Carol Hall - The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: Original Cast
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Free Music Notes for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: Original Cast
Free Music Review: Peppy, yet corny, and lots of fun!
Hit: 4 Stars
If you have heard the movie sound track, then there will be no comparison. The original cast recording is so much funnier and exciting. It is truly music for Aggies to dance to.Free Music Review: Fine CD transfer - Not so fine score
Hit: 3 Stars
Although THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS was the biggest hit of the 1978/79 Broadway season, it has taken a long time for MCA to release the cast album on CD.The (poorly recieved) movie version has done much damage to the shows marketability. The movioe soundtrack has been readily available on CD for years but only a few songs from the Broadway show made it to the screen.
There was a good reason for that. Most of the songs in the show are weak. This is not a stellar score filled with take home tunes and far too much time is wasted on character songs for characters who have little to do with the story.
That said, the CD transfer is a huge improvement over the poor sounding LP and tape that have been in circulation for the last 20 years. The CD booklet includes well written notes on the production and a full synopsis - something that the label felt was not needed for the original issue. Who decides these things???
The show has not been seen with much regularity since the original production closed, and an ill-conceived follow-up in 1994 called THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC was an expenisve flop that lasted less than a month.
Free Music Review: Songs are better than the movie, but the vocalists stink
Hit: 1 Stars
I've always tried to find the Broadway version of movie musicals. I got this one at a used CD store. I liked the songs, including several that didn't make it into the movie, (sub-plots that wouldn't fit?). My complaint is the vocalists. I wouldn't mind if one or two were less-than-spectacular, but the whole cast? Miss Mona is shrill, the "watchdog" is flat, and the governor gargles! The music is interesting, but the vocals are a step below community theater. I'm going to look into the re-make recently released.Free Music Review: HORRIBLE!!!!!!
Hit: 1 Stars
WHAT IS OUR WORLD COMING TO WHEN WE STOOP THIS LOW AND RUIN THEATRE AS WE KNOW IT WITH THIS GARBAGE! Now i know that sounds harsh, but it is true. Yes,. i will admit that the singers have talent, and i will give them that, but only that. This has a sick and twisted plot, and i honestly do not reccommend this to anyone.