Cast Recordings You Wish You Hadn't Bought- Page 2

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 9:42pm

COCO. Somewhere in the score lies some decent music, but you have to listen to Katherine Hepburn's "singing" to get to it. Besides, the recording quality is pathetic.

CATH MY SOUL. did the world really need a musical version of OTHELLO?

WUTHERING HEIGHTS: THE MUSICAL. This was a British import. Toss the thing into the moors of Northern England and let it rot there!

[singer73192]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 9:43pm

Young Frankenstein. I still haven't listened to the whole thing.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 10:15pm

i bought this recording of Grease with John Barrowman... that thing was just horrible for me to listen to... i got rid of it a few months ago

i also don't regret buying the Secret Garden... but i am disappointed that with all the praise it got i feel bored with it... i just don't get it save for a few songs (mostly the dickon songs)... it just seems like endless talking and recitation with no actual songs... oh well... to each their own

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 10:16pm

OH! I also forgot Titanic... even though it was like three bucks or so.. its such a bore

[wexy]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 10:23pm

Nine- I liked it when I saw it but when a song pops up on my iPod, I have to jump to the Sex Pistols.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 10:31pm

March of the Falsettos
The Full Monty
Gypsy (08 Revival)
Lippa's Wild Party
Annie 30th Anniversary (HUGELY disappointing and a waste of money)

Some of these I had lost and decided to purchase a second time, remembering how much I loved them... and upon second listen, realized the lack of necessity in my second purchase.
Updated On: 1/26/09 at 10:31 PM

Posted: 1/26/09 at 10:50pm

See What I Wanna See - I basically listen to Coffee and the title song.
Assassins - OBC, I should've just gotten the revival.
Chess - I've listened to I Know Him So Well...and that's it.
Kiss of the Spider Woman - I haven't listened to anything. I always skip when it comes up on my shuffle...just haven't gotten into it.
Side Show - LORD. biggest waste of money EVER. it's so lame...sorry. so much ridiculous recitative and only two songs that are really worth it.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 1/26/09 at 11:18pm

I usually love "Forbidden Broadway" albums, so when I found "Goes to Rehab" on iTunes, I jumped all over it. I think I laughed about three times during the whole album. For what is probably the last FB album, they did NOT go out with a bang. Not only does the cover SUCK (smoking Annie and the monster from "Young Frankenstein"...whoo...), some of the numbers were REALLY outdated, and there was no finale to the album! Where's the good old "ta-ta folks!" bit? It's nice to have it in the collection, but I was really disappointed.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 2:37am

The Hairspray Movie Soundtrack... only because when the "deluxe version" came onto iTunes all of the added tracks were album only (long story short I have 2 versions of the same cd on my ipod)

Cabaret Revival (just not my cup of tea, although I enjoy certain songs)
Cats

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 3:35am

Bklyn The Musical - Live! Over an hour of wailing and over-emoting, some of the most purple lyrics ever written for the stage and a tedious, cliched story with cloying 'find yourself' message - what's not to hate?

[CMU_bway_lover]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 3:42am

The Drowsy Chaperone, my own fault, I detested the musical so owning the cast recording seems foolish.

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 3:48am

As with any Cd, there's always going to be the songs you really bought it for, and the ones you could have spared. However, for me, I don't buy any cast recordings unless I really care for them. Some are expensive enough, and sometimes I would much rather buy some other merchandise to remember the show by.
However, they do make nice gifts for someone you know loves that show

[I*heart*Manhattan]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 4:16am

Legally Blonde. I hate to admit i even picked it off the shelf to look.

[heo1128]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 4:33am

The Joseph...Dreamcoat with Donnie Osmond. I had to buy it since I was playing for it. When it comes up on my Itunes, I wince.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 5:49am

1945's BILLION DOLLAR BABY with music by Morton Gould and lyrics by Comden and Green. I bought the CD because of one number("Charleston") that I had seen performed in the terrific JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY. The rest of the show is BOOOOORING!!!
I listened to it once and once was enough. Morton Gould was a classical music composer who had no business being on Broadway. He had none of the crossover skills of his contemporary Leonard Bernstein.

[dg22894]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 7:05am

I do not like my Grey Gardens I liked the show as a whole but not just the music

[dg22894]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 7:05am

I do not like my Grey Gardens I liked the show as a whole but not just the music

[Marianne2]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 8:08am

Strangely, I'm going to say Hairspray. It's good music and all, but I perfer the movie soundtrack better. I know there was a thread on this too, and I know I'm not alone on liking it better. What is good about the OBC album though that the movie does not have is Kerry Butler and Laura Bell Bundy. But, actually, I will admit to liking Nikki Blonsky's voice better than Marissa Janet Winokur's.

And I did not buy these, but I took them out of the library. I couldn't even get through listening to the OBC of Phantom. That's one show you need to see with the music to appreciate it. At least I found it that way. And I also did put Spring Awakening on my iPod, but I have not listened to it in a very long time.

[luke-h***]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 8:30am

The Little Mermaid.
I find myself listening to nothing but Ursula's songs and Part of Your World. The rest is unbearable to me.

And Zanna Don't. Loved the show when I saw it in Edinburgh, but the music does nothing for me. I think I've listened to the first 2 songs, gotten half-way through the third and just switched it off. Bad orchestra. Mediocre music. Ok cast.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 8:37am

Brooklyn
All shook Up
Footloose
Pacific Overtures (revival) - even though I LOVE that score.
Company (1990's revival) - too clean and boring, even with a great cast.
Sound of Music (revival)
Tarzan (though the singing is great, the new score - bleh)

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 9:03am

Side Show - LORD. biggest waste of money EVER. it's so lame...sorry. so much ridiculous recitative and only two songs that are really worth it.
I feel like there are a bunch of songs I really like on "Side Show" and a bunch that I really DON'T like. I'm still glad I bought the whole album, but it IS ridiculous, and the lyrics make my brain hurt. They're possibly the worst lyrics I've ever heard. But it was inexpensive, the singers are PHENOMENAL, and I really love a lot of the tunes.

Strangely, I'm going to say Hairspray. It's good music and all, but I perfer the movie soundtrack better. I know there was a thread on this too, and I know I'm not alone on liking it better. What is good about the OBC album though that the movie does not have is Kerry Butler and Laura Bell Bundy. But, actually, I will admit to liking Nikki Blonsky's voice better than Marissa Janet Winokur's.

I agree with you entirely, except that I didn't spend my own money on the Hairspray OBC. Also, I just HATE listening to Harvey Fierstein recorded. Does that make sense? Like, even in Mulan, I thought his voice-over was great in the movie, but listening to the Mulan soundtrack, it was literally painful to listen to. I don't know.

[Bwayidiot]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 9:03am

Wicked
Light in the Piazza
Titanic
Hairspray
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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 9:14am

My Life With Albertine

I could never get through the whole CD. I finally got rid of it.

[shpants]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 9:26am

Jersey Boys.

I really liked the show, but I just haven't listened to the recording at all.

[once a month]

Posted: 1/27/09 at 9:49am

Thou Shalt Not
Tarzan
Mary Poppins
Little Fish
Adding Machine
Jersey Boys
42nd Street revival
Spring Awakening
City of Angels
Oh, Calcutta!
Passion