I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!

[budfrump]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#1

Posted: 7/10/11 at 12:52pm

Parade
or
[title of show]

I know they're both incredibly different, but which one should I buy?

[luvtheEmcee]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#2

Posted: 7/10/11 at 12:55pm

What kinds of shows do you like?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[budfrump]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#2

Posted: 7/10/11 at 12:58pm

As much as I love the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sondheim, I'm always looking for really original musicals with a definitive voice and very original music. Just something I've never heard before.
Like Next to Normal and Avenue Q.

[luvtheEmcee]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#3

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:05pm

Hm. I feel like either one would fit that bill. My gut says Parade.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[budfrump]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#4

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:08pm

Yeah, I was leaning towards Parade aswell.

[IdinaBellFoster]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#5

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:12pm

Try to eventually get [TITLE OF SHOW] as well. You'll laugh the entire way through.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[dramamama611]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#6

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:14pm

Parade! (TOS) is cute, but Parade is something special.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[jv92]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#7

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:17pm

Parade is really remarkable. Get it!

[egghumor]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#8

Posted: 7/10/11 at 1:33pm

PARADE all the way! Jason Robert Brown is one of the best composers working today, and PARADE is a fine score, and a moving show.

Two other cast albums/scores I always recommend to people are William Finn's A NEW BRAIN and the more recent GREY GARDENS by Michael Korie and Scott Frankel. I have the first (of two) cast albums of that one and love it. I always enjoy listening to A NEW BRAIN; a fascinating piece performed by a stellar cast.
Updated On: 7/10/11 at 01:33 PM

[ABB2357]

I'm trying to decide which of these 2 cast recordings to buy! Help!#9

Posted: 7/10/11 at 2:51pm

PARADE. I'm sure the other posters will want to shoot me, but I found [TOS] overrated and self-indulgent.