Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album (1996 Television Series) [Soundtrack]

sabrina, the teenage witch: the album (1996 television series) [soundtrack]

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The several strains running through this kid-ready TV-soundtrack disc--pop and R&B boy groups, '70s and '80s Top 40 nostalgia, modern-rock stars, the Spice Girls, and one little-heard Geffen signing--hold together surprisingly well, like the mix tape proffered by the heroine of Ben Folds Five's "Kate." Backstreet Boys' "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)" displays them at their most Michael Jackson-esque, as Robyn's "Show Me Love" does at hers. The Cardigans' "Blah Blah Blah" fits the show's wiseacre tone, and Matthew Sweet's "Magnet & Steel" is a remake that's been waiting to happen for years. Good stuff. --Rickey Wright

Entertainment Weekly
All this wholesome cheer would be strictly taboo in even the most good-natured teen coven.

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Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album (1996 Television Series) [Soundtrack]

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great!
Best Spice Girls Song
Not Very Magical...
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album
Okay but gets cheesy at times

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album (1996 Television Series)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DF94
Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

Walk Of Life - Spice Girls
Abracadabra - Sugar Ray
Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song) - Backstreet Boys
One Way Or Another - Melissa Joan Hart
Kate - Ben Folds Five
Show Me Love (Radio Edit) - Robyn
Giddy Up - 'N Sync
Slam Dunk (Da Funk) - Five
Magnet & Steel - Matthew Sweet
So I Fall Again - Phantom Planet
I Know What Boys Like - Pure Sugar
Smash - The Murmurs, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey
Dr. Jones (Metro 7In Edit) - Aqua
Soda Pop - Britney Spears
Amnesia (Radio Remix) - Chumbawamba
Blah, Blah, Blah - The Cardigans

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The several strains running through this kid-ready TV-soundtrack disc--pop and R&B boy groups, '70s and '80s Top 40 nostalgia, modern-rock stars, the Spice Girls, and one little-heard Geffen signing--hold together surprisingly well, like the mix tape proffered by the heroine of Ben Folds Five's "Kate." Backstreet Boys' "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)" displays them at their most Michael Jackson-esque, as Robyn's "Show Me Love" does at hers. The Cardigans' "Blah Blah Blah" fits the show's wiseacre tone, and Matthew Sweet's "Magnet & Steel" is a remake that's been waiting to happen for years. Good stuff. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

great!.......2006-05-24

This cd is one of the best cd's I've ever listened to!

Best Spice Girls Song.......2005-09-12

I bought this CD just because of the Spice Girls song...I can't believe it was never released as a single.

Not Very Magical... .......2004-08-05

The concept of the television show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch is simple enough. A young girl discovers that she is a witch on her sixteenth birthday and attempts to live a normal life filled with problems, both magical and regular. The show, for the most part, had great background music, with everyone ranging from Britney Spears to the Backstreet Boys to Melissa Joan Hart (who plays Sabrina) herself. The soundtrack album was released in 1998 and, while it features many popular singers, the songs are not overly memorable. Even after watching a large majority of the episodes in the television series, I cannot recall most of these songs even being in the episodes.

The album starts off with "Walk Of Life" by the Spice Girls, who, despite their major success in the previous year, fail to bring listeners anything really memorable. The girls give a decent enough vocal performance but sounded quite bored The girls proved on their two albums that they can add flavour to just about any song but this is a major exception. As well, in the middle of the song, the girls begin once again with a nonsensical chant of "zinga-za" which takes away from the quality. After that comes one of the few memorable songs on the album, "Abracadabra" by Sugar Ray. The song is very catchy and is even appropriate to the magical theme of the show. The vocals add a lot to the song as do the lyrics. ("Just when I think I'm gonna get away, I hear those words that you always say").

The Backstreet Boys are up next with "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin This Song)", which despite the cheesy title isn't too bad. The shared vocals in the song sound awesome as well as give each boy a chance to sing. The harmonies also sound great. The song does not have much substance, but it is a soundtrack after all so it does not matter. Melissa Joan Hart, who plays Sabrina on the television series, comes next with a great cover of Blondie's "One Way Or Another". This is another album highlight despite the fact that Melissa does not have the best voice. However, she still manages to pull the song off well and this is one of the few that I can actual remember being on the show. Next up is the virtually unknown group Ben Folds Five with "Kate", a very lackluster and repetitive song that is forgotten as soon as it's over. The piano music in the beginning of the track isn't too bad but is not nearly enough to make it a good song.

Afterwards comes "Show Me Love" from Swedish pop singer Robyn which, like many tracks on the album, is simply not memorable. It is vocally decent but only the chorus really stands out. Robyn also sings pretty quietly in the verses making it quite to hear her. Next is "Giddy Up" by N Sync, which is one of the songs people may recognize (if they were fans of boybands) but is far from N Sync's best. Unlike the aforementioned Backstreet Boys track, the boys of N Sync do not have a lot of shared vocals or harmonies. Instead, they rely on one person singing lead and the other four joining in on the chorus. Personally, I prefer the shared vocals style. After that is the last real album highlight, "Slam Dunk Da Funk" by 5ive. The song is only really a highlight because it is one of the few memorable songs, but it is good enough to stand on its own.

After this comes an onslaught of songs, a majority of which are from virtually unknown artists and, in all honesty, the tracks do not do much to gain interest in them. First up is "Magnet & Steel" by someone called Matthew Sweet and it has got to be one of the most irritating songs I've heard. Matthew has an average voice and the lyrics are a perfect example of a metaphor gone wrong. After this is "So I Fall Again" by Phantom Planet. This song is actually not too bad but is lost in the onslaught of poor songs. Up next is trio Pure Sugar, with the mediocre "I Know What Boys Like". The song sounds extremely overproduced and repetitive. The song is also seems to drag on, even though it is less than four minutes in length. Afterwards is yet another unknown duo, The Murmurs, with "Smash". The song is incredibly violent sounding ("I see you face and I want to smash! Smash!") and seems stylistically out of place.

Next up is a poor remix of Aqua's "Doctor Jones". The original of the song was catchy and fun to listen to however the beat completely overpowers the vocals in this version. After this is an incredibly weak song by Britney Spears entitled "Soda Pop". It appears to be an attempt to do a reggae style and does not suit Britney at all. The lyrics are entirely nonsensical and the male voice that talks throughout the song is particularly annoying. After comes a lackluster Chumbawamba song entitled "Amnesia". The group has never had particularly meaningful songs (anyone remember "Tubthumping"?) but this one is just repetitive and quite boring. Lastly there is yet another unknown song called "Blah Blah Blah" by The Cardigans and the title kind of sums up the song.

Overall Mark: 1/5

Generally you can tell there is going to be trouble with an album when all of the good, or at least decent songs, are clumped in the front of the album. The album has very few good songs (maybe four or five out of sixteen) and the rest of it is boring, uninspired filler that leaves a lot to be desired. Even hardcore fans of the show would probably be disappointed in this compilation and it probably sounded much better the year it was released. Soundtracks are often hit and miss but this one is kind of pathetic.

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album.......2004-01-01

THIS IS A GREAT COMPILATION CD! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SKIP TRACK 1 (WALK OF LIFE BY SPICE GIRLS) AND YOU'RE ALL SET TO PARTY!!!!

Okay but gets cheesy at times.......2001-03-21

Sabrina The Teenaged Witch is a very cute, teeny-bopper show. Therefore you get cute, teeny-bopper songs. The highlights are Robyn's song Show Me Love which is a track with killer vocals, and Sugar Ray's cover of the classic song Abracadabra. The Spice Girls also give us a good track with Walk Of Life which is a fun song all about enjoying life. 'N Sync's can keep you entertained, as will Five and Ben Folds Five. However, there are fallbacks. I still cannot listen to I Know What Boys Like in full, it is just so bad. The Britney Spears song Sodapop is pop corniness at it's best complete with a reggae singer. While Melissa Joan Hart can definately act, she can't really sing making her track not that interesting. Overall though, if you are a fan of the show and pop music in general, you'll like this collection of songs.

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Album (1996 Television Series)
Spice Girls , Sugar Ray , Backstreet Boys , Melissa Joan Hart , Ben Folds , Robin S. , *NSYNC , 5ive , Matthew Sweet , and Phantom Planet
Manufacturer: Geffen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A53P2A

Product Description

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Album (1996 Television Series) [SOUNDTRACK] Featuring: 1. Walk of Life - Spice Girls 2. Abracadabra - Sugar Ray 3. Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song) [Radio Mix] - Backstreet Boys 4. One Way or Another - Melissa Joan Hart 5. Kate - Ben Folds 6. Show Me Love [Radio Edit] - Robin S. 7. Giddy Up - *NSYNC 8. Slam Dunk (Da Funk) - 5ive 9. Magnet and Steel - Matthew Sweet 10. So I Fall Again - Phantom Planet 11. I Know What Boys Like - Pure Sugar 12. Smash - Murmurs 13. Doctor Jones [Metro's 7" Edit] - Aqua 14. Soda Pop - Britney Spears 15. Amnesia [Radio Mix] - Chumbawamba 16. Blah, Blah, Blah - The Cardigans

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