Various - Spawn The Album
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:
Breakbeat, Soundtrack, Techno, Drum n Bass, Nu Metal
Year:
1997
Tracklist
| (Can't You) Trip Like I Do | 4:27 | |
| Long Hard Road Out Of Hell | 4:21 | |
| Satan | 3:45 | |
| Kick The P.A. | 3:21 | |
| Tiny Rubberband | 4:12 | |
| For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Irony Of It All) | 4:39 | |
| Torn Apart | 4:53 | |
| Skin Up Pin Up | 5:27 | |
| One Man Army | 4:14 | |
| Spawn | 4:28 | |
| T-4 Strain | 5:19 | |
| Familiar | 3:22 | |
| No Remorse (I Wanna Die) | 4:16 | |
| A Plane Scraped Its Belly On A Sooty Yellow Moon | 5:26 |
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spawn The Album (CD, Album, Comp) | Epic | 488118 2 | Europe | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (3x10", Ltd, Red) | Immortal Records (3) | 01-488118-29 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD) | Immortal Records (3) | 488118 7 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD) | Sony Music Soundtrax | 1CD 9058 | Canada | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Album, Comp) | Immortal Records (3), Epic | EK 68494 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Album, Comp) | Epic | EK 68494 | Canada | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Album, Comp, Promo) | Epic | 488118 2 | Europe | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Album, Ltd) | Immortal Records (3), Epic | CTDP 000286, EK 68898 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Comp) | Epic/Sony | ESCA 6829 | Japan | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Comp) | Immortal Records (3), Epic, Sony Music Soundtrax | 1CD 9058 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (CD, Comp, Ltd) | Immortal Records (3), Epic, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. | 488118 9 | US | 1997 | |
| Spawn The Album (Cass, Comp) | Immortal Records (3), Epic, Sony Music Soundtrax | EPC 488118 4 | UK & Europe | 1997 |
Although rock/electronic collaborations were done before (think Pierre Henry/Spooky Tooth record from 1970, which reportedly wasn't extremely succesful), there was nothing similar done on a massive scale and with so many big names. Also, pairing of musicians might raise some eyebrows.
Returning to compilation itself - there are no terrible/irritating tracks, but nothing that stands out either (ok, although i admit that the most well-known track here (Filter/Chrystal Method collaboration) is quite energetic). Aside from that, i have a feeling that a lot of tracks weren't real collaborations, but rather remixes/remakes of originals (especially "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Satan").
The only track that's missing from most of Spawn copies is collaboration by Morphine and Apollo 440, which i'm not familiar with. But even if it sounds better than most tracks here, i doubt that it might save this soundtrack from sounding mediocre for the most part.