Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album (CD, Oct-1999, Tvt Soundtrax)

One of the powerful elements to an episode is music. And the Buffy series was in no short supply of that. Certain episodes just holds a special part in our hearts, and a song in the ep can remind us of emotions and memories years after. I'm sure most Buffy fans are between the ages of 25-33. For those who were like me, was also in high school somewhere during the first 3 seasons. So in a way, we grew up with them.

For the hardcore fans you probably wouldn't need this list, but for those of you hesitating to buy this album...here's the ep where the track was featured:

1. the theme song (duh!)
4. Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
7. The Harsh Light of Day
8. The I in Team
9. Doppelgangland
10. Teacher’s Pet
11. Where the Wild Things Are
12. Beer Bad
13. When She Was Bad
14. The Prom
15. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered; Dead Man's Party; Living Conditions
16. I Only Have Eyes For You
17. Surprise
18. Becoming Part 2

So if any of the above eps was a fav of yours, it's safe bet you'll enjoy this album. Though I'm unhappy that #2, #3, #5, and #6 were included when they were not in any ep, but it does fill up the lineup decently. You can consider them unused tracks. Either way, 14/18 on a CD is still pretty good. Unlike some of the other soundtracks out there, where more than half weren't in the show/movie.

I'm still rating this perfect though it's not perfect, but pretty damn close. Buy it to enjoy it, or buy it to pick at it's flaws. But either way, Buffy fans should have this in their collection.

I recently started watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer again because, let's face it, tv nowadays sucks. I wanted the theme song and unsure if there was a cd or not I searched for Buffy albums and found this one. Initially, i figured, hey this thing is worth it if only for the 1st and last song. When i actually popped it in though, i loved it! Great mix of songs! brings back memories from the episodes while i'm not actually watching. Now, not all the songs are featured in the series. but it's only 4 out of the 18 so that's still a good 80% of songs still in the show. that's the only thing i kinda dislike about it. as a buffy cd it should have featured more songs from the show but even those 4 songs are great so it's not much of a complaint.

if you want to know which songs are featured in which episode i'll break it down for you:

1. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme --> Every episode
2. Teenage FBI --> n/a
3. Temptation Waits --> n/a
4. Strong --> s1 ep05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
5. I Quit --> n/a
6. Over My Head --> n/a
7. Lucky --> s4 ep03 The Harsh Light of Day [this song is cool]
8. Keep Myself Awake --> s4 ep13 The I in Team
9. Virgin State of Mind --> s3 ep16 Doppelgangland
10. Already Met You --> s1 ep04 Teacher's Pet [this song is my least fav]
11. God is a Man --> s4 ep18 Where the Wild Things Are
12. Nothing But You" --> s4 ep05 Beer Bad
13. It Doesn't Matter --> s2 ep01 When She Was Bad
14. Wild Horses --> s3 ep20 The Prom [love this song! *spoiler alert* it's the one buffy and angel dance to at the prom]
15. Pain --> s2 ep16 Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered; s3 ep02 Dead Man's Party; s4 ep02 Living Conditions [this is sung by four star mary aka dingoes ate my baby]
16. Charge --> s2 ep19 I Only Have Eyes For You
17. Transylvanian Concubine --> s2 ep13 Surprise
18. Close Your Eyes (buffy/angel love theme) --> s2 ep22 Becoming [this one is played in a lot of episodes but mainly in becoming. it's also featured in the show Angel for the crossover episode "I Will Remember You"

that's as detailed as i can get. Hope this helped. definitely worth buying!

I had already listened to this CD before I purchased it (I got it from the library). I liked it so much I decided I'd like to own a copy. The songs are a great overview of the music that was featured in the series. It's got love ballads, rock, country and instrumentals. It's the best CD off all the ones from the show (the second best is Buffy the Musical).

great songs. mostly from earlier seasons. Really good stuff to listen to if you are a fan of the Buffy series from early or later years. Alternative rock, soft and harder songs.

Whats not to love for a Buffy fan? The music is a huge part of the whole Buffy
atmosphere. Im also a fan of alternative music because of my daughter. This is an awesome collection for a music fiend.