EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performances: Smash Mouth, Various Artists and Violent Femmes; Genre: Soundtracks

Most soundtracks are opportunistic messes; Mystery Men is first-class opportunism and hits all the bases well. You've got your unavoidable radio hits (Smash Mouth, Freak Power -- a.k.a. Fatboy Slim). You've got your ironic covers (Violent Femmes torpedoing the Stranglers' ''No More Heroes''). You've got your blindingly obvious clas-sics (''Disco Inferno''). No trailblazing originality here, but no duds either.

Originally posted Aug 20, 1999 Published in issue #499-500 Aug 20, 1999 Order article reprints

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