Having seen the show in London earlier this year, I can honestly say that I have not enjoyed myself in a theatre as much as I did that evening. I was a little dubious that the music on the CD would live up to the memory of seeing it live, but I was very much mistaken.
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Innuendo - Freddie Mercury & Wwry Ensemble Radio Ga Ga - Ga Ga Kids I Want To ... more
Break Free - Galileo & Scaramouche Somebody To Love - Scaramouche And Teen Queens Killer Queen - Killer Queen & Yuppies Play The Game - Killer Queen &am...
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Since opening at the Dominion Theatre in London's West End in May 2002 We Will Rock You ... more
has become one of the most successful musicals in recent memory. Written by acclaimed comedian and TV scriptwriter Ben Elton and based around the music of Queen We Will Rock You tell the story of a future Earth where globalization has eliminated all creativity and idiosyncrasy. It's a safe happy Ga Ga world - unless you want to be a rebel or you want to rock. In this future nightmare world now named Planet Mall all musical instruments are banned and a huge corporate entity called Globalsoft employs computers to compose anodyne ditties for manufactured boy and girl bands to perform and consumers to download. Hits are scheduled years in advance and talent is dead. Sound familiar? Yet there is resistance to this parlous state of affairs. Led by a boy called Galileo and a girl called Scaramouche a party of rebels called the Bohemians look to overthrow the oppressive corporation and return to a rock & roll golden age called the Rhapsody - a time before plastic pop when musicians composed and played their own songs. Will Galileo lead the Bohemians back to the wonders of the Rhapsody or will the Ga Cops capture our hapless hero drag him before the Killer Queen and consign him to oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rye? Containing the full unexpurgated script and song lyrics and featuring hundreds of striking photographs this fully official book captures the magnificence of We Will Rock You and is a tremendous definitive souvenir for the near-million people who have seen the show - and the many more fans of Queen.
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Advantages: Good quality, excellent music and lyrics Disadvantages: Much of the script often recorded too
...For example "And everything we want to get, we download from the internet" might sound a little odd to the uninitiated!
It should be noted, that almost all of the great Queen songs are on there, and the singers make a fantastic effort to live up to Freddie's amazing vocal range, even if they do occasionally share that mammoth task! I can wholeheartedly recommend buying this CD, you will not regret it!
***UPDATE*** ...only to change what I put in the disadvantages section, and to change the star rating from 5 stars to 4. The review content has not been change as although I feel I could do it better now, I feel it's important to leave it as it was and learn from it. Check out my review on the show itself for what I really think of it! ... more
Having seen the show in London earlier this year, I can honestly say that I have not enjoyed myself in a theatre as much as I did that evening. I was a little dubious that the music on the CD would live up to the memory of seeing it live, but I was very much mistaken.
Being an avid Queen fan, I was impressed by the alterations made to the words of the songs, so I was glad to hear that those words could easily be heard on the recording. In fact, I have since been able to learn those words as I've listened to the CD so many times!
The only thing that I do not like about the recording, is that sometimes there is a little bit of the acting recorded at the beginning or at the end of a track. I would have preferred either that they had sung the music separately, without performing, or they could have recorded the entire performance; the mix and match approach is less effective.
Saying that, I consider this CD a good buy, since it always reminds me of how much I enjoyed the show. If you haven't seen the show itself then do! It would be extremely confusing to listen to the altered words with no concept of the storyline. For example "And everything we want to get, we download from the internet" might sound a little odd to the uninitiated!
It should be noted, that almost all of the great Queen songs are on there, and the singers make a fantastic effort to live up to Freddie's amazing vocal range, even if they do occasionally share that mammoth task! I can wholeheartedly recommend buying this CD, you will not regret it!
***UPDATE***
I have since edited this review, but only to change what I put in the disadvantages section, and to change the star rating from 5 stars to 4. The review content has not been change as although I feel I could do it better now, I feel it's important to leave it as it was and learn from it. Check out my review on the show itself for what I really think of it!
Advantages: Gr8 Music Good work out Songs! :) Disadvantages: Nothing :D
...the days of our lives, we will rock you, we are the champions, we will rock you (fast version) & bohemian rhapsody. I went to see Lion King and bought the sound track for that and i felt because i knew the songs that it made the whole performance better! The price that it is selling for is really good and exceptionally reasonable!
I would anyday buy this product because i think it is amazing. I didnt particularly like Queen before but now im like ... ...to the song actually names we will rock you.
Boxing on the Wii is amazing to do so if any of use out there have a Wii i seriously recomend spending a tiny sum of money and get yourselfs down to a shop and buying this, and the boxing on wii sports is the best one because it is usually very tiring but with the music its good. Personally my favourite songs are...
obviously we will rock you...i want to break free...and...i want it all!
Well to tell ...
HAAANAAAH 08.05.2008
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Product details
Title
We Will Rock You
Performer
Original Cast Recording
Genre
Soundtracks
Sub Genre
Show
Release Date
26/05/2003
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2003
Label / Distributor
Parlophone / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Producer
Justin Shirley-Smith
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
724358493825
Catalogue Number
5849382
Additional notes
Album Notes
Original London Cast: Alexander Hanson, Tony Vincent, Nigel Planer, Hanna Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke, Nigel Clauzel, Kerry Ellis. Recording information: Dominion Theatre, London , England (07/12/2002 - 07/13/2002).
Titles on disc 1
1.
Innuendo
2.
Radio Ga Ga
3.
I Want To Break Free
4.
Somebody To Love
5.
Killer Queen
6.
Play The Game
7.
Under Pressure
8.
Kind Of Magic
9.
I Want It All
10.
Headlong
11.
No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
12.
Ogre Battle (instrumental)
13.
One Vision
14.
Who Wants To Live Forever
15.
Flash
16.
Seven Seas Of Rhye
17.
Don't Stop Me Now
18.
Another One Bites The Dust
19.
Hammer To Fall
20.
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
21.
We Will Rock You
22.
We Are The Champions
23.
We Will Rock You (fast version)
24.
Bohemian Rhapsody
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