DEAD OUTLAW Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 8:31am

Part One has been released featuring seven tracks, clocking in at 22 minutes.  The copyright is credited to Yellow Sound Label and Audible. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/dead-outlaw-original-broadway-cast-recording-part-1/1811258617

Updated On: 5/2/25 at 08:31 AM

[Kad]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 8:42am

It’s also up on Spotify.

Will be listening to “A Stranger” on repeat a lot today, I suspect. 

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 9:07am

Thrilled to see this so soon. Would’ve loved to see Shot a Man in Kansas in this as well but glad we got something. 

[kidmanboy]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 9:14am

Any news on when the rest of it will arrive?  I really hate the new trend of cast recordings coming out in dribs and drabs.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 9:16am

Looks like the entire musical will be released on Audible October 2. 

[Kad]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 9:19am

Actually, now that I look at the tracklist, this is the same set of songs they performed at their press/launch concert event last month.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:02am

Having just seen the show Wednesday afternoon, I was rarin' to listen. I think "Normal" is classic Yazbek, and wonderful. "Something from Nothing" is infectious, with an almost Pete Townshend vibe. 

Updated On: 5/2/25 at 11:02 AM

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:06am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Looks like the entire musical will be released on Audible October 2."

 

They intend to postpone this release if the show is still running on Broadway (for obvious reasons).

 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:36am

Ballad, Normal, Up to the Stars and especially A Stranger are all on repeat today. It feels like I waited an eternity to hear these again. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:44am

Loving this so far! This is unlike anything Yazbek has ever written.

When this ran downtown, one critic said that the opening ballad may as well be called “Oh, What a Beautiful Evenin’.” With its simple melody, slight twang, and praise for the natural world, who am I to disagree?

“Dead” might be one of the earworms of the season (that guitar riff is irresistible!), and “Up to the Stars” has the makings of a cabaret favorite. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:50am

This is fantastic!  The Best Score of the season.  Operation Mincemeat has an infectious one too!  -- some good scores this season.

[scripps]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 12:28pm

I waited and waited for this and maybe it's me, but these tracks lack a certain spark, a certain grit to my ear. Maybe that energy can only be captured in a live performance. Guess I'll have to go, again. Poor me.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/5/25 at 9:16am

Now streaming, Andrew Durand (Elmer McCurdy) performing "Killed a Man in Maine":

 

[rburton66]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 4:45pm

Has anyone heard an update on Part 2 of the cast recording? 

[Kad]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 4:53pm

Not a word. Really baffling. 

[Markecib]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 5:00pm

The full version is only available only on audible and came out July 17, looks like they had a deal for the rights of the full album based on what I read, so who knows when it will come out on the other streamers. 

[Kad]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 5:12pm

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Updated On: 8/5/25 at 05:12 PM

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 5:39pm

Markecib said: "The full version is only available only on audible and came out July 17, looks like they had a deal for the rights of the full album based on what I read, so who knows when it will come out on the other streamers."

I don’t understand why they have such a deal.

It’s not like Audible is the sole producer of this show. In hindsight I don’t see this show benefits much from the Audible release. It actually may have hurt the show more than it helps.

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 5:40pm

i wanted to love this more......

[The8re phan]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 7:17pm

David Yazbek did mention on his IG when the Audible recording was announced that a separate full cast recording was also forthcoming ---  holding out hope that's still the case

[scripps]

Posted: 8/21/25 at 10:30am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Exclusive-Listen-to-Blowin-It-Up-From-DEAD-OUTLAW-Cast-Recording-20250821

Cast album is being released tomorrow! I love the Audible recording but I'm also looking forward to easily skipping from song to song now, or just listening to "Nobody Knows Your Name" on repeat.

[The8re phan]

Posted: 8/21/25 at 1:00pm

I'm STOKED to find "Normal (Reprise)" performed by Julia Knitel listed on the Track List!

[Kad]

Posted: 8/22/25 at 5:41pm

It's a great album and I'm so glad we now have the score to revisit (though "Blowin' it Up" comes across a bit of a skip track, but the only one for me). I hope this allows the show to find a broader audience than it did on Broadway. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 8/22/25 at 7:12pm

If there was a music category of "Bops About Death," this show would corner the market. Most of them were already in part 1 of the album, but glad to add Somethin' Bout a Mummy to the list

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 8/23/25 at 9:38am

Kad said: "It's a great album and I'm so glad we now have the score to revisit (though "Blowin' it Up" comes across a bit of a skip track, but the only one for me). I hope this allows the show to find a broader audience than it did on Broadway."

On a long drive I took a couple weeks ago, I played the Audible recording for my best friend who doesn't really like musicals. He agreed to listen on the condition that he had the right to skip over any songs he didn't like. Overall, he really liked the show, but he skipped two songs, and this was one of them. I couldn't really argue with him.