Rent [1996] (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (CD, 1996, 2-Discs, Dreamworks)

Description: Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [1996] [2CD] Track Listing: - Disc 1 - 1 Tune Up #12 Voice Mail #13 Tune Up #24 Rent5 You Okay Honey?6 Tune Up #37 One Song Glory8 Light My Candle9 Voice Mail #210 Today 4 U11 You'll See12 Tango: Maureen13 Life Support14 Out Tonight15 Another Day16 Will I17 On The Street18 Santa Fe19 I'll Cover You20 We're Okay21 Christmas Bells22 Over The Moon23 La Vie Boheme24 I Should Tell You25 La Vie Boheme B- Disc 2 -1 Seasons Of Love2 Happy New Year3 Voice Mail #34 Happy New Year B5 Take Me Or Leave Me6 Seasons Of Love B7 Without You8 Voice Mail #49 Contact10 I'll Cover You-reprise11 Halloween12 Goodbye Love13 What You Own14 Voice Mail #515 Finale16 Your Eyes17 Finale B18 Seasons Of Love Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 4 Tony Awards and numerous other awards, Rent quickly outgrew it's underground beginnings to become a landmark on the level of Hair and a Chorus Line. The show's lyricist/composer/writer Jonathan Larson was inspired by Puccini's La Boheme to write an ingenious and powerful score incorporating pop, rock, R&B, rap, reggae and tango. This Original Broadway Cast recording features the show's entire musical set and score, plus a performance of "Seasons of Love" by Stevie Wonder and the cast. --- An optimistic modernization of Puccini's opera La bohème, Jonathan Larson's Rent was revered by the theater community as the revitalizing hope for the Great White Way. While the musical itself is highly acclaimed and lauded, having acquired numerous Tonys and Obies, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama, this Dreamworks recording lacks much of what makes the live performances so endearing. The music, an eclectic jumble of pop ballads, gospel, dance, and anthems, holds up well through repeated listens. The lyrics, however, when placed under close scrutiny, rely far too much on clichés, and they have a noticeable sense of incompletion. This could stem from the fact that Jonathan Larson died tragically the evening before the first off-Broadway performance. Mostly, though, what is noticeably missing is the spark of energy provided by the interaction between an exuberant cast and an adoring audience. Still, many of the songs are infectious, and the musical as a whole is very uplifting and hopeful. Particularly noticeable moments in the soundtrack are the songs "Take Me or Leave Me," a powerful duet between the two lesbian lovers (one of the many '90s updates) and "One Song Glory," a solo rock ballad sung by Adam Pascal as the lead character Roger, most likely the strongest song on its own taken out of the context of the play. Rent is also the musical that contains the song "Seasons of Love," which is quickly becoming a standard. ~ Sarah Erlewine, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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