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''. It was released on September 18, 2007 by Nettwerk Records. The soundtrack includes full length versions of songs featured in the show, such as " See the World" by Gomez, "Walter Reed" by Michael Penn, and " Teardrop", the show's opening theme, performed by Massive Attack. It also featured songs that were recorded especially for the series that were not previously released, such as a cover of the Christina Aguilera song " Beautiful" by

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Track listing

The episode the song is featured in is listed in parentheses following the title and artist # " Teardrop" by Massive Attack* (song without vocals played in U.S. opening sequence) # " See the World" by Gomez ("Half-Wit") # "Walter Reed" by Michael Penn ("

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("Detox") # "Waiting on an Angel" by Ben Harper ("Lines in the Sand") # "Got To Be More Careful" by Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen ("Heavy") # "God, Please Let Me Go Back" by

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# "Are You Alright?" by Lucinda Williams ("Fetal Position") # "Good Man" by Josh Ritter ("Human Error") # "

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# " Minnie the Moocher" by

*** * North America only.
** previously unreleased in the US
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Development

The ''House, MD'' official television soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007 by Nettwerk Records. The CD includes two performances by

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, a band formed by actor Greg Grunberg, that features television actors singing and playing instruments for charity. Hugh Laurie, the lead actor of ''House'', is part of this band. The band was contacted by NBC in 2007 about performing on the soundtrack, to which they happily agreed.

Reception

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called the soundtrack "a decent collection of too much music you probably already have on your

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", and stated that "You will be much happier if you pick apart the pieces you are missing and grab a few songs rather than the whole album". Grischow graded the soundtrack with a 6.9 on a ten scale.

References

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