with the contributions of Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper and P.M. Dawn also noted as highlights. A review for the album in The Independent noted that none of the songs "can really hold a candle to Cave's "Red Right Hand" in capturing the show's sense of fatalistic futility", adding that there seemed to be "a shared soul thing" between Cave and Carter. Ted Cox, writing for the Daily Herald, described the album as "a who's who of modern rock". Cox rated the album three stars out of five, noting that "most of the material hits the fair-to-middling quality level of a neglected album cut or a good B-side"; adding, however, that the album's overall "atmosphere of paranoia and alienation" helped to tie it together. Writing for The Buffalo News, Anthony rated the album four stars out of five, calling it "a strange, delightful trip". felt that "Star Me Kitten" was the album's best song, and that Danzig's "Deep" was its "weakest cut". Writing for the Los Angeles Daily News, Fred Shuster felt that compared to other television tie-ins that "aren't worth the aluminum they're recorded on", Songs in the Key of X "is a rare exception because of the unusual quality and rarity of the tracks". Shuster rated the album three stars out of five, describing it as "more imaginative than the show that inspired it". Track listing Producers used the Compact Disc's pregap, so a listener would have to actually manually rewind the first track a full nine minutes to hear two additional hidden tracks, "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum" and a cover of The X-Files theme song, both performed by Nick Cave and Dirty Three. This is hinted at in the album's liner booklet, which notes "Nick Cave and the Dirty Three would like you to know that "0" is also a number". The use of these hidden tracks has been described as "just the sort of surprise one might have suspected from a show that deals in unexplainable mysteries". Not all CD or DVD players will allow the album to be "rewound" back to these tracks as this violates Red Book standards. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications ReferencesWorks cited' 1996 compilation albums 1996 soundtrack albums Alternative rock compilation albums Alternative rock soundtracks Television soundtracks The X-Files music Warner Records compilation albums Warner Records soundtracks William S. Burroughs albums albums produced by David Was