Posted: 5/9/24 at 3:22pm
If you pre-order the album on iTunes, "Bright" and "Masquerade" download immediately.
Posted: 5/9/24 at 3:24pm
Those 2 tracks were released to the public on Tuesday.
Posted: 5/9/24 at 3:49pm
Ooh, this recording is really good! Might be a big contender for Best Score as well as the Grammy for Musical Theatre Album. I cannot wait to see this next week!
Updated On: 5/9/24 at 03:49 PM
Posted: 5/9/24 at 4:25pm
It's such a damn good album, I've listened to it far more than TTPD and Radical Optimism combined (...but nowhere near as much as Cowboy Carter 
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Posted: 5/10/24 at 12:01am
Now available digitally, keep those thoughts coming, everybody!
Posted: 5/10/24 at 12:18am
I’m so happy to have this in my iTunes now.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 12:30am
Had to skip right to the final version of Bright. Teared up over it again. Now listening in order and falling in love with this show all over again.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 9:03am
I’m sure they’ll do “Masquerade” at the Tonys if they perform, but I hope they do “Bright (Take 22)” instead. But I imagine they want to keep the climactic moment of the first act under wraps as much as possible.
The album is SO good. And Will Butler teased on his Instagram post about the physical album release that they’re considering recording an LP. Which would just be… wonderful.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 9:37am
There performance on Jimmy Fallon was so good. I loved the camera work. It just felt like it was so masterfully done. Cannot wait to see the Broadway show and hope it becomes open ended.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 9:42am
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGw8EKHBL_HXtYxDFN_gubgjuSeo0sHdu
Youtube playlist for those of us who don't stream our music.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 9:59am
Would anyone who’s seen the show multiple times be willing to note the context around each song? I saw the show and enjoyed it but can’t necessarily remember which song was performed at what dramatic moment other than, like, “Bright.” Thanks!
Posted: 5/10/24 at 11:58am
I absolutely love this album and it's definitely my favorite score of the season. I still think it would be a tough sell to win for score over those for actual musicals but it sure makes a case for itself with this album. I love hearing all the other material too between the extra songs and the background conversations. It's interesting to see the evolution of lyrics for Bright (which I didn't notice in the show) and to hear the background vocals separated from the song (and it seems like they didn't use the entire thing?). It really is a fantastic album to not only hear the songs but to get an idea of the vibe of the show.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 2:10pm
Above all else, this record is a VIBE — an accurate, chill pastiche of mid-‘70s soft rock.
I thought the first half was stronger, “Seven Roads” and the faster “Bright” showing the Fleetwood influence. I hear a little Doobie Brothers in the first half of “Domino.”
The standout ballads IMO are “East of Eden” and the final “Bright.”
The entire cast sounds perfect together, and I really got the sense this was a raw recording studio session, sort of like all those Beatles anthology discs.
Whatever award recognition or Billboard chart status this album ends up getting, I am here for.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:10pm
For those that haven’t seen the show - can we/should we listen to the album as if it’s just a regular band album or does the show context matter?
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:15pm
binau said: "For those that haven’t seen the show - can we/should we listen to the album as if it’s just a regular band album or does the show context matter?"
If you're planning on seeing the show I'd say go in blind without listening to the songs. That said, you can listen to it for the most part as a regular album, though certain tracks have some of the behind the scenes dialogue ("It's made of teak"/Exorcist II) and things like BVs or the different versions of Bright wouldn't necessarily make sense with why they included it as a track without seeing the show. There are certain character dynamics that add some weight to the songs when you know who's singing them but they can still stand on their own just fine.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:29pm
Let’s all collectively put it into the universe that the cast decides to become a real band and keep releasing music written for them by Will Butler.
Posted: 5/10/24 at 4:17pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Let’s all collectively put it into the universe that the cast decides to become a real band and keep releasing music written for them by Will Butler."
After listening to it, I absolutely second this!
Posted: 5/10/24 at 8:19pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Let’s all collectively put it into the universe that the cast decides to become a real band and keep releasing music written for them by Will Butler."
I want to see them play Madison Square Garden
Posted: 5/10/24 at 8:44pm
^ God no.
This a moment and probably intentional ephemera. Let this exist as it does, a wonderfully sloppy and perfect album.
Updated On: 5/10/24 at 08:44 PM
Posted: 5/10/24 at 11:28pm
The last time I repeatedly streamed, well, played, an entire album repeatedly, I was in college. I LOVED this show, and having this recording makes me love it even more. I intended to go back and see it again, but now I want to go back, and back, and back...
Posted: 5/11/24 at 12:54am
I felt transported back to the Golden hearing Bright v1 this morning. This song really sold me the night I saw the show: Sarah's vulnerability, the lighting, the sound.
So many great songs here, but right now it's Bright v1 I keep going back to!
The piano at the beginning of Drive is so damn catchy too.
Posted: 5/11/24 at 8:02am
I’ve been playing this nearly on loop for the last week thanks to the generous folks on here who grabbed the Tony FYC link, but there’s something really special about purchasing it and playing it legitimately. I maintain that “Drive” is my favorite track, but there’s not a false note in any of the songs. I love them all.
Already have tickets to see it twice more, pre-Tonys and post. Wild to think this may only run for 4 months, but I would love to see this go open-ended so we can see what other actors might bring to these roles. This cast is lighting-in-a-bottle perfect, but it’s also a perfect play (in my opinion) and other actor-musicians deserve to get a crack at this caliber of material.
Updated On: 5/11/24 at 08:02 AM
Posted: 5/11/24 at 10:23am
When I was watching the show, I was disappointed that the musical numbers were few and far between. I think the play would have benefited from some subtle cuts off its three-hours-plus running time and had a few more of Butler's tunes inserted.
For those of you who have listened to the album, is there a reason the songs were not included? Maybe they didn't fit into the narrative?
Another question: For the Best Score Tony, does the committee just judge the music that is in the play, or would they take the whole album into consideration?
Posted: 5/11/24 at 10:36am
In the theater, I was really hoping for a full cast finale of one of the finished songs, but I totally understand how that would undermine the ending thematically
