CAROLINE, OR CHANGE 2021 Broadway Cast Recording Thread

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/16/21 at 1:34pm

Releases tomorrow on digital platforms! Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Tony Kushner

Below, you can get a first listen of Sharon D. Clarke performing the show's 11 o'clock number, "Lot's Wife."

 

https://www.playbill.com/article/get-a-1st-listen-to-sharon-d-clarkes-lots-wife-from-upcoming-caroline-or-change-broadway-revival-cast-album

Updated On: 12/16/21 at 01:34 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/16/21 at 2:25pm

I didn't care for the show, but that one track they released sounds AMAZING. I expect this will be a great recording.

[jwsel]

Posted: 12/16/21 at 2:30pm

I wish I could see the revival.  Tonya Pinkins singing "Lot's Wife" remains one of the most thrilling and transcendent moments I've ever seen on stage.  Sharon D. Clarke sounds amazing on the recording.

[binau]

Posted: 12/16/21 at 4:37pm

I can see it’s available to purchase on iTunes (for those that have an early Timezone account). However, it doesn’t appear to be on Apple Music to stream. This is typical of the record label right or can we expect to stream it somewhere?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:10am

And now, some relief for what has been a very stressful day: the album is now out digitally.

Track listing:

ACT I

• 1. 16 Feet Beneath the Sea
• 2. The Radio
• 3. Laundry Quintet
• 4. Noah Down the Stairs
• 5. The Cigarette
• 6. Laundry Finish
• 7. The Dryer
• 8. I Got Four Kids
• 9. Caroline, There's Extra Food
• 10. There is No God, Noah
• 11. Rose Stopnick Can Cook
• 12. Long Distance
• 13. Dotty and Caroline
• 14. Moon Change
• 15. Moon Trio
• 16. The Bus
• 17. That Can't Be
• 18. Noah and Rose
• 19. Inside / Outside
• 20. JFK
• 21. Duets: No One Waitin'
• 22. Duets: 'Night Mamma
• 23. Duets: Gonna Pass Me a Law
• 24. Duets: Noah Go to Sleep
• 25. Noah Has a Problem
• 26. Stuart and Noah
• 27. Quarter in the Bleach Cup
• 28. Caroline Takes My Money Home
• 29. Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw

ACT II

• 30. Santa Comin' Caroline
• 31. Little Reward
• 32. 1943
• 33. Mr. Gellman's Shirt
• 34. Ooh Child
• 35. Rose Recovers
• 36. I Saw Three Ships
• 37. The Chanukah Party
• 38. Dotty and Emmie
• 39. I Don't Want My Child to Hear That
• 40. Mr. Stopnick and Emmie
• 41. Kitchen Fight
• 42. A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why
• 43. I Hate the Bus
• 44. Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio
• 45. The Twenty Dollar Bill
• 46. Caroline and Noah Fight
• 47. Aftermath
• 48. Sunday Morning
• 49. Lot's Wife
• 50. Salty Teardrops
• 51. Why Does Our House Have a Basement?
• 52. Underwater
• 53. Epilogue

Post your thoughts below upon first listen, folks!

[Miserent]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:11am

Listening to Lot’s Wife makes me wish we were being given a recording with Sharon Brown as Caroline.  Clarke sounds fine, but I’m still not over Brown’s brilliant performance.

[[e-mail]]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:17am

Miserent said: "Listening to Lot’s Wife makes me wish we were being given a recording with Sharon Brown as Caroline. Clarke sounds fine, but I’m still not over Brown’s brilliant performance."

Completely agreed - Sharon Brown's vocals with this score were simply phenomenal and was definitely stronger than Clarke all around IMHO

 

Updated On: 12/17/21 at 12:17 AM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:28am

So far it’s a strange listen for me. The original cast is too familiar and I just keep hearing their voices while listening to this.
 

The artist credits on iTunes are not accurate. Among other mistakes Nasia Thomas is credited as singing “Lot’s Wife.”

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:35am

It’s a solid recording so far, but I also haven’t been able to stop thinking about SCB’s performance. 
 

im going to listen the full way through tomorrow. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:43am

Also if they can record and release this double album in just 4 weeks no other cast album has any excuse to take any longer ever. This is quite a feat to have it out this fast sounding as good as it does. I’m just not sure I personally needed another recording of this score. I can’t see myself choosing to listen to this cast over the original.

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 12:54am

CATSNYrevival said: "So far it’s a strange listen for me. The original cast is too familiar and I just keep hearing their voices while listening to this.


The artist credits on iTunes are not accurate. Among other mistakes Nasia Thomas is credited as singing “Lot’s Wife.”"

I was wondering about the credits since it seems like all the Noah tracks have Adam listed but I thought all three Noah’s were part of the recording.
 

Does anyone have any experience with credits being updated after making an iTunes purchase? Wondering if they get updated automatically or if I’ll need to delete and re-download. 

 

[binau]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 7:38am

Loving the new recording. The performances and sounds are sufficiently different for me from the original to warrant. It will not replace the original for me but I will listen to both depending on the mood I’m in :). 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 8:08am

My thoughts perfectly echo Cats, above. It’s a beautifully done recording but the original is so ingrained in me, I can’t say I’ll go back to this one often. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 8:25am

I guess it isn't on Apple Music? Cause I can't find it. 

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 8:41am

It's good, but doesn't get anywhere near the original album.  There's a big, harsh, percussive sound that the original has that this one hasn't completely captured.

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 8:48am

iluvtheatertrash said: "I guess it isn't on Apple Music? Cause I can't find it."

I haven’t seen it on Apple Music yet either. I wound up just buying it. 
 

I’ve got to say, I’m really happy to finally be able to clearly hear ALL the parts in the songs where multiple people are singing. 

[divarobbie2]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 9:00am

Hi all, Robbie from Broadway Records here. Our digital aggregator messed up the metadata after the album was submitted, causing actors names to jump up one song randomly throughout the album - we are working closely with them to get that fixed immediately. If you bought the album on iTunes, it should change itself automatically when it does. The same aggregator somehow did not deliver to Apple Music, but it should have. It should appear there soon.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 9:52am

Good for Broadway Records for making this happen so quickly and so well!

I'm doing a cursory listen over some of the big tracks- it sounds great. Glad to have the vocals of this ensemble preserved. Not sure it'll supplant the OBC in my listening- I particularly think that Clarke's "Lot's Wife" pales on recording in comparison to Pinkins' tremendous, volcanic take- but very happy it exists. I love Tamika Lawrence's Dotty so much.

Updated On: 12/17/21 at 09:52 AM

[kwoc91]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 10:21am

Agree re: Tamika Lawrence! Glad to have this recording.

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 10:31am

Hey Robbie, thank you and Broadway Records for releasing this album so quickly!!

 

any plans to release it on Vinyl?

[forfivemoreminutes]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 10:55am

Speaking of the original album - where can I find that one to listen to? It’s not on Apple Music or iTunes or Spotify, at least not in my region (Canada).

[Kad]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 11:16am

The OBC is definitely on Spotify, at least for Americans:

Caroline or Change on Spotify

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 11:39am

forfivemoreminutes said: "Speaking of the original album - where can I find that one to listen to? It’s not on Apple Music or iTunes or Spotify, at least not in my region (Canada)."

Does this work?

">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nvzJBr6OuWxllqr1Ud_HAz3_Lulg0u

[ELFcubed]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 11:51am

There is a stripped down quality here that really works for me. Tempos feel a bit slower, orchestrations a bit simpler, vocals given space for their lyrics to land in the many counterpoint sections. 

I also don't just knee-jerk hate this Rose. I know on the OBC that's the point, but her arc is stronger to me when she is a bit more sympathetic. She is in over her head and makes a series of bad choices and doesn't see why she's wrong, but she really is at heart trying to help.

Not a surpassing of the OBC but an excellent companion.

[forfivemoreminutes]

Posted: 12/17/21 at 11:54am

Alexander Lamar said: "forfivemoreminutes said: "Speaking of the original album - where can I find that one to listen to? It’s not on Apple Music or iTunes or Spotify, at least not in my region (Canada)."

Does this work?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nvzJBr6OuWxllqr1Ud_HAz3_Lulg0u"

It doesn't - presumably that's YouTube premium, which I don't have? Or maybe it's content just available in the US. On Spotify it shows me the album, but when I try to play any songs other than "The Chanukah Party" it says "content not available" - and I do have Spotify premium, so I'm not sure why that's happening.