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 and 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
The In Sound From Way Out! a disappointment, but anyone who grooved on the wildly eclectic fusions of
Check Your Head and
Ill Communication will find the album endlessly enjoyable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine