The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Cast Recording]

Carol Hall (Composer), Ann-Margret (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ann-Margret
• Composer: Carol Hall
• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Fynsworth Alley/Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00005LZSJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,661 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 20 Fans

2. A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place

3. Girl, You're a Woman

4. Texas Has a Whorehouse in It

5. Twenty-Four Hours of Lovin'

6. Doatsy Mae

7. The Aggie Song

8. The Bus from Amarillo

9. Entr'ace

10. The Sidestep

11. No Lies

12. Good Old Girl

13. Hard Candy Christmas

14. A Friend to Me

15. Finale

16. A Friend to Me (bonus track performed by Carol Hall)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ann-Margret's Back! Was she ever really gone?, November 1, 2001

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Keith Scott (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Audio CD)

Having conquered film, television, and taking her Las Vegas styled show from Las Vegas to the stages around the world from Radio City Music Hall in New York to the China Theatre in Sweden I was curious as to how the Swedish American bombshell would handle the role of Miss Mona, the madam of a notorious whorehouse. All skeptics stand aside! The fiery red head with the sensuous song nails the score beautifully! Her rendition of A Friend To Me will melt your heart and bring tears to your eyes. Not to be missed is her beautiful renditions of The Bus From Amarillo and Girl, You're a Woman.

Having seen Ann-Margret live in concert in Toronto (5 times in the same week) and New York at Radio City Music Hall (her very last performance at RCMH) I have to say she is probably the most underrated singer and entertainer of our time. Ann-Margret's biggest hurdle to overcome in her career is her God given beauty. Behind the beautiful facade lies a multi-talented dynamo who delivers a tour de force performance on this recording. Four decades as a sex symbol and going strong! Who else but Ann-Margret could be touring as a madam of a bordello in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and release a gospel album at the same time?

AS for the rest of the recording. All I have to say is EVERYBODY does a great job on it. It is definitely better than the original Broadway cast recording and a definite must have for us die hard Ann-Margret fans! Buy it. You won't be disappointed. I will be first in line to buy a ticket if this production comes to Canada. Ann-Margret singing in Bob Mackie gowns. Now that's a whorehouse this gay man wants to visit! Love you Ann-Margret! God bless you and Roger and good luck!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the Whorehouse of the 21st Century, October 19, 2001

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T. J. Burzynski II "Theatre FREAK!!!" (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Audio CD)

This is a great CD. I bought it because the play with Ann-Margret is coming to Seattle and I had to sample it first. It includes all the songs and even a new one. The movie only had 7 of the songs from the play in it. I have the original 1978 cast recording on vinyl and I was happy to be able to have them on CD now. One of my favorite songs on this CD is "24 Hours of Lovin." Avery does a fantastic job with it. She gives it some soul. And "The Aggie Song" is pretty hillarious. Now even though Ann-Margret doesn't have all that of a singing voice, I still think she does her songs justice. And it was nice to hear the entire cast singing "Hard Candy Chritmas." So, I love this Cd and you should click on "Buy It" now!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars GHASTLY, GOD-AWFUL AND THOSE ARE THE KINDEST WORDS...., June 15, 2010

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Robert F. Powers "show maniac" (Quincy, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Audio CD)

....I can say about this sad, slapped together, make a quick buck tour starring Ann-Margret. Speaking of slapped all involved deserve a slap and Ann-Margret deserves a couple of slaps for signing on to this. Don't get me wrong, I love Ann-Margret(even had a secret crush on her in her Bye Bye Birdie days) but at 20 singing in a breathy, sex-kittenish baby voice-to some it might sound sexy--at 60+ using that same singing style-it sounds like asthma.

This review is really useless since it is now unavailable but if someone is ever crazy enough to re-release it. You Have been warned.

The original cast album is still the best and if you are a bit masochistic, I guess you could try The Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton lame version.