Caroline, Or Change OBCR

What do you guys thaink about this CD? Is it worth to buy the whole thing or to buy bits and pieces of it? Which songs do you like the most?

Updated On: 1/3/08 at 06:17 PM

If you buy the CD in bits and pieces, you're going to have a bad listening experience. The whole show flows as one piece, which is why there were no separate songs listed in the playbill for the Broadway production.

So buy the CD. It comes with the complete libretto. And the music is very, very good, one of the strongest arguments against dismissing a score simply because it is pastiche.

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Updated On: 1/3/08 at 06:27 PM

I would encourage any musical theater fan to buy the full recording of this masterpiece! I would also recommend that when you receive it that you sit and listen to the recording all the way through. It gives you a really great sense of the show.

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As Noah sings on the recording " BUY BUY BUY" this is one of my absolute favorite broadway recordings. Tesori's score is brilliant and the way in which the music moves is absolutely amazing. I too was quite hesitant about purchasing the full recording and was first exposed to "Salty Teardrops". I couldn't stop listening to that song. And I just had to hear the whole thing. You will not regret purchasing the whole recording. And unless you have gift cards, your best bet is off of deepdiscount.com, the best website ever.

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The CD often saves my sanity and enriches my spirit during long commutes to school and work.

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Some are clearly defined, but most bleed into others especially instrumentally. I can see why he did it.

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I agree, listen to it from start to finish.

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If iTunes is your default player, the CD will be ripped onto your iTunes account and then it will end up on your iPod the next time you hook it up.

Buy it.

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BUYTHEWHOLETHING!!!

It's amazing, and the tracks flow together so buying them separate would be funny.

Good boy alfgiotir!!!!

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Well, I can't let a thread about my favorite musical of all time go by without posting.

As others have said, you must own the entire CD and listen to it from start to finish (at least for the first time). It is truly a masterpiece and everyone must own this.

uncageg--your CD burning software should have an option to eliminate the pauses between tracks. I know this from experience, as I have had to make several copies myself. I agree that the pauses are an annoyance!

The cast recording is brilliant. The performances are top-notch throughout (I for one can't understand how Veanne Cox or Chandra Wilson didn't land a Tony nod for their beautiful, touching work).
As I've said in other threads about the recording, someone messed up badly when making the cuts between the tracks.
Yes, the songs flow seamlessly from one to the next but if you want to listen to a single track (i.e. "I Hate the Bus" or "Salty Teardrops") you're screwed. I have my iTunes set up so it plays as a gapless album but if you have the songs on random, the cut ending of each song is really atrocious. It'd be great to get a re-issue sometime that fixes this problem.
Otherwise it is probably my favorite cast recording. I don't think any show has moved me more than CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
When are Kushner and Tesori going to sit down and give us another marvelous show?

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ray--I had forgotten about how badly this album is cut, as I almost always listen to it from start to finish. You are absolutely right.