L Word: Season 2

by L-WORD: SEASON 2 / O.S.T.

Overview

Spanning club-friendly dance-pop, confessional singer/songwriters and classic pop, the soundtrack to The L Word: The Second Season showcases the series' eclectic taste in music. The album gets off to a great start with Dusty Springfield's subtly sexy "Just a Little Lovin'," the Organ's mysterious and urgent "Brother" and Ladytron's glamorously hungover "Playgirl." For the most part, the rest of the soundtrack manages to keep this momentum going while keeping the sound diverse: Edgier tracks such as Martina Topley-Bird's "Ilya" -- a dark, sleek song that picks up where her collaborations with Tricky left off -- and the dance-punk of Le Tigre's "On the Verge" mix surprisingly well with more straightforward material such as Heart's "No Other Love" and Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home." Other standouts include Grandadbob's "Mmmnn," Shirley Bassey and AwayTeam's "Where Do I Begin" and Betty's cheeky theme to The L-Word, which sounds like a lesbian-themed version of "My Favorite Things" as performed by 4 Non Blondes. A hipper and more contemporary collection than the first season's soundtrack, The L-Word- Season 2 works well both in and out of the show's context. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	02/22/2005
Label:	Tommy Boy
UPC:	0661868161328
Rank:	145794

Tracks

1. Just a Little Lovin'
2. Brother
3. Playgirl
4. Ilya
5. No Other Love
6. Mmmnn
7. Sunny Came Home
8. On the Verge
9. Naked as We Came
10. Get On
11. It Girl
12. Where Do I Begin
13. Love Is Everything
14. Some Kind of Wonderful
15. The L Word Theme

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Away Team   Primary Artist
Iron & Wine   Primary Artist
The Dirtmitts   Primary Artist
Dusty Springfield   Primary Artist
Jane Siberry   Primary Artist
The Organ   Primary Artist
Shirley Bassey   Primary Artist
Grandadbob   Primary Artist
Betty   Primary Artist
Ladytron   Primary Artist
Martina Topley-Bird   Primary Artist
Pam Grier   Primary Artist,Vocals
Shawn Colvin   Primary Artist
Heart   Primary Artist
Tony Salvatore   Guitar
Mino Gori   Drums

Technical Credits

Away Team   Producer,Remixing
Rosie Lopez   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Producer
Barry Mann   Composer
Katie Sketch   Producer
Craig Bartock   Producer
Kurt Dahle   Producer
Chuck Prophet   Composer
Le Tigre   Producer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Elizabeth Ziff   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Francis Lai   Composer
John Leventhal   Composer,Producer
Jane Siberry   Composer,Producer
Johanna Fateman   Composer
Natasha Thirsk   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Kathleen Hanna   Composer
Mike Thorne   Producer
Ilene Chaiken   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Producer
Brian Deck   Producer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Todd Simko   Producer
Paul Forgues   Producer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Triton   Producer
Betty   Producer
Ladytron   Producer
John Ellison   Composer
Sam Beam   Composer
Martina Topley-Bird   Composer,Producer
Nick Sansano   Producer
Tom Dowd   Producer
Dave Genn   Producer
Dave "Stiff" Johnson   Producer
Natasha Duprey   Executive Producer
Vanessa Robinson   Composer,Producer
Nancy Jo Wilson   Producer
Nick Bygrave   Producer
Alyson Palmer   Composer,Producer
Shawn Colvin   Composer
Amy Ziff   Composer,Producer