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Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Skylar Astin, Lilli Cooper, John Gallagher Jr., Gideon Glick, Jonathan Groff, Brian Johnson, Lea Michele, Lauren Pritchard
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  127 reviews
Sales Rank: 357
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 000802002
UPC: 602517131491
EAN: 0602517131491
ASIN: B000J3FBFC
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Mamma Who Bore Me | | • | Mamma Who Bore Me (Reprise) | | • | All That's Known | | • | The B*tch of Living | | • | My Junk | | • | Touch Me | | • | The Word of Your Body | | • | The Dark I Know Well | | • | And Then There Were None | | • | The Mirror-Blue Night | | • | I Believe | | • | Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind | | • | The Guilty Ones | | • | Left Behind | | • | Totally F*ucked | | • | The Word of Your Body (Reprise) | | • | Whispering | | • | Those You've Known | | • | The Song of Purple Summer |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Who would have thought that Duncan Sheik would succeed where Paul Simon and Randy Newman failed, successfully transitioning from the pop-rock world to the Broadway stage? With Spring Awakening, Sheik and book writer/lyricist Steven Slater (who had already worked on Sheik's 2001 album Phantom Moon) have created a thoroughly exciting show that incorporates a contemporary art-indie idiom (including a small rock band instead of an orchestra) into a dramatic musical-theater context. The unlikely setting is that of a Frank Wedekind adaptation, but as it turns out, teenage angst is perennial, whether it's in contemporary America or in a 1891 German boarding school. Songs such as "The Bitch of Living" ("with nothing going on, asking just what went wrong"), "The Word of Your Body," "I Don't Do Sadness," and "Totally Fucked" ("You're fucked if you speak your mind and you know you will") resonate with the rage, frustration, confusion, excitement, joy, anger, and of course budding lust of those hormone-driven years. The show is greatly enhanced by its youthful cast members (they're all pretty close in age to their characters), who sing their hearts out. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Amazon.com
Decca Broadway presents the cast recording for the acclaimed new Broadway production, SPRING AWAKENING. Written by pop music composer Duncan Sheik and playwright/lyricist Steven Sater, the musical explores emotional earthquakes in the lives of teenagers.
SPRING AWAKENING is based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 drama, which was scandalous in its day for addressing sex violence and suicide. The story, dialogue and costumes suggest the 19th Century, and are perfectly wedded to a beautiful alternative pop music score by Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik. The creative team also includes Tony Award Winning director Michael Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 122 more reviews...
 Don't judge till you have seen the show!! August 19, 2008
I have read many of the reviews of SA here and I must say...to all those who have ripped apart an absolutely amazing show...get off your couch and go see it before you say it is garbage or trash or asking what has Broadway become...you are the same people who ripped apart another amazing and Tony winning show..In the Heights....If you actually do a little research, you would learn that SA the Musical is based on a German play from 1982...A time in which sex and talking about sex was taboo...This is the same time period in which Ibsen wrote a Doll's House and Chekhov wrote Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard...this is the time period during and coming out of the Victorian age...Now...I have seen the show on Broadway...and sat in the onstage seats...and I will also say that those are the best seats in the house...the actors sitting within a few feet of you...you can see the emotion on their faces....This show takes the story of 1982...and juxtaposes it with the modern rock style music of today....It connects teens and adults alike to the story....The topic of teens coming into their sexual awakening is just as prevalent today as it was over 100 years ago... I have taught the play version of Spring Awakening and the musical version alike to college students...and the overwhelmingly positive response speaks for itself...The music is moving and the lyrics are catchy...So, if you haven't had a chance to see this really great show...it is touring...starting in January...or better yet...GO SEE IT ON BROADWAY!! And to those who believe that this is crap and that Rodgers and Hammerstein are the gods of theatre....even R&H were at one time considered to be controversial and taboo...they wrote about controversial topics in turbulent times...just look at The King and I or South Pacific... In closing, I hope this review opened some of your eyes to the touching and heartfelt world of Spring Awakening!!!
 Not Just for Youth August 7, 2008
I have yet to see the musical SPRING AWAKENING (but am planning to see it February 2009 when it comes to the Fox in St. Louis). However, I have a friend whose favorite musical is SPRING AWAKENING and he recently gave me the soundtrack to listen to. I have to admit that I really enjoy it. The songs are sung in a variety of genres, but mainly have a pop-rock ballad feel to them. Many of the songs are very moving and have an emotional depth beyond just the context of the show for which they were written. My favorites include
#1 "Mamma Who Bore Me"--a bluesy folk song of remembrance. Many of my female friends have cited this as their favorite song on the album.
#3 "All That's Known"--a moving song of hopeful ambition. It sums up a young person's desire to learn, explore, and change the world.
#4 "The B*tch of Living"--a rock song that has clear references to pleasuring oneself. However, the song also is about the frustrations everyone feels in life of being in a place or position and not being able to do anything to change it.
#5 "My Junk"--a beautiful pop ballad about the love between two people.
#11 "I Believe"--an optimistic chorus of hope
#16 "Totally F*cked"--a pop-rock anthem embodying the disillusionment that happens when blind optimism meets with the harsh realities of life.
#19 "Those You've Known"--this song reflects what happens to a person after they've gone through the first major disillusionments of their life and what it takes to keep moving forward.
I'm sure most of those who have seen the show will enjoy the album, but it's also a good album if you just enjoy good music.
Eep!!! July 26, 2008
So basically there are too many reviews for me to actually make a substantial comment about this CD that other people haven't.
I've seen the show around 10 times in the last 2 months. Enough said. As a 19 year old it is something wonderful and fresh for me to watch. The show and the score have a message to deliver - every single time you click play on this CD you can delve further into it uncovering themes and messages you may have missed the past 201392 times you listened to it. In an age where the stage is dominated by MTV's Legally Blonde, Hairspray, and happy [sometimes meaningless] scores - this is a diamond in the rough.
As the Original Broadway Cast is now... ::sniff:: gone, this little gem is something to hold onto forever.
However one comment must be made about this CD. While it is absolutely fantastic - it is in NO WAY a replacement for seeing the show. The Song of Purple Summer has been drastically re-written that delivers a harmony this CD cannot possibly provide. Many songs have been altered and, to be completely honest - though it is rare to find now-a-days - the singers are two thousand times more incredible live than they are on this recording. Some of the belting and harmonies just cannot do justice by listening to the CD. So make sure to see the show.
Just another... "Awakening" May 25, 2008
Spring Awakening is a great show. Its catchy/rock tunes can keep me going for hours. BUT, if your thinking about sitting along with elders listening to your new musical you've just bought and this happens to be playing.... think again! This musical which sounds to be wrapped around the lives of teens should stay just with teens themselves. When i heard the music i wasn't only appauled at the constant dops of "f-bombs" and other swears but the horrible or should i really say non-existant rhymes used. But, nonetheless it was good for originality in score which did cause me to set my mind aside and see what a truly great musical and what a honest and true musical it is.
 Monotonous Garbage May 15, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
No one under the age of 25 is going to agree with me, but who cares. I think it's great they finally have a show about teens on Broadway, but to be this cliche', with so little if anything to say, uninteresting with a score poorly written is just a real pity. I suppose it's a start, but as far as speaking and expounding on youth, take me to HAIR any day over this.
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