Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: Brilliant!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Company" was the first Sondheim-Prince collaboration, setting the pace for "Follies", "Pacific Overtures" and "Sweeney Todd", which were forthcoming. This is a brilliant score with melidious songs, urbane and witty lyrics and fascinating rhythms. Sondheim is at the top of his game, as is the cast. Dean Jones as Bobby is wonderful in all his numbers, mainly "Being Alive", Donna McKechnie, Pamela Myers and Susan Browning are great in the tounge twister of a song called "You Can Drive A Person Crazy", Myers also scores in the classic, "Another Hundred People." But the real star of the show is Elaine Stritch. She is in her ultimate role. "The Little Things You Do Together" is great, but her "Ladies Who Lunch" is incomperable.
This is a highly recomended recording of my second-favorite score by Sondheim ("Follies" being my favorite). Oh yeah, and did I mention the orchestrations? The brillaint harpsicord\electric piano called a roxicord, the strings, the percussion, the brass. This is brilliant!
Free Music Review: My Favorite Sondheim Score!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Sweeney Todd" may come close, but "Company" is my favorite score from Mr. Sondheim.
With its beautiful music & insightful lyrics on the subject of marriage & relationships, many of these songs have become theatrical classics, including:
The Little Things You Do Together
Sorry-Grateful
Another Hundred People
Side By Side By Side/What Would We Do Without You
Tick-Tock
Barcelona
The Ladies Who Lunch
Being Alive
A great listen from start to finish ... & Elaine Stritch!
Free Music Review: Being Alive means having COMPANY
Hit: 5 Stars
There's no doubt that Sondheim is a genius, and this album is a testament to that. What separates him from other composers is that he is able to create songs that are lyrically meaningful and profound. The melody might suffer a little bit, because you won't probably able to hum it the first time you've heard it. But once you get used to the songs you'll realize that it's catchier than you'd expected. And that's when the true power of his songs truly soars. With other composers who may have a catchier music when first heard, but no matter how many times you hear it the lyrics will remain mediocre and run of the mill. That's why Sondheim's works is superior because the songs through repeated hearings will just be more beautiful and meaningful than ever.
I especially love Another Hundred People. I wonder why it's not as popular as the other songs. It's a very painful and perceptive song about the city life. The song captured perfectly the impersonal, individualistic, fast paced, and chaotic aspect of living in a big city. Work of genius. You could Drive a Person Crazy is another great song It's a really fun song.
Another highlight is Sorry-Grateful which is another perceptive song about married life. Being Alive which is probably the most popular song in the album is just a beautiful song. Great lyrics and melody. It talks about the necessity and joy of sharing one's life with someone could be the most wonderful aspect of living in spite of the baggage attached to it ("Someone to hurt you too deep, someone to sit on your chair and ruin your sleep..."). Truly one of the greatest songs ever written.
My minor complaint is that I hope as a bonus track they added a cleaner version of Being Alive without the back-ups and the talks. But other than that this is a must buy.
Grade: A
Free Music Review: SONDHEIM USES LOVE AND MARRIAGE TO CREATE A MASTERPIECE!
Hit: 5 Stars
Company is that rare musical that takes a real look into what is really going on in life. Company is filled with amazing songs, probably some the best in Broadway history. the story does not really have a plot, but it revolves around Robert, a bachelor and his journey finding love with that special person. One of The best are the bittersweet, yet true "Another Hundred People," sung beautifully by Pamela Myers, as she tells about the many people that come and come in this city. Another one is "Getting Married Today," where Beth Howland plays Amy, a worried bride who just might commit suicide on her wedding day. Not to forget the opening song "Company," which will have you humming the song for a while. Then there's "The Little things You Do Together, " where Elaine Stritch ( doing a perfect job) sings about the little things that make marriage great. There's the cutesy guilty pleasure "You Could Drive a Person Carzy," where three of Robert's girlfriends reflect on Robert himself. Then there are other great ones including "have I Got a Girl For You," "Side by Side by Side," "Poor Baby," and "Sorry-Grateful." The worst is Elaine Stritch's solo "the Ladies who Lunch." One song, "Barcelona" is sort of like poetry and is defitnetly passionate and beautiful sometimes in a quirky way, sung By Dean Jones (Robert) and Susan Browning (april) his girlfriend (or one of many). Then there's Robert's solo, "Being Alive," where Robert looks at his life. Then to top it off is the finale which ends the show just right. "Company" is filled with great songs, comedy, drama, etc. When you add it all up it = ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICALS EVER!!!!! by Matthew Eng Free Music Review: Elaine Strich- SHE CAN SING
Hit: 5 Stars
All of the above reviews criticize Elaine Strich's singing. I am a tough singing critic, and to me she sounds just fine. Not the world's best, just fine. Brilliant on these songs, though. "The Ladies who Lunch"... What a masterpiece!