True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2

Product Review

Elektra Records and HBO have joined forces once again for 'True Blood: Music From The HBO® Original Series Volume 2.' The album follows last year's Grammy Award nominated 'True Blood:Music From The HBO® Original Series,' which featured tracks from the acclaimed HBO drama's first season, including the sultry theme song, 'Bad Things' performed by Jace Everett. Volume 2 follows suit with an all-star track list including Bob Dylan, Beck, Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello and more.

Going into the third season critics across the country have proclaimed TRUE BLOOD one of the best new shows on TV. TRUE BLOOD was the winner of two Emmys in 2009 for 'Best Drama Series' and 'Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series'. The show was also nominated for Golden Globes Award- Best Television Series - Drama. USA Today called it 'wildly imaginative,' with 'one of the best ensembles of the new series,' while the Washington Post found it 'audacious, outrageous and playfully grisly.' TV Guide hailed the show as 'graphically sexy and scary, and often wildly funny,' and 'a broadly entertaining, deliciously twisted slice of modern Southern Gothic.'

Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, TRUE BLOOD takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans for their fix. Set in a backwoods Louisiana town, the show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin, 2009 Golden Globe winner for her role), who can read minds, and 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (played by Stephen Moyer). Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy-winning HBO series Six Feet Under®) created and executive produced the show, as well as wrote and directed episodes of the series, which is based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.

The hugely anticipated third season of 'True Blood' is slated to premiere on HBO on June 13th, while True Blood: The Complete Second Season will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 25th.

Title Tracks for True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2

1. M. Ward - Howlin' For My Baby
2. Jace Everett & CC Adcock - Evil (Is Going On)
3. Beck - Bad Blood
4. Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
5. Jr. Walker and The All Stars - Shake And Fingerpop
6. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy
7. Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello - Kiss Like Your Kiss
8. Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline And Matches
9. Chuck Prophet - You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
10. The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
11. Eels - Fresh Blood
12. Thievery Corporation - The Forgotten People (Bon Temps Remix)
13. King Britt & Sister Gertrude Morgan - New World In My View
14. Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(18 customer reviews)

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

Get the "Deluxe Version", June 10, 2010

M. Halsey (Oregon) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2 (Audio CD)

A great album, but the track from Headbone is only on the Deluxe edition. Both have the same cover artwork, and I mistakenly purchased the standard version, to my huge disappointment.

However, the deluxe edition does contain explicit lyrics, so if you're shopping for a kid...wait, you let your kids watch True Blood? Never mind, swearing isn't your biggest problem.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Crybaby reviwers wreck ratings system, May 15, 2011

John L. Sparks "NightVine" (WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Blood: Music From The HBO® Original Series Volume 2 (Deluxe) [Explicit] [+Digital Booklet] (MP3 Download)

I'd like to address the person who gave 2 stars: in each episode, there are many songs, so across the season, there are enough to fill several CDs. If you do a Google search, you can find a playlist for each episode. You'll see that almost every song is in fact available as an MP3 download on Amazon. That allows you to tailor a personal faves CD. That's why you should *sample* the music to make sure they are the songs YOU want, and almost all of them can be sampled. My husband and I love the selection on this CD because it has an overall thematic style that is for when you are in the mood for that type of music. That being said, many great songs from the season that weren't like these didn't get on here, and some of this style was overlooked - but hey, there are 18 songs which is more than usual. It's not fair to give a low rating to a CD because YOU didn't do YOUR homework as a consumer. Each song on here is a good one for it's style which is why I'm giving it a 5 star rating. I'm...Read more

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

so much better..., June 8, 2010

M. Bauer (Evansville, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2 (Audio CD)

if you're a trubie like so many of us are ...then you'll buy most anything that comes along that has even the slightest hint of 'blood.' I have volume 1 - wasn't in love with it. volume 2 is so much better! It has another excellent bluesy song by jace... and many other great tracks. point being, i'm very happy to be listening to it right now as i type this review :)=