Customer Reviews

Chicago (Music from the Hit Stage Play and Movie)

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Maybe is the midi-like keyboard instead of a band, the performances that sometimes are good or even stage caliber on the vocal side but most of the times they lack of the "character spirit", or how they ended adding small parts of the Broadway Revival album (like the Hunyak speech on the Cell Block Tango) but after hearing this album you are totally puzzled for the lack of information about the performers, and how good this album could be if they'd fixed the metioned problems.

Only knowing that it was recorded in London in December of 2001 from a 'Live' performance (that actually could be a "one-take session on a studio" performance), when in some moments the female leads sounded a bit like the West End stars, Ute Lemper as Velma and Ruthie Henshall as Roxie, and in others it seems that just one lady is doing all the parts in the Cell Block Tango, and just one man did We Both Reached For The Gun (including the Mary Sunshine and Roxie parts), the MIA liner notes and not being listed on the label's website give to much room for speculation, you can even think is a sort of a demo recording, if you want to listen to something different and you're a die-hard Chicago fan, give it a chance.

I actually thought this was a very good budget release: having already bought the DVD, soundtrack from the movie, and original cast recording, I still wanted more: this CD is an entertaining re-record of the popular hits...sure, the cast is unknown, but I enjoyed this CD, especially at the super-cheap price: worth checking out if you are a big Chicago fan!

This purchase was totally not what I expected. I thought it was the movie soundtrack but it is from a theater production. So if you are wanting a CD from the movie soundtrack, this is not for you! There is absolutely nothing wrong with the actual CD and the shipping was on time. I just was expecting a CD from the movie soundtrack and it was probably my own fault for not looking harder in the details.

junk! just gave my 16 yr old daughter for valentine's day and she cried when she played it! The ad listed all the actor's that she loved to "mimic." I will never trust or buy anything used through Amazon again. THIS is a horrible CD! and shame on Amazon for sponsoring such a sham!