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| | Charmed: The Final Chapter | | | Music Artist : | | Various Artists | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Adrenaline | | Release Date : | | 2006-05-09 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Baby Got Going - Liz Phair
2. Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies
3. Needs - Collective Soul
4. Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan
5. Weight Of The World - Chantal Kreviazuk
6. Tears From The Moon - Conjure One feat. Sinead O'Connor
7. Superfabulous - BT feat. Rose McGowan
8. Weave - Rusted Root
9. Goodbye - Natalie Imbruglia
10. Stolen Car - Beth Orton
11. Bell, Book & Candle - Eddie Reader
12. Name Of The Game - The Crystal Method
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Fantastic CD with Notable Flaws
Submitted on: 2009-02-07 |
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Charmed: The Final Chapter is the final soundtrack in the "Charmed" franchise, following Charmed: The Soundtrack and Charmed: The Book of Shadows. Unlike its predecessors, ironically, The Final Chapter draws most of its music from the first four seasons as opposed to seasons six and seven; in fact, The Final Chapter spans nearly all eight seasons of the beloved show, making it a very successful soundtrack album.
As appropriate to its three heroines, The Final Chapter features many powerhouse female vocals, starting with Liz Phair and going on through Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sinead O'Connor, Natalie Imbruglia, and even one track featuring the surprisingly good vocals of Rose McGowan, the actress who portrayed Paige in the show.
That's not to say the male voices aren't equally well-known; The Final Chapter also features Barenaked Ladies, Collective Soul, Conjure One, BT, and The Crystal Method. The Final Chapter also spans genres, featuring rock, soft rock, electronica, easy listening, and even one Celtic track.
"Baby Got Going" by Liz Phair is a quick, fun, driving little rocker that's not quite as in-your-face as The Book of Shadows's opener "Take It Off" by The Donnas, a favorable turn. This leads into "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies, an almost upbeat but still soft song with punchy lyrics.
Track three is "Needs" by Collective Soul, which is followed by "Good Enough" by Sarah McLachlan, two long, beautiful, emotive ballads from the early seasons. The Final Chapter saves itself from falling into a weepy interlude, however, by seguing into Kreviazuk's "Weight of the World," a fun, upbeat song that lacks any real power but is still enough to bring a smile to your face.
"Tears from the Moon" is the electronica contribution from Conjure One's duet with Sinead O'Connor, a soft and sad song whose beat fits in with the season it was plucked from. Again we're saved from sadness by upbeat music; "Superfabulous" is the next track by BT featuring Rose McGowan, who has a surprisingly pleasant, powerful and sultry voice, outshining the track she was given.
This vein is followed by "Weave" from the ever-lovely Rusted Root, a fun R&B-style song that's classic Root. Natalie Imbruglia's lovely ballad "Goodbye" is followed by Beth Orton's wonderful song "Stolen Car," a ballad that is neither sad nor happy but introspective and kind of unexpectedly wonderful.
"Bell, Book & Candle" is perhaps the most beautiful song on the collection, a soft Celtic ballad sung by Eddi Reader (this was the song featured during Prue's funeral in the fourth season). It is gentle, lilting, enjoyable and sad while not being entirely depressing. For some strange reason, this song is followed by "Name of the Game" by The Crystal Method, a real four-to-the-floor club beat.
The Final Chapter is an amazing CD, save for the inclusion of "Name of the Game"; in fact, the final song on this CD is so jarring and utterly unnessesary that I had to knock this down to four stars. "Bell, Book & Candle" would have been a perfect note to end the album off, but it leaps from a soft Celtic mourning ballad to a club techno beat by The Crystal Method? It's confusing and jarring and nearly ruins the listening experience you've gained from the first eleven tracks and unless it had been put in between "Superfabulous" and "Weave," it should NEVER have been included at all.
In the end, however, every song on this CD is enjoyable in its own right, and the first eleven tracks are mixed extremely well. The soundtrack does its job by representing eight seasons of a masterful show and doing it with class. 4/5 stars.
Bad points: Complete lack of liner notes or inside illustrations other than one picture of the Charmed Ones including Leo standing off to the side; the inclusion of "Name of the Game" at the end of the CD.
ALSO RECOMMENDED:
Charmed: The Soundtrack [the original Charmed soundtrack, including songs almost entirely exclusively from the sixth season]
Charmed: The Book of Shadows [the second Charmed soundtrack, including several songs never heard on the show and other songs almost entirely exclusively from the seventh season, as well as several remixes] |
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Good Stuff
Submitted on: 2008-10-08 |
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| I enjoy watching the series and listening to the soundtracks, I think there are 2 or 3. Several of the artists on this soundtrack are staples in my "Chick Music" collection. Sara, Liz, The Donnas & the other girls are great company when I'm painting or working on jewelry. Good stuff! |
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 Charmed
Submitted on: 2007-01-20 |
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| My daughter loves these girls. She even got me hooked on them. I wish they were still on with new shows |
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The Final Chapter
Submitted on: 2006-08-10 |
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One of the better soundtracks in the market now, Charmed: The Final Chapter features more little-known artistes than well-known ones. Most of the songs were featured in the show itself, and if you are thinking this album to be very rockish, or very angsty, or very New-Age, or pop, you are half-right.
This album combines a lot of elements of different genres to produce a new album that is strong and makes a statement. 'Pinch Me' and 'Bell, Book and Candle' are some of the more memorable tracks, but do not forget that other hits from Sarah McLachlan also prove to be worth the time.
'Superfabulous' would be a new hit that you would not expect, but will like it tremendously. Overall the songs in the album bring out the essence of the show Charmed, and even if you are not a fan, listening to the music will just brighten up your day and soften your mood. Good music for the final season of Charmed. |
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Surprisingly Good
Submitted on: 2006-07-28 |
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| You wouldn't necessarily expect a "Charmed" soundtrack to be so good, but it is! I'm a fan of the show, not a huge fan, but I think anyone who watches "Charmed" probably also likes the music on the show. Not every song on this soundtrack has been featured in an episode (to my recollection, anyway), but they've all got that contemporary pop/rock girl power sound like the music often featured on the show. The best tracks are those by Liz Phair, Collective Soul, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Natalie Imbruglia, Beth Orton and Eddie Reader. "Bell, Book & Candle" was the song that played during Prue's funeral. I had always wondered what song that was (it's a little haunting and sad), so I'm glad they included it on the soundtrack. The Collective Soul song is particularly good and in parts is a very beautiful song. If you're a fan of the show, if you liked the previous soundtracks or if you just like this genre of music in general, I would highly recommend this soundtrack. |
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