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 enlarge | Artists: Jeff Potter, Anthony Jackson, Daniel A. Weiss, Ira Siegel, Kenny Brescia, Steve Skinner, Adam Pascal, Aiko Nakasone, Anthony Rapp
Creator: Jonathan Larson
Label: Dreamworks
Category: Music
List Price: $32.98
Buy Used: $6.20
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Avg. Customer Rating:  566 reviews
Sales Rank: 2100
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.9
MPN: 50003
UPC: 600445000322
EAN: 0600445000322
ASIN: B000005ALT
Release Date: August 27, 1996
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Condition: PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING - CD'S ONLY in jewel case. No inserts. Discs are mint/mint--
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Better than live August 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We had recently seen a touring company live version of Rent. The original cast recording filled in many of the blanks left from the poor sound system used in the live production we saw. The voices are better and the energy is palpable in the recording. Highly recommended
must have for broadway fan and fan of the show July 29, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok, well I L.O.V.E. this CD and play and movie! Here is a short review of MAJOR songs on this cd (no tune-ups or voice mails) on a scale of 1-10! Enjoy!
~Rent~9/10 on this song I like the movie version better but this is still great! Love Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal in this song!
~You Okay Honey?~10/10 this song makes me cry! I love it and Wilson Heredia and Jesse L. Martin are my fave performers! Great song!
~One Song Glory~9.5/10 well I love adam in this song but i like the movie version better! still great. his voice is just better now!
~Light My Candle~8/10 good, fun, hip song but not a fan of Daphne Rubin-Vega's voice in this song!
~Today 4 U~ 10/10 like I said be4 I love Wilson! his Angel is the best! great song
~You'll See~10/10 unlike some of the other songs reviewed already, I like this version better than the movie. Taye is charming and Anthony, Adam, Wilson, and Jesse deliver great comedy! Love it!
~Tango:Maureen~6/10 love this song. NOT A FAN OF FREDI WALKER'S JOANNE! Love Anthony's Mark though!
~Out Tonight~ 10/10 great song and great fun performance from Daphne! She delivers at one of the highlights of the play! Love it!
~Another Day~9/10 for some reason I am always disappointed when I hear Daphne in this song because she just did great in Out Tonight and in this song she doesn't deliver as much! Adam and Life Support group are amazing! Nuff said!
~Sante Fe~7/10 this song is better either in the movie or seen live. still a fun song and jesse delivers!
~I'll Cover You~100/10 (no not a typo) one of my fave parts of the show! like i said love Wilson and Jesse!
~We're Okay~8/10 funny song and fredi actually does a good job on this song! liek i said not a fan of her's so that is a MAJOR compliment!
~Christmas Bells~million/10 one of my fave songs in the play. cried when it wasn't in the movie (yes i really did! i'm pathetic!)
~Over the Moon~ PRICELESS! Idina delivers in the turning point of the show. The whole show centers around her performance "Over the Moon" and this is her performance. however, better seen live or in the movie so you can actually MOO with her!
~La Vie Boheme/I Should Tell You/La Vie Boheme B~PRICELESS! this is my three fave parts of both the movie and the play! hence my username! great three songs to end first act!
~Seasons of Love~10/10 great song, but to me it is to well known by people and so I get kind of sick of it and i like the movie version better! tracie thoms (in movie cast) can sing better than gwen stewart (soloist in play!)
~Happy New Year A&B~million/10 again cried when wasn't in the movie! nuff said!
~Take Me or Leave Me~9/10 again Idina delivers but don't like fredi as much! see tracie thoms take over her roll in the movie! now Tracie is talented!
~Without You~10/10 great and emotional song. for some reason though I think Rosario Dawson (from movie) is better than Daphne in this song. still fantastic
~Contact~6/10 least favorite song in Rent. to me it is a weird way to spend Angel and Collins' last moments together. still good but Jonathan Larson did better!
~I'll Cover You (Reprise)~10/10 great, sad, cry every time! jesse and cast as whole deliver! great song. saddest part of the play
~Halloween~9/10 sad song, makes me feel bad for mark beautiful performance by Anthony
~Goodbye Love~9/10 good song, well written but to me the movie version is more emotional. Daphne isn't quite at her best in this song. Rosario, however, delivered in the movie. again just me.
~What You Own~10/10 good, rock 'n' roll moment and song in the play! adam and anthony did great in this song!
~Finale~10/10 Better than the movie version. Whole cast (minus Taye Diggs and Wilson Heredia who aren't a part of this song) deliver and are fantastic.
~Your Eyes~9/10 good, emotional song but I still like adam in One Song Glory better
~Finale B~9/10 like the song but the whole i jumped over the moooooo thing takes away from the beautiful moment. movie version better!
overall, great CD. get this one and the movie version. both are fantastic and both have their moments of weakness and greatness. overall great! Adam Pascal is Roger. Anthony Rapp is Mark. Taye Diggs is Benny. Jesse L. Martin is Collins. Wilson Heredia is Angel. Idina Menzel is Maureen. Daphne Rubin-Vega is Mimi. Fredi Walker is Joanne. Tracie Thoms is Joanne in the movie version. Rosario Dawson is Mimi in the movie and the rest are the same in OBC and movie! Enjoy!
 this stunk July 1, 2006
1 out of 23 found this review helpful
I got the cd with only disc 2...it was unopened and had 2 copies of disc two it was rediculus...im happy onme of my friends could make me a copy of the first one...
Don't Rent - BUY! June 12, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Jonathan Larson brings justice to a literally life changing and stage changing show that beautifully captures any listener to the moving story of love and living no day but today.
With a lot on your plate, listeners learn of the story, in this rock opera loosely based of Puccini's La Boheme, of 8 friends in New York city and a year in their lives. A film maker, his fading room mate, a wild philosopher and his drag queen lover, a heroin addicted stripper, an off-the-wall performance artist and her serious lawyer girlfriend, and their ex-room mate, Yuppie scum that sold out all represent the main characters in this show, along with 7 others who play numerous parts: cops, druggies, bums, parents, and everyone else in between.
Out of this show, several songs stand out, amongst which are "I'll Cover You," a love confession between Collins (Jesse L Martin) and Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia); "Without You," Mimi's (Daphne Rubin-Vega) haunting refrain of life with Roger (Adam Pascal); "La Vie Boheme", where the entire cast dances on tables in a mockery to Benny's (Taye Diggs) attempted scatching words.
And of course, "Seasons of Love." 15 men and women stand at the end of the stage in winter coats where they assure the audience that the only way to measure your time on earth is in how much love you express in your life.
Beautifully written, and amazingly shocking in some areas, this show is a must have.
The best. Show. Ever.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 12, 2006
I first got hooked on Rent by listening to a friend's soundtrack. I didn't listen to the soundtrack in depth and only listened to I'll Cover You and Seasons of Love. I then bought the cd myself and listened to all 44 songs and instantaneoulsy became a renthead. I bought the special edition movie, went and saw the play on Broadway, and read every book I can get on the subject. Every single song is outstanding, but these are my favorites:
2day 4 U - this is an energetic techno-sound song by Angel.
Out Tonight - this song is sexy and raw and is Mimi at her best
Without You - this is the saddest song in the play and is Mimi's goodbye to Roger, drugs and life.
Don't be mislead by the glitzy, sweet, softspoken and ditzy Mimi of the movie played by Rosario Dawson. The Mimi in the original cast is played by Daphne Rubin-Vega who portrays Mimi as punky, fun, crazy, streetwise, depressed and promiscuous. Although the voice of Tracy Thoms who plays Joanne in the movie is better than Freddie Walker who plays Joanne in the play, by listening to Freddie Walker you understand that Joanne is not uptight and somewhat boring like Tracy Thoms plays her, but misunderstood and caught in a confusing world between her Yuppie life and the life of a bohemian.
Angel Dumott Schuenard is played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia and is fun through-and-through. Although his voice could be a bit more "mature" his character is so moving and bohemian you never regret hearing a song with Angel Dumott Schuenard as a soloist. One problem is that with "2day 4 U", you must see it live, not hear on headphones.
I a going to keep this paragraph short and simple: Adam Pascal REALLY needs a new voice coach, but since Vega is in most of his songs her hazy, punky and mezmorizing makes up for it. (SRY FOR NOT TELLNG U, PASCAL PLAYS Roger, A DEPRESSED SONGWRITER)
Taye Diggs plays the landlord Benny. He has the best voice in the show and portrays the character interestingly.
Idina Menzell plays Maureen and is just as *WACKY* as her character!
L. Martin plays the anarchist/bohemian/tutor Collins, and has a great gospel voice.
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