Ever experience this?

Seen SHREK twice and enjoyed the musical numbers which I felt were lively and serviceable. Listening to the CD now I find I really don't care for the score at all outside the show. Usually due to a poor book, I've attended many shows I haven't enjoyed live yet have cherished the musical scores afterwards. For me SHREK is just the opposite. So my question is..."What musical scores have you enjoyed hearing in the theatre yet have no fondness for the original cast recording? The closest I can come up with is "Wicked" yet in that case I didn't care for the score PERIOD.

I know exactly what you're saying about "Les Poissons". I can't listen to "One Step Closer" on its own either.

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For me, the Doyle Sweeney Todd revival. Not because of the score itself, of course, but because the cast recording is so incredibly badly produced that I find it unlistenable.

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I agree to some extent with both little_sally and Not-Scott. There are songs from both that I love to listen to on their own, but I don't like the recordings as much as I thought I would.

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I like the score to Spelling Bee better if I see it rather than just listening to it on CD.

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I agree with Xanadu. Other than a few songs, I just can't listen to it.

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Yeah, for me, it truly has to be Billy Elliot. Loved it in the theater, but listening to it at home, it has almost a lackluster score.