MARGARITAVILLE Cast Album Out

I'm genuinely torn. Some of the numbers are absolutely fantastic ("Fins," "Margaritaville," etc) but some just strike me as...way too sanitized/altered ("We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" for my tastes (as a Buffett fan). I'm still curious to see this staged at the Marquis, but I have a more mixed opinion about the music right now.

Definitely agree that the orchestrations are a refreshing change from the typical Broadway fare, though.

Bwayfan292 said: "I listened to all the preivews since I dont have a spotify. And was wondering (yes I know this is a stupid question) but whats the song that has the lyrics along the lines of “ Wanna Listen to the fun time in the Cariabean sunshine” they used for the promos a lot. Thanks!"

The song is One Particular Harbor

"But now I think about the good times
Down in the Caribbean sunshine"

Listening to this and most of this music is really unappealing to me. I suppose I might still see it, as I do like Christopher Ashley's work - but the score doesn't feel very theatrical to me.

msmp said: "I'm genuinely torn. Some of the numbers are absolutely fantastic ("Fins," "Margaritaville," etc) but some just strike me as...way too sanitized/altered ("We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" for my tastes (as a Buffett fan). I'm still curious to see this staged at the Marquis, but I have a more mixed opinion about the music right now.

Definitely agree that the orchestrations are a refreshing change from the typical Broadway fare, though."

After seeing the pre-bway run in Chicago...the staging does not help ANYTHING. I sat in amazement that this was the same team behind Come From Away.

I gave this show a pass when it ran in Chicago. I might try the cast recording, but growing up with Buffet fans in the family, I got burned out on his music decades ago. The only song I ever really liked was Peanut Butter Conspiracy and it's not in the show.

I think it was a missed opportunity to not include a bonus track featuring jimmy.

Or...just listen to one of his albums instead.

Updated On: 2/16/18 at 02:28 PM

Listening to this has really put me off seeing the show. It sounds bad.



is there no story?

Musically, the constant crashes on 4and do get redundant after a while