That's just the thing with me:
I first experienced Jekyll & Hyde as a concept album in 1994. It never felt like a genuine stage-show to me...
I have seen some productions of Jekyll and it just doesn't work with "the story" and the "spoken dialogue". It's more The Wall or Tommy, or Dark Side of the Moon. Or, hell, even Bat Out Of Hell: which is Adventures in Neverland.
What I mean is, any of these songs could take place anywhere in the story because they were never "cemented" in the narrative.
I've always looked at Jekyll as a concept album that tried to become a show, but wasn't terribly good at it. Now it's going full-circle and attempting to bring in an audience that don't go to the theatre. I don't have a problem with that.
I will buy this CD because that is the way I feel
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific