I obviously own it, but I'm even indifferent towards it.
It's great to have for the full length tracks of "Finding Wonderland," "One Knight," "Don't Wanna Fall in Love," etc., but some of the orchestrations are just too bizarre ("The Nick of Time"). Dacal was much better live than on this recordng, but Snelson sounds great here
It's given me many good listens, so I would certainly reccommend buying it, but you must keep in mind what Frank's intentions of this album were - present selections of the music in a pop-popular format, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel concept album! If there was an actual cast album coming out, I'd tell you to wait for that, but since there are no plans, I'd buy it. It's worth a listen!
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
You can get it for $20 in it's original packaging from the Wonderland website (http://www.WONDERLANDtheMUSICAL.org/), or tomorrow (/today), March 30th it will be released digitally by Sony Masterworks Broadway division where Frank Wildhorn is now partner.
It will also be released by Sony, now being produced by "David A. Straaz Center for Performing Arts" instead of "Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center." I think the coverwork may be a litte different.
It's OK. I was hesitant, but I enjoyed it mostly. You get no sense of story from the CD though. It's mostly songs that introduce a character and then we never hear them again. But the quality of the songs is above average for Wildhorn.
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
