The album mainly contains music by contemporary pop and alternative rock artists, such as the Spice Girls, Sugar Ray, and Britney Spears.

The album was a commercial success, being certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States and double Platinum in Canada, and selling over 700,000 copies in those countries combined.

[1][5] The opening track to the album is "Walk of Life" by the Spice Girls, which had previously only been available in Europe as the b-side to their 1997 single "Too Much"; Coburn said the label was "thrilled" to have the song on the soundtrack.

[9] The album was preceded by the release of the single "So I Fall Again" by Phantom Planet in September 1998; the band performed the song on the show in the Season 3 episode "And the Sabrina Goes to..." which aired that November.

They wrote that europop was well-represented on the release, calling "Walk of Life" by the Spice Girls "some serious dub", and noted the inclusion of "interesting" cover songs.

[13] In a mixed review, Rob Brunner from Entertainment Weekly described Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Album as "bubbly ephemera" and went on to note "all this wholesome cheer would be strictly taboo in even the most good-natured teen coven."

[14] In a retrospective review, Chuck Eddy from Spin included the album on a list of "essential teen-pop soundtracks", and described "Soda Pop" by Britney Spears as "possibly her most preadolescent ditty ever".