Wicked

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Album: Wicked
#	Song Title		Time
1)	No One Mourns The Wicked Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	6:41
2)	Dear Old Shiz Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:26
3)	The Wizard And I Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:10
4)	What Is This Feeling? Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:32
5)	Something Bad Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:39
6)	Dancing Through Life Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	7:37
7)	Popular Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:44
8)	I'm Not That Girl Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	2:59
9)	One Short Day Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:04
10)	A Sentimental Man Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:16
11)	Defying Gravity Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:54
12)	Thank Goodness Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	6:23
13)	Wonderful Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	4:57
14)	I'm Not That Girl (Reprise) Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	0:50
15)	As Long As You're Mine Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:46
16)	No Good Deed Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:32
17)	March Of The Witch Hunters Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:31
18)	For Good Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:07
19)	Finale "Wicked" Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:42
2)	Dear Old Shiz	More Info...	0:01
3)	The Wizard and I	More Info...	0:05
4)	What Is This Feeling?	More Info...	0:03
5)	Something Bad	More Info...	0:01
6)	Dancing Through Life	More Info...	0:07
7)	Popular	More Info...	0:03
8)	I'm Not That Girl	More Info...	0:03
9)	One Short Day	More Info...	0:03
10)	A Sentimental Man	More Info...	0:01
11)	Defying Gravity	More Info...	0:06
12)	Thank Goodness	More Info...	0:06
13)	Wonderful	More Info...	0:05
14)	I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
15)	As Long As You're Mine	More Info...	0:03
16)	No Good Deed	More Info...	0:03
17)	March of the Witch Hunters	More Info...	0:01
18)	For Good	More Info...	0:05
19)	Finale	More Info...	0:01

Album: Wicked
#	Song Title		Time
1)	No One Mourns The Wicked Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	6:41
2)	Dear Old Shiz Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:26
3)	The Wizard And I Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:10
4)	What Is This Feeling? Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:32
5)	Something Bad Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:39
6)	Dancing Through Life Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	7:37
7)	Popular Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:44
8)	I'm Not That Girl Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	2:59
9)	One Short Day Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:04
10)	A Sentimental Man Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:16
11)	Defying Gravity Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:54
12)	Thank Goodness Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	6:23
13)	Wonderful Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	4:57
14)	I'm Not That Girl (Reprise) Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	0:50
15)	As Long As You're Mine Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:46
16)	No Good Deed Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	3:32
17)	March Of The Witch Hunters Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:31
18)	For Good Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	5:07
19)	Finale "Wicked" Original Cast Recording/2003	More Info...	1:42
2)	Dear Old Shiz	More Info...	0:01
3)	The Wizard and I	More Info...	0:05
4)	What Is This Feeling?	More Info...	0:03
5)	Something Bad	More Info...	0:01
6)	Dancing Through Life	More Info...	0:07
7)	Popular	More Info...	0:03
8)	I'm Not That Girl	More Info...	0:03
9)	One Short Day	More Info...	0:03
10)	A Sentimental Man	More Info...	0:01
11)	Defying Gravity	More Info...	0:06
12)	Thank Goodness	More Info...	0:06
13)	Wonderful	More Info...	0:05
14)	I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)	More Info...	0:01
15)	As Long As You're Mine	More Info...	0:03
16)	No Good Deed	More Info...	0:03
17)	March of the Witch Hunters	More Info...	0:01
18)	For Good	More Info...	0:05
19)	Finale	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

Principal cast includes: Kristin Chenowith (Galinda, Glinda); Sean McCourt (Witch's Father); Cristy Canlder (Witch's Mother); Jan Neuberger (Midwife); Idina Menzel (Elphaba); Michelle Federer (Nessarose); Christopher Fitzgerald (Boq); Carole Shelley (Madame Morrible); William Youmans (Doctor Dillamond); Norbert Leo Butz (Fiyero); Sean McCourt (Ozian Official); Joel Grey (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz); Manuel Herrera (Chistery).
Recorded at Right Track Studios, New York, New York.
Although best remembered for the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum's series of early 20th century novels about the fairyland Oz have inspired a number of theatrical and cinematic adaptations, beginning with a Broadway musical version of The Wizard of Oz for which Baum himself provided the libretto and lyrics that opened in 1903, only three years after the first publication of the initial book, and including the 1975 all-black Broadway musical The Wiz. In an era rife with sequels and "prequels" to successful properties that has reached back retroactively to include authorized and unauthorized re-imaginings of works such as Gone with the Wind, Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West purported to depict the back story of the villainess of The Wizard of Oz and her counterpart, Glinda the Good. Of course, Maguire's retelling was a revisionist interpretation in which the Wicked Witch turned out to be a misunderstood character with lots of justifications for turning "bad" (one of them being prejudiced reactions to her green skin color), while Glinda was made into more of a goody-goody than actually good, not to mention being something of a dumb-blonde cheerleader type. Theatrical composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin) saw the obvious stage possibilities, and his musical version, Wicked, opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003. In the adaptation, Glinda's role has been beefed up, the better to employ the talents of Tony-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, though the story still primarily concerns the young Wicked Witch (Idina Menzel), with Broadway veteran Joel Grey as the Wizard, and the story line has been softened, the better to attract a young audience conditioned by the Disney hits Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. On disc, the score will have a familiar sound to anyone who knows previous Schwartz efforts and their combination of traditional show music with '70s-style soft rock music and choral music. Soprano Chenoweth and alto Menzel are given very different kinds of songs to sing; Chenoweth gets the Broadway belting material, Menzel the more adult contemporary-type ballads. This is appropriate to the their characters. Glinda is superficial and showy, Elphaba (the Witch) so earnest that she is eventually embittered. The score is tuneful and the lyrics often witty. This is not great music, but it is craftsmanlike and certainly efficient for this somewhat questionable project. ~ William Ruhlmann

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