• Source: True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2

      • True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2 is the soundtrack featuring songs from the second season of the HBO television series True Blood. The album was released through Elektra Records on May 25, 2010, in conjunction with the third season's premiere in June.


      Background


      The soundtrack featured contributions from Beck, Jace Everett, C. C. Adcock, Robbie Robertson, Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan amongst several others. Two Howlin' Wolf songs were covered for the series—"Howlin' for My Baby" by M. Ward and "Evil (Is Going On)" by Everett and Adcock. The track list was revealed on May 10, 2010, where it was made available for pre-order on iTunes the same date. A live stream of the soundtrack was held on May 20.
      Snoop Dogg, who revealed as the fan of the series had performed the rap song titled "Oh Sookie" (not featured in the soundtrack). A music video featuring Dogg was released in June 2010.


      Critical reception


      Heather Phares of AllMusic described it as "an eclectic, expertly chosen set of songs that help define why True Blood is such addictive watching". Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly wrote "True Blood Vol. 2 manages to both evoke its source — that supernatural Louisiana swamp of longing, bloodlust, and just...lust — and work apart from it, too".


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