Soundtrack Review: MLB 09 The Show

Baseball video game soundtracks are usually selected in great taste. MLB 09 The Show proves to be no exception. There is quite a bit of variety on this soundtrack -- from faux-metal to garage rock and pop-punk.

Darker My Love - Two Ways Out - 8.8
Eagles of Death Metal - Downtown - 8.5
Hockey - Work, Work, Work - 8.6
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat - 8.7
Ming - El Barrio Baricua - 8.5
Night Horse - Shine On Me - 8.0
Rise Against - Collapse - 7.3
Spoon - Don't You Evah - 9.0
The Blue Van - Man Up - 8.6
The Budos Band - Budos Rising - 8.7
The Parlor Mob - Everything You're Breathing For - 8.5
The Stills - Rooibos - 9.2
TV on the Radio - Golden Age - 8.4
Valencia - Safe to Say - 7.8
Zodiac Death Valley - M. Mambo - 8.7

Total: 8.5 - Éwesome

NHL 09 Soundtrack Review

The Ratings

Good Songs (8.1 to 8.9):
Johnossi - Execution Song (8.6)
Phantom Planet - Do the Panic (8.5)
Sons and Daughters - Gilt Complex (8.2)
The Elms - The Shake (8.1)
The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (8.7)

Okay Songs (6.5 to 8.0):
Airbourne - Runnin' Wild (7.8)
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife (6.1)
Billy Talent ft. Anti-Flag - Turn Your Back (6.9)
Black Tide - Warriors of Time (7.1)
Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire (7.3)
Millencolin - Done is Done (7.0)
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon (7.5)

Bad Songs:
Apocalyptica ft. Tomoyasu Hotel - Grace (5.2)
Coheed and Cambria - The Running Free (5.4)
Protest the Hero - The Dissentience (4.8)

Overall Rating: 7.15

NBA 2k9 Soundtrack Review

The Cool Kids - 2k Pennies
Hip-Hop
Grade: 7.8

DJ Unk - In Yo Face
Hip-Hop
Grade: 8.3

Beastie Boys - Root Down
Hip-Hop
Grade: 6.7

Santogold - Creator
Electronica
Grade: 9.2

DangerDoom - Sofa King
Hip-Hop
Grade: 8.3

Brand New Heavies - Jump N Move
Acid Jazz
Grade: 8.6

The Pharcyde - Passing Me By
Hip-Hop
Grade: 8.9

Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me
Reggae
Grade: 8.4

Money Mark - Silly Putty
Acid Jazz
Grade: 8.7

N.E.R.D - Spaz
Hip-Hop
Grade: 8.2

Ursula 1000 - Step Back
Electronica
Grade: 8.3

Mommy and Daddy - Pretty Loser
Punk
Grade: 8.8

Jamalski - Tha Underground
Electronica
Grade: 8.3

Mochipet - Sharp Drest
Electronica
Grade: 8.7

The Bloody Beetrots - Mac Mac
Electronica
Grade: 9.1

DJ Rasta Root - Rootzilla Beez
Reggae
Grade: 8.9

Nickodemus - Funky In The Middle
Funk
Grade: 8.4

Limp Twins - Moving Closer to the Sofa
Funk
Grade: 8.7

Skeewif - Light The Fuse
Funk
Grade: 8.1

The Meters - Cissy Strut
Funk
Grade: 8.3

The Heavy - Coleen
Neo Soul
Grade: 8.6

Blockhead - Duke of Hazzard
Electronica
Grade: 8.5