Originally released through
the Beastie Boys
' French fan club,
The In Sound From Way Out!
is a collection of the group's funky instrumentals from
Check Your Head
and
Ill Communication
, with a couple of new tracks thrown in.
The Beasties
have a flair for loose, gritty
funk
soul-jazz
, and the stuttering, greasy keyboards of
Money Mark
give the music an extra edge -- he helps make the music sound as authentic as anything from the early '70s. Fans of the band's dynamic wordplay might find
a disappointment, but anyone who grooved on the wildly eclectic fusions of
will find the album endlessly enjoyable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine