The following is a list of soundtracks from the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, created by Craig McCracken, which ran on Cartoon Network from November 18, 1998, to March 25, 2005. The releases include 2000's Heroes & Villains, 2001's The City of Soundsville, and 2003's Power Pop. All three albums were released by Rhino Entertainment.

Heroes & Villains

The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls
CD cover art for Heroes & Villains
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)
GenrePop, rock
Length40:14
LabelRhino
ProducerMark Mothersbaugh
Bob Casale[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media6.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[5]

Produced by Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale of Devo,[6] The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls was released on July 18, 2000, on CD and audio cassette.[7] The songs are connected by spoken interludes (recorded by the show's voice cast) to form a loose storyline in which the girls mobilize to stop Mojo Jojo from destroying Townsville. Each band wrote a song about a character, each of them based on "an assignment regarding which part of the story their song would illustrate."[6] Craig McCracken said: "I love these bands, and listening to their work inspires my work. Each song on the album focuses on a different aspect of The Powerpuff Girls, and together they tell a story. From Townsville in danger to the day finally being saved".[8] Although David Byrne recorded a song titled "Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles Say" along with his daughter Malu, who wrote the lyrics, the track was left out of the album.[9]

The New York Times journalist Ann Powers praised the pop album's original songs, saying, "The precocious sound these bands cultivate has never had a more appropriate niche."[10] Heather Phares of the All Music Guide called the album "appropriately hip and funny" and stated that it is "much more than just a 'music inspired by' marketing piece."[2] Meanwhile, David Wild of Rolling Stone gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying that "it's the indie-ish mix of acts that makes Heroes and Villains such a tuneful, trippy blast," highlighting The Apples in Stereo's "Signal in the Sky (Let's Go)" as a "propulsive, bubblegum-delicious" song that "nearly steal[s] the show."[4] Additionally, the album topped Billboard's children's music chart for six weeks upon its debut.[11]

Track Listing
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."The Powerpuff Girls (Main Theme)"Chase, Rucker, Venable (composers)1:16
2."Go! Monkey Go!"Devo3:09
3."Pray for the Girls"Frank Black3:53
4."Signal in the Sky (Let's Go)"The Apples in Stereo3:26
5."Walk & Chew Gum"Optiganally Yours3:23
6."Buttercup (I'm a Super Girl)"Shonen Knife2:38
7."B.L.O.S.S.O.M."Komeda3:32
8."Bubbles"Dressy Bessy2:05
9."Fight the Power"Bis3:38
10."Don't Look Down"The Sugarplastic4:31
11."The Fight"Cornelius1:53
12."Friends Win"The Bill Doss2:39
13."The Powerpuff Girls (End Theme)"Bis2:00
14."Love Makes The World Go 'Round" (hidden track attached to Track 13)Marty & Elayne with John Andrews1:53

The City of Soundsville

The City of Soundsville: Music from The Powerpuff Girls
CD cover art for The City of Soundsville
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)
GenreElectronica
Length40:36
LabelRhino
ProducerJames L. Venable[12]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]

The City of Soundsville: Music from The Powerpuff Girls was released on September 18, 2001, on CD, audio cassette, and vinyl record.[14] Heather Phares of the All Music Guide was quite pleased with the soundtrack, calling it "a complete delight" and "without a doubt one of the coolest children's albums in recent memory."[13]

The album consists of instrumental remixes that represent key elements of the series, including the girls, several villains and supporting characters, and the city of Townsville itself. Samples of lines spoken by the characters are interspersed throughout each track.[15]

Track Listing
No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"2:39
2."Townsville"2:38
3."Mojo Jojo"3:05
4."Blossom"2:38
5."Gangreen Gang"2:10
6."Boogie Man"2:07
7."Pokey Oaks"1:58
8."Mayor"1:31
9."Fuzzy Lumpkins"3:00
10."Buttercup"3:01
11."Amoeba Boys"1:58
12."Professor"1:53
13."Princess"1:30
14."Him"1:43
15."Bubbles"2:35
16."Hearts and Stars"2:00
17."Super Secret City of Soundsville Song"4:10

Power Pop

The Powerpuff Girls: Power Pop
CD cover art for Power Pop
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)
Genre
Length43:21
LabelRhino
ProducerChris Pelcer
Lara Kiang
Craig King
Greg Charley
Leslie Mills[16]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[17]

The Powerpuff Girls: Power Pop was released on August 12, 2003, on CD and audio cassette.[18] Despite positive reviews of the formerly released albums, the album earned a negative review from AllMusic's Heather Phares, who regarded Power Pop as a "big disappointment", saying "it's especially frustrating that they picked cookie-cutter teen pop for this album when Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment turned out so brilliantly (and featured hip-hop stars to boot)."[17] Jon Caramanica wrote for Rolling Stone that "this series of femme-fronted acts articulate girl-power ideas so shallow they make the Spice Girls sound like feminist ideologues."[19] Two songs on the soundtrack, "That's What Girls Do" by No Secrets and "Powerpunk End Theme" (originally titled "The Powerpuffs Girls (End Theme)") by Bis, were both featured during the end credits of The Powerpuff Girls Movie.[20] The album reached the 15th spot on Billboard's Top Kid Audio chart.[21]

Track Listing
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."That's What Girls Do" (From The Powerpuff Girls Movie)No Secrets3:10
2."Power of the Female"Cherish3:29
3."Rocket Candy"Leslie Mills2:46
4."What Do You Do"Troys3:11
5."Me and My Girls"Cherish4:07
6."All I Want" (Sunship Radio Edit)Mis-Teeq3:29
7."Chemical X"Cherish3:01
8."Special"Vitamin C4:44
9."Baby I Don't Care"Jennifer Ellison3:36
10."Buttercup (I'm a Super Girl)"Shonen Knife2:32
11."On Top of Your World"Sahara Hotnights3:18
12."Super Secret City of Soundsville Song"Ursula 10004:12
13."Powerpunk End Theme" (From The Powerpuff Girls Movie)Bis1:46

See also

References

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  9. ^ Sinclair, Tom (March 20, 2000). "David Byrne Is Serenading The Powerpuff Girls". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  10. ^ Powers, Ann (July 28, 2000). "The Album of the Week". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  11. ^ Flaherty, Mike (February 8, 2001). "'Power' Hungry". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  12. ^ "Powerpuff Girls: The City of Soundsville - The Powerpuff Girls". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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  15. ^ Ostroff, Joshua (July 3, 2002). "Supercharged Score for Superpowered Cartoon". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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  21. ^ "Top Kid Audio". Billboard. Vol. 115. September 6, 2003. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

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