Freak City Soundtrack is the third studio album by Material Issue, released on Mercury Records in 1994.

[1][2] It was the last studio album the band would record before frontman Jim Ellison died by suicide in 1996.

[5] Trouser Press called the album "an unqualified triumph," and praised "Help Me Land" as "two minutes of slashing power chords, a frenzied vocal and Zelenko’s totally out-of-control drumming.

"[9] The Hartford Courant called it "40 minutes of high-energy, minimal-angst-factor fun.

"[5] The Chicago Tribune called Freak City Soundtrack "a return to form ...