SWIWS Album Reviews

[sh-k-Zan]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 3:11pm

Edge Boston - http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ci=&ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=reviews&sc3=cd&id=4062

Talkin' Broadway - http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/march0309.html

TheaterMania - http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7795

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 3:43pm

No. 6 on the charts!

WOOHOO!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 3:50pm

yeah that is pretty impressive.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 3:52pm

Which chart?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 3:53pm

Billboard. CRs

[ashley0139]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 4:12pm

Those are great reviews. I am pretty obsessed with this cd right now. It's pretty amazing. The general consensus seems to be that Idina is the weakest link. Wierd to imagine on this board... Thanks for posting those.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 5:26pm

I loved the show and absolutely love the CD. Theatermania's critique of Idina is pretty harsh. I am not sure I agree, but I don't care for the Coffee song at all.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 5:36pm

I loved the show when I saw it at the Public last year, but I have to say I disagree with some of the positive notices the cast album receives from these publications.

It's just that so much of the music seems inconsequential. I don't have any favorite songs I can go back and listen to again and again. There's no sense of story moving along. This is a criticism I know many make of LaChuisa's work, but I don't find listening to the whole CD that appealing either. Idina just comes off as painfully screechy and a lot of the numbers are forgettable without watching the show to support them.

That said, I am a fan of LaChuisa, and can't wait to see Bernada Alba.