Charmed: The Book of Shadows

Charmed: The Book of Shadows 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 April 19, 2005, by Image Entertainment.

Background and release

Charmed: The Book of Shadows was executive produced by Jonathan Platt and Jonathan Scott Miller. The album includes music by contemporary pop artists such as Dido, Vanessa Carlton, Sarah McLachlan and Ashlee Simpson. It also includes Charmeds theme song "How Soon Is Now?" by Love Spit Love. Charmed: The Book of Shadows was released in the United States on April 19, 2005 and in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2005.
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. However, she also noted that its contents had little in relation to the show itself. Nonetheless, Phares concluded that the album "plays a lot more like a handmade mixtape or playlist than a soundtrack full of promotional opportunities, which can only be to its credit." On May 7, 2005, Charmed: The Book of Shadows debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard Top Soundtracks chart and number 20 on the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.