I thought this music was a little better than what most of us have been saying - a big, swirling, gay, overdramatic, very "Broadway" score that this material deserves. Some of the lyrics are especially snappy.
Among the previously unreleased songs, I quite liked Hilty's "Falling Apart," when she anxiously plots a return to her former youth and glory. I also took more of a liking to "That Was Then, This Is Now."
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If they kept "I See Me" in the show in some capacity, very clever they omitted it from this album to save a little surprise for those that haven't seen it yet.
Williams sounds fine here. (Is she really that stiff onstage?) "Siempre Viva" again gives me that ominous "Arabian Nights" vibe.
I can only imagine Josh Lamon stealing the show live with his "For the Gaze" reprise.
Nice to hear the musical motifs heard in the advertising pop up a bunch of times throughout the record.
Solid mixing and production, and some splendid Doug Besterman orchestrations.
In short - even if DEATH BECOMES HER is among the weakest of our cast albums this season, it might still be worth a listen. For better or worse, Universal could have their response to BEETLEJUICE (which wasn't my thing)... if it eventually captures even a tiny smidgeon of its virality, it will have been worth it.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
