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Song & Dance: The Songs - Original Broadway Cast Recording | 
 enlarge | Artist: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Label: RCA Victor Broadway
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.98
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 68758
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 68264
UPC: 090266826421
EAN: 0090266826421
ASIN: B000003FY5
Release Date: July 18, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture: Take That Look off Your Face | | • | Let Me Finish | | • | So Much to Do in New York | | • | First Letter Home | | • | English Girls | | • | Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad | | • | You Made Me Think You Were in Love | | • | Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad (Reprise) | | • | So Much to Do in New York, Pt. 2 | | • | Second Letter Home | | • | Unexpected Song | | • | Come Back With the Same Look in Your Eyes | | • | Take That Look off Your Face (Reprise) | | • | Tell Me on a Sunday | | • | I Love New York: So Much to Do in New York, Pt. 3 | | • | Married Man | | • | Third Letter Home | | • | Nothing Like You've Ever Known | | • | Finale/Let Me Finish (Reprise)/What Have I Done?/Take That Look ... |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance is a combination of his 1979 Paganini variations for cello and rock band with a 1980 one-woman television piece called Tell Me on a Sunday, which featured lyrics by Don Black. In 1985, Song and Dance was reconceived by Richard Maltby Jr. and debuted on Broadway, which led to this recording of the first half of the show, Song and Dance: The Songs. In the role of Emma, a British girl exploring a new life and new relationships in New York and Los Angeles, Bernadette Peters always keeps things interesting, but the one-woman-show concept probably works better visually, and some of the themes and catch phrases become repetitive. Better to skip past the book numbers and simply enjoy some of Lloyd Webber's tastiest songs: "Tell Me on a Sunday," "Take That Look off Your Face," "Come Back with That Same Look in Your Eyes," and the gorgeous "Unexpected Song." --David Horiuchi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Peters : Singer / Actress... In Equal Measure February 18, 2008
First the bad news.
- Peter's English accent isn't the best. A point that would normally drive me crazy, were she not so good in every other way, since I'm a stickler for authenticity. But she IS good. VERY good.
- "English Girls." Added expressly for the American palette. There are some valid observations about the endearing quality of foreign colloquialisms. But I think the song is obvious and uninteresting.
- They did *not* take out "You Made Me Think You Were In Love," This number always felt like clutter. It may be I just don't like the song.
- "The Last Man In My Life" was replaced with "Unexpected Song." God knows why. It's not a bad song mind you, but I find it less moving, with fewer surprises musically and lyrically.
Now the good news.
No one can deliver "Unexpected Song" like Peters. Seriously, it's worth it for the last soul-quaking note alone.
- Mercifully they cut "I'm Very You, You're Very Me" from the score. I found it mind-numbingly insipid.
- While some of the rewrites may be too "trying-oh-so-hard-to-be-British" for it's own good, others, as someone pointed out, are for the better. Here Emma is better grounded. She comes to the US, not only for her dead beat (no pun intended) drummer boyfriend, but also to pursue a career as a hat designer. I don't think that's in the Webb version. Since creatives of every stripe come to NY in droves, to break into their respective arts, it rings true. And we do get some humorous mileage from it.
- "Tell Me On a Sunday" is slowed down considerably. The fact that she lands it fully, is only testament to Bernadette Peter's powerful gift as an actress and a singer. It takes both to do the song this way. Were she off by a hair, you'd hear it. But she isn't. It's absolutely sustained.
- "Nothing Like You've Ever Known." To me this is the most interesting change. Instead of the original sentiment...
"I wanted to spend more time than twelve till two, loving you," which is admittedly affecting...
we get...
"When you go, I'll cry no tears.. for a love without tomorrows suits me fine now."
It depicts a different truth. The sickening, post breakup feeling that ones blood has turned to ice. And to risk feeling anything, is to risk freefalling into agony. This is not an attempt to replace a old shattered love with a new one. That would allow for hope. It's a naked attempt to feel nothing. And it draws on a more complex constellation of emotions. It also makes Emma more rounded and human. And it sets up her subsequent fall from grace. Which makes it that much sweeter, when she recaptures her innocence at the end.
Like "Sunday' Peters delivers. She makes even the state of numbness raw and powerful.
I think the Marti Webb production is equally fine. They're both emotionally truthful, so it may come down to taste. Some may prefer Webb's more understated delivery, and she'll bring you to your knees with "The Last Man In My Life." I like both interpretations and I think they're both valid. Buy them both if you can. You might want to steer clear of the Brightman version however. She's more of a singer who *acts,* and for my money, does neither as well or expressively as the other two.
 Amazing performance January 25, 2007
A recording of an amazing performance with Bernadette Peters. Although many artist have done the performance of Song & Dance (Marti Webb, Sarah Brightman etc), Ms Peters excelled herself in this part and really conveyed the role of the woman's experience, the ups & downs, of a new gal in NYC!
Highly recomended.
Outstanding Recording Of One Woman Singing and Acting Her Heart Out September 9, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've read many reviews complaining of the sound quality of this recording. Am I missing something? I think the recording is excellent. You can hear every word that comes out of Bernadette's mouth. Now, onto the show itself. It's brilliant. It's an acting and singing tour 'de force. One can either choose to listen to the entire recording from beginning to end, and get a great story set to exceptional music. This is where one can enrapture one's self in her Tony winning performance. If you aren't interested in the story, you can enjoy this for the many showtune standards sung with extreme passion by Miss. Peters, including "Take that Look Off Your Face," "Tell Me On A Sunday," and "Unexpected Song." If you've read this review, don't hesitate to get this ultimate recording of the show, before it's out-of-print.
 Good material, Bad recording April 9, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this album after I had seen Bernadette Peters singing "Second Letter Home/Unexpected Song" on Hey Mr. Producer concert. She really blows me away at the concert so I thought I need to get the cast recording.
Well, I can say that I'm a bit disappointed with the album. The sound quality is not so well-balanced. And frankly, listening to Bernadette Peters's voice alone for almost an hour can be a bit annoying sometimes. I do love the music from the show though. I think the problem is that all the energy from the show didn't transfer well on to the CD. I think this is a show that need to be seen to be enjoyed and that's why Miss Peters won her Tony Award for it. Maybe, just maybe, if the show was recorded live like the London Cast recording with Marti Webb, it might sound a bit better... Who knows?
Not to be discouraged, this album still has some great songs like "Unexpected Song" "Come Back with the Same Look in Your Eyes" "Take That Look off Your Face" and "Tell Me on a Sunday". There's this one song called "English Girls" that has the same melody as Whistle Down the Wind's "Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts"
Overall, I don't actually hate the album and I like the lyrics in this one better. But I still find myself listening to the Original London Cast more often. So my recommendation is that get the 2-CD London Cast with Marti Webb first. The live recording makes it more energetic and it comes with the whole second act instrumental music which is good as well.
Early Bernadette a Star March 6, 2006
Bernadette Peters with an English accent? Its great, and deservedly won the singer a Tony. The best part of this album (just the songs) is the way the girl's journey is clear with no visual assistance. That said, if you dont like Miss Peter's way of playing with a vocal line to improve dramatics, you wont be happy.
But she is an undeniable Broadway star.
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