Favorite Hamilton songs?

All of them. :)

I honestly can't believe how good this cast album is. I've gone from wanting to see the show because I'm a history nerd to thinking that it's probably not as good as the hype to I NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SEE THIS...

To answer your question, though, "My Shot" is awesome and I love the multiple themes converging in "Non-Stop". The one I play the most, though, is "It's Quiet Uptown". There's such beauty in the lyrics, the storytelling and the music. Breaks my heart listening to it.

• Alexander Hamilton"
• "Aaron Burr, Sir"
• "My Shot"
• "The Story of Tonight"
• "The Schuyler Sisters"
• "Farmer Refuted"
• "You'll Be Back"
• "Right Hand Man"
• "A Winter's Ball"
• "Helpless"
• "Satisfied"
• "The Story of Tonight" (Reprise)
• "Wait For It"
• "Stay Alive"
• "Ten Duel Commandments"
• "Meet Me Inside"
• "That Would Be Enough"
• "Guns and Ships"
• "History Has Its Eyes on You"
• "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)"
• "What Comes Next?"
• "Dear Theodosia"
• "Non-Stop"
• What'd I Miss"
• "Cabinet Battle #1"
• "Take a Break"
• "Say No to This"
• "The Room Where It Happens"
• "Schuyler Defeated"
• "Cabinet Battle #2"
• "Washington on Your Side"
• "One Last Time"
• "I Know Him"
• "The Adams Administration"
• "We Know"
• "Hurricane"
• "The Reynolds Pamphlet"
• "Burn"
• "Blow Us All Away"
• "Stay Alive" (Reprise)
• "It's Quiet Uptown"
• "The Election of 1800"
• "Your Obedient Servant"
• "Best of Wives and Best of Women"
• "The World Was Wide Enough"
• "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"

You'll Be Back, The Room Where It Happens, and The Schuyler Sisters all have been stuck in my head since the NPR recording came out.

Updated On: 9/30/15 at 09:59 AM

I love the entire score but I think my favorites are Alexander Hamilton, My Shot, The Schuyler Sisters, Satisfied, Wait for It, Take A Break, It's Quiet Uptown, and The World Was Wide Enough

I agree about Satisfied. Very well put, Auggie! I think the guy who wrote that is a genius!

These days I'm listening most to My Shot, Satisfied, Guns and Ships, History Has Its Eyes on You (Chris Jackson sounds so wonderful), Yorktown, and Dear Theodosia (so beautiful and expressive). Next week I'm sure to have new favorites.

I love the show and I love the recording, except that sometimes the drumming seem overdone to me, specifically in My Shot and Satisfied, overdone to the point that it distracts me. Plus, it sounds like a drum machine, not an actual drum. Could that be? Does anyone else feel this way?

Updated On: 9/30/15 at 11:21 AM

Hands down "Satisfied" is at the top.

Directly below it are "Burn," "Helpless," "The Schuyler Sisters" and "Dear Theodosia." The King George songs are up there too.

I haven't seen the show. I really want to listen to the recording, but part of me also wants to go in knowing nothing. Would listening before add or take away from the experience? Any opinions either way?

I personally do not like to listen to a score before seeing a show. My mom feels the opposite because she likes to know all the lyrics she is hearing and isn't able to do so on first listen. This show is so dense you will certainly miss some lyrics live, but I personally felt I was able to understand more than enough to know what was going on. So it depends on if it will bother you to not be able to understand all the words.

Listening to the OBCR, I might recommend listening to Guns and Ships in particular if you want to understand the lyrics. Diggs's rapping is SO FAST.

"The Story of Tonight" and its reprise always put a huge smile on my face. And, as many others have said, "Satisfied" is an amazingly-crafted piece of storytelling. I also love "The Room Where It Happens," and I like to think of it as Lin-Manuel's "Someone in a Tree."

Oh I forgot "One Last Time." I love Christopher Jackson's voice.

I haven't gotten to see the show live yet, but can honestly say that there is not a single song from the cast recording that I don't love :) There are some I love even more than others, but I think they're all incredible in their own ways.

I adore Helpless and Satisfied as a pairing, because even though on a purely melodic level Helpless is the one I keep replaying constantly because it's so beautiful and happy, Satisfied truly is a brilliant piece of storytelling and the use of the "rewind" to Helpless works flawlessly.

Other favorites:

- Room Where It Happens (duh, it's unbelievable)

- Alexander Hamilton

- Farmer Refuted (it took me a few listens to fully realize how hilariously sassy it is xD)

- All of King George's bits

- Guns and Ships (mostly for the completely kick ass LAFAYETTE parts)

- Non-Stop

- Take a Break

- The Cabinet Battles

- Burn

But honestly, as soon as I start listening to the cast recording, I just end up wanting to listen the whole way through anyway, so I end up listening to most everything equally!

Such, such a masterful show, even just based on the score alone. I'm obsessed.

Is anyone else amazed by how good these songs would sound on the radio or in the club? I can't help imagine Beyonce singing "Satisfied." I think "Right Hand Man" and "Wait for It" could be on the radio or a Kanye album. This music is so rich and exciting but also so fresh. Love the whole recording.