 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 Violanti rated the album four stars out of five , calling it " a strange , delightful trip " . Violanti 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 " . 
