Shout Factory
2005
Stubbs The Zombie (Soundtrack)
About This Album
In the witty, gory video game Stubbs the Zombie, the dead roam a "city of the future" circa 1959, forcing the living to do their bidding before feasting on their brains. Meanwhile, on the game's soundtrack, indie rockers both famous and obscure reanimate classic songs from the late '50s and early '60s. Despite the album's high-concept nature, many of these covers aren't nearly as jokey as they could've been, and most of them mix a real love of the original songs with distinctive approaches. "There Goes My Baby," for example, is one of the best songs on the soundtrack (not to mention as early rock/soul history). Wisely, the Walkmen don't try to ape the swooning heights of the Drifters' version; instead, they give the song the distant, wintry romance of their own ballads. The game's fusion of '50s innocence and 2000's irony also runs through the soundtrack, with a roughly even mix of bands who treat the music seriously and those who view it a little more archly. Death Cab for Cutie's simple, and simply effective, version of "Earth Angel" rivals almost anything on Plans when it comes to pure yearning, and Ben Gibbard's voice is perfect for the song's hopeful-yet-bittersweet feel.
Track List (try tracks 1,3,6,7,10 and 11)

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