Charmed: The Book of Shadows

Charmed: The Book of Shadows
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	January 1, 2005
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Label	Image Silva Screen
Producer	Jonathan Scott Miller Jonathan Platt
Charmed albums chronology
Charmed: The Soundtrack (2003) Charmed: The Book of Shadows (2005) Charmed: The Final Chapter (2006)

Charmed: The Book of Shadows (also known as Charmed: The Book of Shadows: Music From and Inspired By) is the second soundtrack album of the television series Charmed, which aired on The WB in the United States. It features music from the show's first seven seasons and was released on January 1, 2005 by Silva Screen Records.

Background and release

Charmed: The Book of Shadows was produced by Jonathan Platt and Jonathan Scott Miller.^[2] The soundtrack is made up mostly of tracks by little-known artists, though some better known ones, such as Dido, Vanessa Carlton, Sarah McLachlan and Ashlee Simpson, are also featured.^[1] It also includes Charmed's theme song "How Soon Is Now?" by Love Spit Love.^[3] Charmed: The Book of Shadows was released as a worldwide digital download on January 1, 2005 by Silva Screen Records.^[3] It was later released as a CD in the United States on April 19, 2005 and in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2005.^[4][5] The soundtrack's cover features a small photograph of the show's Book of Shadows, which the soundtrack is named after.

Reception

Heather Phares of AllMusic gave Charmed: The Book of Shadows three stars out of five and praised the way in which the soundtrack "streamlines its approach", in comparison to the first soundtrack album, by focusing on a wide variety of female artists, echoing the theme of female empowerment raised in the television series.^[1] Whilst aware that the soundtrack has little direct tie-in with the series, Phares complemented its use of little-known artists as well as its mixture of different musical genres in creating an original approach to a television soundtrack.^[1] On May 7, 2005, Charmed: The Book of Shadows debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard Top Soundtracks chart^[6] and number 20 on the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"How Soon Is Now?"	Love Spit Love	4:25
2.	"Take It Off"	The Donnas	2:40
3.	"Take A Look"	Liz Phair	3:29
4.	"Sand In My Shoes"	Dido	4:59
5.	"Fallen"	Sarah McLachlan	3:43
6.	"I Can't Make Me"	Butterfly Boucher	3:31
7.	"San Francisco"	Vanessa Carlton	4:12
8.	"Pieces of Me"	Ashlee Simpson	3:15
9.	"Unbroken"	Missy Higgins	3:39
10.	"Free"	Sarah Brightman	3:31
11.	"I Close My Eyes"	Shivaree	3:55
12.	"Home"	Zero 7	4:35

Charts

Charts (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Soundtracks[6]	9
US Billboard Top Independent Albums[7]	20

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Australia	January 1, 2005	Digital download	Silva Screen Records	[3]
Europe				[8]
New Zealand				[9]
United States	April 19, 2005	CD	Image Entertainment	[4]
United Kingdom	September 5, 2005		Silva Screen Records	[5]

References

1. "Charmed: The Book of Shadows – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
2. "Charmed: The Book of Shadows – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
3. "Charmed – Book of Shadows (Music From and Inspired By the TV Series) by Various Artists". iTunes Store (Australia). Retrieved September 11, 2014.
4. "Charmed: The Book of Shadows: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
5. "Charmed: The Book of Shadows". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
6. "Billboard Top Soundtracks". Billboard. May 7, 2005. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
7. "Top Independent". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media) (19): 64. May 7, 2005.
8. "Charmed – Book of Shadows (Music From and Inspired By the TV Series) by Various Artists". iTunes Store (United Kingdom). Retrieved September 11, 2014.
9. "Charmed – Book of Shadows (Music From and Inspired By the TV Series) by Various Artists". iTunes Store (New Zealand). Retrieved September 11, 2014.