ANNIE Cast Album available at the Palace Theatre May 7 — Page 2

I want to hear this SOOOO bad.

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I saw Ed Helms as Andy Bernard sing "You're Never Fully Dressed" on "The Office" last night... he was oddly charming as an old vaudeville type.

If they're not interpreting all black as ALL black, I wouldn't mind seeing him as Bert in the Annie reboot (if they keep that character). Besides, I imagine it could be an interesting juxtaposition between the clean, almost stately "white" ragtime style versus the livelier take the orphans are sure to have in that song.

Me too! I need to hear this!

I'm dying to hear it too -- I'm going to buy it, probably both digitally and a copy of the album, but I'd love to hear this asap. Wish there was a way to get ahold of it.

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Updated On: 5/10/13 at 09:34 PM

You guys are hilarious. ddenoff2 clearly works for Annie or Shout Factory in some capacity and you guys are asking for an illegal copy of the CD on an open forum. Smart.

Updated On: 5/11/13 at 10:16 PM

Yeah... got a copy of this today. It is probably one of the worst cast recordings I have heard. A lot of the songs have like 10-15 seconds of the dialogue leading into the song, which is extremely awkward. The cuts made to the songs to skip the longer orchestra solos literally killed me. Annie's orchestrations are epic, WHY cut that, but add pointless dialogue? Lilla Crawford sounds awful (not how she sounds in the actual show at all), and Katie Finneran (who I ADORE), sounds dreadful. The added sound effects of Miss Hannigan pouring and chugging a drink during Little Girls really bothered me.
Luckily this season we have been VERY fortunate with some really great cast recordings... Kinky Boots is just a wildly entertaining and delightful listen, Cinderella sounds like the orchestra is being conducted by God himself, and DROOD is just classic Broadway magic. The Annie cast recording has nothing going for it.

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I got mine too. I agree some things are odd...agree the dialogue lead-ins for a few of the songs make them sound choppy. And I would also enjoy hearing some of the dance/background music even if there is no singing attached to it..so that's sort of sad too to miss that.

But I like Lilla's sound on the CD for the most part (though I agree it doesn't quite due her justice but I am a huge fan regardless) and I am thrilled to have the recording of Anthony's version of Daddy Warbucks, who would sound amazing under any circumstances. That's worth it to me alone. Kids sound fine, some of the updated orchestrations sounds great to me also.

From a production angle, I am impressed that they gave the musicians equal billing as the actors on the CD liner notes...usually you have to squint to read their names. So it's nice to see the musicians appreciated.

Overall, it could have been improved but I am very happy I have it.

Updated On: 5/11/13 at 10:29 AM

unfortunate to hear about the missing orchestrations [VERY odd to be removed]

as for the dialogue you can change where you want a song to start on itunes. That should fix that problem.

Why do people say Lilla doesn't sound how she does? I'm most excited to hear her versions of the songs!

Updated On: 5/11/13 at 10:46 AM

only $25 !!!!!
how is it that theatre merch booths can over charge for the cast CDs? it's on Amazon for $17, which will go down closer to street date as they always put them on sale.

amazon is free sipping if you bundle your purchases or get free shipping codes. i know labels set a 'suggested list price' that stores are held to..... so i feel theeatre merch booths should NOT rape the consumer considering the economy and the high price of tickets to the show.

Oh my god shout factory can younplease tell us when we get some samples

Don't get so excited. This cast album is a huge let down. The overture is pretty much the only thing worth listening to.

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Can anyone let me hear a sample of the music? Oh my god shout factory can younplease tell us when we get some samples

Wow, is Lilla edited or WHAT? Ouch.