That the Soundtrack of Our Lives originally envisioned their debut LP as a 50-song box set speaks volumes about Welcome to the Infant Freebase's creativity and scope — although the completed album contains a mere 20 tracks, the band's dark, dramatic reconfiguration of rock & roll's elemental forces nevertheless echoes the majesty and ambitions of classic albums past. Opening with the brilliant "Mantra Slider," a serpentine epic which, along with the "Let's Spend the Night Together"-rewrite "Blow My Cool," evokes the Stones' late-60s efforts, Welcome to the Infant Freebase goes on to recall everyone from the Doors to Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin, reinvigorating even the hoariest clichés while somehow managing to avoid the pitfalls of nostalgia; the key is that TSOOL never gives in to irony — their affection for rock's traditions is genuine, and their desire to reinvent those traditions is pure. - AMG

1. Mantra Slider
2. Firmament Vacation (A Soundtrack of Our Lives)
3. Underground Indian
4. Chromosome Layer
5. Instant Repeater '99
6. Embryonic Rendezvous
7. Four Ages (Part II)
8. Grand Canaria
9. Endless Song
10. Confrontation Camp
11. Blow My Cool
12. Senior Breakdown
13. Bendover Babies
14. The Homo Habilis Blues
15. For Good
16. Magic Muslims
17. Rest In Piece
18. Retro Man
19. Theme From Hallo
20. Legend In His Own Mind