtracks 101.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


The disc of tunes from Robert Rodriguez’s alien-teacher shlock shocker is straight from Film Soundtracks 101.

You’ve got yer All-Star Band Doing A Classic Tune (Layne Staley and Tom Morello’s Class Of ’99 doing Another Brick In The Wall), yer Rock Stars Covering A ’70s Hit (Soul Asylum’s School’s Out, Creed’s I’m Eighteen), and yer Assorted B-Sides And Filler (dross from Garbage, Oasis, Sheryl Crow, etc.). Oh sure, it mostly makes the grade — but it won’t win any votes for Most Likely To Succeed.