I love this Cast Recording?

What cast recording have you bought lately that you LOVE?


I bought The Wedding Singer and I haven't stopped listening to it. I had never heard the music to it and it was on sale so I bought it. To think that I almost bought the Canadian Cast of The Phantom of The Opera recording. I'm so glad that I bought The Wedding Singer.

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Of the recent ones, I think Jersey Boys is a great cast recording. It's just very well made. Well, Bob Gaudio himself produced it himself after all.

~Steven

Wasted money? Did you not like it?
I haven't yet heard The Wedding Singer, so I cannot comment on it. It sounds fun, though.

~Steven

Sweeney is also wonderful.
What else came out recently? I haven't bought too many of the new ones either.

~Steven

I just bought Wedding Singer today and I've already listened to the whole thing twice (working on a third round now). It really is great! I'm going to try and get the Sweeney revival next since the show was so amazing.

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Yes, there is a "Passion" recording from the UK with Maria Friedman and Michael Ball.

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MrMusic, I actually shouldn't have said it that way. I feel as if I spent money on the JB CD, only to find that a better buy would have been TWS. And now I have two CDs, and one (JB) I feel I shouldn't have used, not wasted, money on. :)

The Last Five Years has always been the recording that, no matter how many times I listen to it, it just never gets old. Norbert and Sherie are just perfection on the whole thing. I especially love the emotion in the whole thing. For example, the last "fine" Norbert says in "A Miracle Would Happen," the way Sherie says the entire "i swear to god i'll never understand" line in "See I'm Smiling," everything. And it never fails to make me tear up when Norbert gets to the line "come back to bed kid, take me inside you, i promise, i won't lie to you" in "Nobody needs to Know." And, even though I've listened to it so many times, I always seem to discover something new that I didn't notice before, like a certain note or a a certain inflection on a line. I could go on and on and now I'm babbling. I'll stop. I just really love it. :)

Updated On: 6/9/06 at 04:50 AM

I would have to agree with Janelle about L5Y. THat CD can make me laugh, cry, and shiver. Especially in Goodbye Until Tomorrow. And I love Shiksa Goddess. Norbert does have absolutely amazing emotion on that album.

And same with Wedding Singer. I just bought it Tuesday and I haven't listened to anything else when on the computer since. I have already memorized about half the songs and I can't stop listening to "Pop!" "Someday" "not That Kind Of Thing" and "Right In Front Of Your Eyes". It's such a fun recording! I've listenedd to it so much that I actually dug the DVD of The Wedding Singer film (one of my favorite movies of all time) and watched it last night. I have to beg my mother to see this show when we go to New York. She loves the movie and I think she's afraid of the show, lol.

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"The London revival of Sunday in the Park with George."

I second that. I hope this comes to Broadway sometime soon.

I got Jersey Boys about a month ago. When I finally kicked out Disney's On the Record out of my car, the Boys moved in and haven't left since. I adore that CD.

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"Is it possible to understand all of what's going on in a show if you just listen to the cast recording and have never seen the show?"

Most times you can't get the full story, but usually a detailed booklet helps.

I'm addicted to Billy Elliot at the moment. I was able to see the 1st Anniversary performance in London, and I just went crazy for it. The energy of that night is still there when I listen to it.