Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999 Television Series) [Soundtrack]

Christophe Beck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 19, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B00001R3O1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (217 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,189 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > Television Soundtracks
  • #36 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > General

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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent alt rock soundtrack..., July 10, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999 Television Series) (Audio CD)

Simply put, if you are fan of alt rock and/or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will enjoy this album. It is a nice blend of ballads and rockers that really sum up the general feeling of the first four seasons of Buffy. This CD is a welcome addition in anyone's collection, along with the two other Buffy CDs ("Radio Sunnydale" and the soundtrack to "Once More, With Feeling"). Below I have listed which episode each song appears in, because I know a lot of people are curious.

1. "Buffy Theme" (Every episode)
2. "Teenage FBI" (Does not ever appear in the series)
3. "Temptation Waits" (Does not ever appear in the series)
4. "Strong" (episode 1x5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date)
5. "I Quit" (Does not ever appear in the series)
6. "Over My Head" (Does not ever appear in the series)
7. "Lucky" (episode 4x3 The Harsh Light of Day)
8. "Keep Myself Awake" (episode 4x13 The I in Team)
9. "Virgin State of Mind" (episode 3x16 Doppelgangland)
10. "Already Met You" (episode 1x4 Teacher's Pet)
11. "God is a Man" (episode 4x18 Where the Wild Things Are)
12. "Nothing But You" (episode 4x5 Beer Bad)
13. "It Doesn't Matter" (episode 2x1 When She Was Bad)
14. "Wild Horses" (episode 3x20 The Prom)
15. "Pain" (episodes 2x16 Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, 3x2 Dead Man's Party and 4x2 Living Conditions)
16. "Charge" (episode 2x19 I Only Have Eyes for You)
17. "Transylvanian Concubine" (episode 2x13 Surprise)
18. "Close Your Eyes" (several but featured heavily in 2x22 Becoming)

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slays The Competition!, October 14, 2000

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Adi Vimal (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999 Television Series) (Audio CD)

I must say that when I bought the CD (after buying seasons 1,2,3 on video and the watcher's guide book - I can't seem to get enough! ), I only knew a couple of the main tracks (you know the ones! ). But apart from the theme (I'm learning to play it, man!) and the haunting love theme, you had classic Garbage, 'Lucky' by Bif Naked, The classic 'Devil You Know (God is a Man)', The delightful 'It Doesn't Matter', 'Wild Horses' (it was tear jerking), Dingoes Ate My Baby aka Four Star Mary's amaaazzzing 'Pain' but the only complaint - Joss Whedon, if you're out there, you missed the beat by not including Sarah McLachlan's 'Full of Grace' on the album. I implore you to include it on Volume 2, it has etched it's mark on every true Buffy fan, and I am not alone in thinking this. Becoming was the best episode ever, and Sarah deserves a mention. Sarah, if you're listening, ask Joss to include the song on Volume 2. It permanantly haunts the psyche (if you can relate), that's how affecting it is.

For anyone who want's the Sarah McLachlan 'Full of Grace' song, buy her 1997 album 'Surfacing'.

Apart from that, Buffy Slays, and Joss Whedon is a class writer. Nuff said.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but could have been better..., October 21, 1999

By A Customer

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This review is from: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999 Television Series) (Audio CD)

CD has some good tracks, some great ones, and a few clunkers. As another reviewer said, where's Cibo Matto? And Morcheeba(played in "Passion") or Sarah McLachlan(played in "Becoming 2")? I know the collection was picked by Joss Whedon himself, but he could have done better. Clunker list, IMO: "Teenage FBI," Furslide," and "Pain." Tracks that make the purchase VERY worthy: "Buffy Theme," "Close Your Eyes"(any Buffy fan knows this classic instrumental tune), "Temptation Waits"(yeah, Garbage!), "Transylvanian Concubine," "It Doesn't Matter," "Wild Horses," and "Strong." Only one more gripe: I want a completely instrumental soundtrack by Chris Beck! The only track on the CD that almost matches the greatness of "Close Your Eyes" is Nerf Herder's "Buffy Theme."