EDSOSLO858 said: "Never saw this live, but I quiteliked this albumupon my first listen. It strikes a comfortable sweet spot somewhere between THE LAST SHIP and GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY.
I thought the second half was the stronger part, with the more beautiful, introspective Avett moments (save for the punchy headbanger “Satan Pulls the Strings,” which John Gallagher Jr. absolutely devours).
There’s a bit of a bluegrassy sameness to the first half, as the crew gathers for their soon-to-be-doomed voyage. “Hard Worker” is this season’s “The Road Don’t Make You Young.”
Adrian Blake Enscoe is a brilliant discovery. HisLittle Brother, having left the girl of his dreams to set sail, delivers the show’s wistful title song (something of a mid-aughts “Brown Eyed Girl”) and one of my personal favorites on the record, “Murder in the City.”
I wasn’ttoo taken by Stark Sands once again, unfortunately.
Click Here To Toggle Spoiler ContentFor those who saw this live, how was the shipwreck sequence staged? How did the big ship turn into the lifeboat?
This didn’t quite sweep me away, but it’s a nice addition to the Broadway cast album collection."
I quite enjoyed the album, and I did see the show live. The book was the worst part of the show.
The shipwreck was probably the best part of the show, the entire ship set tipped upstage and a lifeboat came up. The bottom of the ship set was mirrored so that you could see faces and such even if people were laying down in the lifeboat or faced upstage.