| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/dream Works Records | | UPC: 00600445000322 | | Release Date: 8/27/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60240883 | | Item#: MM6G7W | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Tune Up #1 ~ Original Broadway Cast |  | | 2. Voice Mail #1 ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 3. Tune Up #2 ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 4. Rent ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 5. You Okay Honey? ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 6. Tune Up #3 ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 7. One Song Glory ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 8. Light My Candle ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 9. Voice Mail #2 ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 10. Today 4 U ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 11. You'll See ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 12. Tango: Maureen ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 13. Life Support ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 14. Out Tonight ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 15. Another Day ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 16. Will I? ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 17. On The Street ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 18. Santa Fe ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 19. I'll Cover You ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 20. We're Okay ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 21. Christmas Bells ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 22. Over The Moon ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 23. La Vie Boheme ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 24. I Should Tell You ~ Original Broadway Cast | | | 25. La Vie Boheme B ~ Original Broadway Cast | |
(P) 1996 SKG Music L.L.C.
(C) 1996 SKG Music L.L.C.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Music and lyrics written by Jonathan Larson. | | Principal cast: Adam Pascal (Roger Davis); Anthony Rapp (Mark Cohen); Jesse L. Martin (Tom Collins); Taye Diggs (Benjamin Coffin III); Fredi Walker (Joanne Jefferson); Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Angel Schunard); Daphne Rubin-Vega (Mimi Marquez); Idina Menzel (Maureen Johnson); Kristen Lee Kelly, Byron Utley, Gwen Stewart, Timothy Britten Parker, Gilles Chiasson, Rodney Hicks, Aiko Nakasone. | | Additional personnel: Stevie Wonder. | | Recorded at Sorcerer Sound and Right Track Recording, New York, New York. Includes a 36-page booklet with a plot synopsis and complete lyrics. | | RENT was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. | | Composer: Jonathan Larson. | | Lyricist: Billy Aronson. | | Personnel: Daphne Rubin-Vega, Rodney Hicks, Jesse L. Martin, Gwen Stewart, Idina Menzel, Aiko Nakasone, Taye Diggs, Byron Utley, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Gilles Chiasson, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp (vocals); Anthony Jackson (guitar, contra guitar); Daniel A. Weiss (guitar, synthesizer); Kenny Brescia (guitar); Ira Siegel (electric guitar); Dominic Derasse (trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Tim Weil (piano, synthesizer); Steve Skinner (keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming); Jeffrey Potter (drums, percussion); Kurt Fischer (sound effects). | | Audio Mixer: Michael O'Reilly. | | Recording information: Right Track Recording, NY; Sorcerer Sound, NY. | | Directors: Michael Grief; Michael Greif; Robin Sloane; Tim Weil. | | Photographers: Joan Marcus; Richie Lee; Amy Guip. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: George Marino; Anthony Jackson; Stevie Wonder; Tim Weil. | | Arrangers: Arif Mardin; Steve Skinner; Tim Weil. | | This 43-track set includes in its entirety the unlikely opera about AIDS, drugs, squatters, down-and-out artists and (of course) love that won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for drama and went on to knock Broadway off its feet at a time when the Broadway musical was widely assumed to be dead. Like the climactic love song that seems to magically rescue one of the main characters from near-death, RENT itself may well be responsible for bringing Broadway back to life. | | RENT was written and composed by Jonathan Larson, who died suddenly hours after the final dress rehearsal. Larson's music is almost seamless in the way it quilts together show-tune tradition with current pop styles, reflecting the story's blend of a classical plot (it's loosely based on Puccini's opera "La Boheme") with a thoroughly modern setting. A tango, in which a man and woman compare notes on a lover they have shared, fits comfortably between an electronic dance tune with rapped vocals ("Today 4 U," sung by the play's drag-queen hero) and a rocking entreaty to come "Out Tonight." The latter is sung by Daphne Rubin-Vega, whose coquettish pop voice and sensual presence help her stand out from a great ensemble cast. | | The play's unexpectedly optimistic message is spelled out in a breathtaking pop song called "Seasons Of Love," which leads off the second act. As a bonus, Stevie Wonder joins the cast for a reprise that puts a soaring coda of hope on this dark opera. |
Producer: Arif Mardin; Steve Skinner |
Engineer: Jason Goldstein; Bonzai Jim Caruso; Jim Caruso; Michael O'Reilly; Andy Grassi |
Musical Guests | | Stevie Wonder |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/27/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 50003 | | Label : Dreamworks SKG | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 126m : 40s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00600445000322 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/26/96, pp.192-194)
- "...Composer and librettist Jonathan Larson...was a gifted melodicist with a special knack for exuberant choral interplay and for dosing racy showpieces with beguiling, melancholy interludes...that shake with '60s-Brill Building heartache..." |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Production |  4.5 | | Performance |  5 | | Composition | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Rent is the one! Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Ange3414 from Cleveland, OH
If you want some great music and some heavenly voices singing the truth about todays culture, this is the CD for you. The drama of this music will take your breath away. Was this review helpful?  
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5 of 5 Rent Rokks!! Monday, May 24, 1999
A Listener from San Francisco, California
If you are in for an excellent musical weepy, this is it! It's also, perhaps, the bravest musical written since 'Hair' or 'Jesus Christ Superstar', which is fitting since quite a bit of the music echoes from those two musicals. It's bravery comes from writing songs which deal with modern problems of modern people. Topics such as drug addiction, aids, poverty, sickness, homosexuality, lesbianism, prostitution, bondage, selling out and even performance art are dealt with directly and unflinchingly. From the perspective of the history of the American musical, this is about as radical as you can get. Nothing is more shocking than the truth and the composer tells it like it is. To counterbalance the tragedy, there is the hope inspired by groups of people banding together to not be beaten down by the horrors of the modern world.
I checked out the CD from the SF Public Library about 1/2 year ago and was astounded by the quality of the music, songwriting and character interaction. I saw the musical at the GGTheater in SF this past Sunday and once again was wowed by the absolute power and beauty of the music and the message.
If you are going to take a risk on a new musical, live or on cd, this is the one. Buy it and enjoy! Was this review helpful?
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