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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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New (31) Used (53) from $6.20
Avg. Customer Rating:  566 reviews
Sales Rank: 2137
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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| Customer Reviews:
Amazing.. March 17, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This has to be one of my favorites. Although I never got to see the original production, a friend of mine made me listen to the complete soundtrack (not just excerpts). I was absolutely blown away. Jonathan Larson is a genious, the voices in it are amazing, and there are songs still choke me up even after this ammount of time. It't an incredibly moving peice and even if you haven't seen the stage production and are just a theater buff, this is one that I would highly recommend.
Excellent March 10, 2006
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was excited to find the Original Cast Recording of Rent for such a great price. I received the package in the mail in a timely fashion. Highly Recommended.
Rent February 25, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The music is amazing. The play was to die for. I had forgotten how well Jesse L Martin can sing. It's one of my favorite cds. I also have the motion picture soundtrack and the movie dvd as well.
Fans of the show will appreciate this more than the movie soundtrack February 23, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Ever since the movie came out, the debate over which soundtrack is better has been raging wildly. There are positive and negative aspects to both, and one can't be clearly labeled as "better" - it all depends on what you're looking for.
The 1996 Original Broadway Soundtrack:
This soundtrack, much more than the movie one, does an excellent job of making you feel like you're in the theatre again. Since the original show was a more or less constant song and the soundtrack includes all of the 20-50 second pseudo-songs, you can listen to the soundtrack and visualize practically the entire show. The underproduced quality enhances this experience: it feels more real than the movie soundtrack does.
The 2006 Movie Soundtrack:
The other reviewers are right when they say this soundtrack is definitely the better sounding of the two. Much better production, and the actors have all matured vocally. Rosario Dawson's voice is much easier to listen to than the original actress'. This also feels distinctly more like a soundtrack, where the original feels much more like a score.
The question is: which do you prefer?
 The Most Over-rated Broadway Show In All of History...Probably. February 22, 2006
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
Now I'm not saying that Rent isn't a good show, because it is. I'm just saying that it's not the prolific, ingenious work of art that everyone says it is.
Now I have seen Rent both onstage in New York and On Screen this past November so I know the story and that has nothing to do with why I think that it's overrated, well actually it does a little bit because dealing with aids is horrible I watched my aunt succumb to it a couple yeas ago and it's horrible but in RENT it seems that some of the characters are blaming the diseases for their problems when really it was their own stupid choices, (Excluding homosexuality because I don't know if that's a choice or not) but like MIMI, she chooses to be a stripper and to do smack and that's how she got Aids so it hard to feel sorry for her just like Rodger Who chose to do drugs with his girlfriend which is how he got it so it's like whatever.
As for the music while a lot of it is un-melodious and un- hummable, but not in a Sondheim like way just in an annoying way,
Standout songs are:
Rent
One Song Glory
Light my Candle
Today 4 U
You'll See
Tango: Maureen
Out Tonight
Another Day
Will I?
Santa Fe
We're Okay
Christmas bells
La Vie Boheme/ B
Seasons of Love/ B
Happy New Year/ B
Without You
Take Me or Leave Me
What You Own
Finale/ B
While Rent is a good show I think that the movie Philadelphia Dealt with the issue better. if you are looking for a topical relevant Musical the Rent probably isn't for you because of how dated it is , if you looking for some good music then sure get it and rock out to it.
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