#1
Posted: 7/23/12 at 9:39pm
Chess
Les Miserables
Follies
Les Miserables
Follies
Scores That didn't Have One Single Bad Song In It?
#2
Posted: 7/23/12 at 9:44pm
Wait, which version of Chess? 
#3
Posted: 7/23/12 at 9:45pm
Good Vibrations
All Shook Up
All Shook Up
#4
Posted: 7/23/12 at 10:49pm
Shenandoah and On the Town are the only ones that come to mind.
#6
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:05pm
The first thing that came to my mind was LES MISERABLES
#7
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:08pm
Even those mentioned above have one or two mediocre, if not klunker, songs in them.
I'd say, maybe, "Guys and Dolls", though I can't even say I love "Marry the Man Today" or "Sue Me"... but that's the closest I can think of off the top of my head..
I'd say, maybe, "Guys and Dolls", though I can't even say I love "Marry the Man Today" or "Sue Me"... but that's the closest I can think of off the top of my head..
#8
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:12pm
My Fair Lady
Kiss Me, Kate
Hello, Dolly!
Milk and Honey
Tenderloin
The Gay Life
Kiss Me, Kate
Hello, Dolly!
Milk and Honey
Tenderloin
The Gay Life
#10
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:24pm
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
#12
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:28pm
Finian's Rainbow
Show Boat
South Pacific
The Fantasticks
Show Boat
South Pacific
The Fantasticks
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
#13
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:36pm
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story
Evita
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story
Evita
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#14
Posted: 7/23/12 at 11:45pm
Oklahoma
Carousel
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Scores with just one "baddie"
Last Five Years
Kiss Me Kate
Carousel
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Scores with just one "baddie"
Last Five Years
Kiss Me Kate
#15
Posted: 7/24/12 at 12:03am
Plenty. These are shows that I think don't have a bad song in the sense that they are well crafted and fit perfectly into the show (in addition to the fact that I enjoy the hell out of them):
Show Boat, No No Nanette (these don't so much fit into the show, but it's one of the most enjoyable scores ever), South Pacific, Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, Gypsy (I love "Little Lamb," shoot me), Little Me, A Little Night Music ("Liaisons" is a fantastic song, some actresses just don't do it justice), Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Nine, City of Angels, Crazy For You (yes it counts), Ragtime, The Full Monty, Caroline or Change, and Next to Normal.
Some honorable mentions: Great scores that have a song in them I don't like, but many seem to enjoy: Carousel ("Highest Judge of All"), On the 20th Century ("I Rise Again"), Follies ("One More Kiss"), Evita ("Art of the Possible"), Les Miserables ("Little People"), Light in the Piazza ("The Joy You Feel"), The Book of Mormon ("I Am Here For You"), and Grey Gardens ("Marry Well")
Show Boat, No No Nanette (these don't so much fit into the show, but it's one of the most enjoyable scores ever), South Pacific, Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, Gypsy (I love "Little Lamb," shoot me), Little Me, A Little Night Music ("Liaisons" is a fantastic song, some actresses just don't do it justice), Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Nine, City of Angels, Crazy For You (yes it counts), Ragtime, The Full Monty, Caroline or Change, and Next to Normal.
Some honorable mentions: Great scores that have a song in them I don't like, but many seem to enjoy: Carousel ("Highest Judge of All"), On the 20th Century ("I Rise Again"), Follies ("One More Kiss"), Evita ("Art of the Possible"), Les Miserables ("Little People"), Light in the Piazza ("The Joy You Feel"), The Book of Mormon ("I Am Here For You"), and Grey Gardens ("Marry Well")
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#16
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Posted: 7/24/12 at 12:18am
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
#17
Posted: 7/24/12 at 12:24am
If the score with no clunkers in it exists, I have yet to hear it, I think.
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 12:24 AM
#19
Posted: 7/24/12 at 12:58am
West Side Story
Company
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
Songs for a New World
(Just my opinion)
Company
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
Songs for a New World
(Just my opinion)
#20
Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:10am
I am pretty new to Broadway but "Next to Normal" is impeccable to me. But no one else listed it so please don't eat me alive.
Sing Along: Official Site
Sing Along: Official Site
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 04:10 AM
#21
Posted: 7/24/12 at 4:10am
Little Shop of Horrors.
#22
Posted: 7/24/12 at 6:50am
The first two that immediately came to mind were Gypsy and Sweeney Todd. West Side Story is pretty solid too, if you look at Krupke as a song and ignore its placement.
#23
Posted: 7/24/12 at 7:48am
Nine
Gypsy
Parade
Evita
Les Miz
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Sunset Blvd.
Pal Joey
The King and I
City of Angels
On the Twentieth Century
Sweet Charity
Cabaret (the original, but even more so the 54 revival)
Fiddler on the Roof
Hallelujah Baby
Shenandoah
Little Shop of Horrors
The Rocky Horror Show
The Sound of Music
Flower Drum Song
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Annie
Rags
The Apple Tree (Even the cut song "I'm Lost" is a keeper)
Hair
The Last 5 Years
Grey Gardens
And if revues count:
Closer Than Ever
Ain't Misbehavin
Sophisticated Ladies
Special mention:
Hot Mikado
And finally a brilliant score with one song that I don't care for:
The Light in the Piazza (Aiutami being the one song I dislike)
Gypsy
Parade
Evita
Les Miz
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Sunset Blvd.
Pal Joey
The King and I
City of Angels
On the Twentieth Century
Sweet Charity
Cabaret (the original, but even more so the 54 revival)
Fiddler on the Roof
Hallelujah Baby
Shenandoah
Little Shop of Horrors
The Rocky Horror Show
The Sound of Music
Flower Drum Song
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Annie
Rags
The Apple Tree (Even the cut song "I'm Lost" is a keeper)
Hair
The Last 5 Years
Grey Gardens
And if revues count:
Closer Than Ever
Ain't Misbehavin
Sophisticated Ladies
Special mention:
Hot Mikado
And finally a brilliant score with one song that I don't care for:
The Light in the Piazza (Aiutami being the one song I dislike)
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 07:48 AM
#24
Posted: 7/24/12 at 7:56am
I'm confused by your question. There are countless scores which have absolutely no "bad" songs in them. Are you asking about scores in which songs are without exception great?
#25
Posted: 7/24/12 at 8:00am
It's just another "list" thread, completely based on personal opinion I believe.
....but the world goes 'round
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