The L Word [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 2004)
• Original Release Date: January 18, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B0001LJC4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,656 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Showtime's lesbian-themed drama is a more intimate and emotionally complex sexual bookend to the network's successful Queer As Folk franchise. That sensibility is gratifyingly mirrored in the eclectic pop, rock, and folk songs that serve as its musical soul, often fleshing out the show's ensemble characters and plot lines in the bargain. Fourteen highlights from the show's first season are collected here, anchored by the Murmurs' delicate, k. d. lang-produced 90's pop-smart "Genius." (A side note: the Murmurs' Leisha Hailey now plays journalist Alice in the series.) There's often a mood-first, fashion-be-damned sensibility at work, as witnessed by such disparate fare as Ella Fitzgerald's jazz-languor take on Cole Porter's "Lets Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" and the delightful country-kitsch of Connie Francis' "Everybody's Somebody's Fool." There are contributions from veterans (Joan Armatrading's "Weakness In Me") and newcomers (the savory Latina fire of Fantcha's "Sol Ja Camba") alike, as well as such welcome male contributions as Joseph Arthur's "In the Sun" and Rufus Wainwright's nakedly emotional, now iconic cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

The soundtrack to the new Showtime original series about a group of both gay and straight women living, working, and loving in LA. Artists include Marianne Faithfull, Lucinda Williams, Connie Francis, Ella Fitzgerald, Rufus Wainwright, Joan Armatrading, and more.

Customer Reviews

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127 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where did I hear that song again?, September 13, 2004

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JB "moi28" (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The L Word (Audio CD)

Hi! Ever wonder in which ep you heard which song? Well here it is!
#1. Genius: ep 1.12 "Locked Up" background music during a Jenny/Robin scene
#2. Right in time: ep 1.3 "Longing" closing - Jenny-Marina love scene
#3. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love): ep 1.2 "Let's Do it" closing - after Marina leaves Jenny and Tim's dinner party and Jenny insists she doesn't have a crush on Marina
#4.Sol Ja Camba: ep 1.9 "Luck, Next Time" opening - making the "Jesus Is In Me" art video
#5.The Weakness in Me 1.11 "Looking Back" closing - Tina returns from the Dinah Shore weekend and embraces Bette in her office at the CAC.
#6.Everbody's Somebody's Fool : ep 1.5 "Losing It" opening - cop arresting guy in diner
#7.Drivin' You: ep 1.10 "Liberally" : Scene?
#8.In Spite of the Damage : ep 1.06 "Losing It" closing - Jenny sitting beside a mailbox
#9.Hallelujah : ep 1.10 "Liberally" closing - Bette with Fae Buckley on TV
#10.Alright: Ep 1.7 "L'Ennui" Jenny-Marina love scene
#11.Blue Sky : ep 1.8 "Listen Up" Background during Jenny-Annette conversation
#12.The Pleasure Song: Pilot ep :opening - various scenes introducing the characters and L.A.
#13.In the Sun 1.13 "Limb From Limb" montage of Bette/Tina: "the scene", Jenny with Robin and Gene, and Alice going up to Dana's house.
#14.Frances and Her Friends: ep 1.12 "Locked Up" opening scene .

A big thank you to AfterEllen for this!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, July 31, 2004

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MFab (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The L Word (Audio CD)

As much as I enjoy the L Word series and am looking forward to Season 2 in January 2005, I was hoping that the soundtrack would feature the best songs from the 14 episodes of the first season. I was disappointed that some of these great tracks, especially the ones from the L'ennui episode, failed to make the cut. One of these tracks should also have been Portishead's "Roads".

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars where did I hear that song?, May 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The L Word (Audio CD)

Hi! Ever wonder in which ep you heard which song? Well here it is!

1. Genius: ep 1.12 "Locked Up" background music during a Jenny/Robin scene
2. Right in time: ep 1.3 "Longing" closing - Jenny-Marina love scene
3. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love): ep 1.2 "Let's Do it" closing - after Marina leaves Jenny and Tim's dinner party and Jenny insists she doesn't have a crush on Marina
4.Sol Ja Camba: ep 1.9 "Luck, Next Time" opening - making the "Jesus Is In Me" art video
5.The Weakness in Me 1.11 "Looking Back" closing - Tina returns from the Dinah Shore weekend and embraces Bette in her office at the CAC.
6.Everbody's Somebody's Fool : ep 1.5 "Losing It" opening - cop arresting guy in diner
7.Drivin' You: ep 1.10 "Liberally" : Scene?
8.In Spite of the Damage : ep 1.06 "Losing It" closing - Jenny sitting beside a mailbox
9.Hallelujah : ep 1.10 "Liberally" closing - Bette with Fae Buckley on TV
10.Alright: Ep 1.7 "L'Ennui" Jenny-Marina love scene
11.Blue Sky : ep 1.8 "Listen Up" Background during Jenny-Annette conversation
12.The Pleasure Song: Pilot ep :opening - various scenes introducing the characters and L.A.
13.In the Sun 1.13 "Limb From Limb" montage of Bette/Tina: "the scene", Jenny with Robin and Gene, and Alice going up to Dana's house.
14.Frances and Her Friends: ep 1.12 "Locked Up" opening scene .

A big thank you to AfterEllen for this!