The Confidence Man [Cast Recording]

Jim Steinman (Composer) (Artist), Ray Errol Fox (Lyricist) (Artist), Bobby Blume (Artist), Yancey Arias (Artist), Bruce Yeko (Artist), Jeff Olmsted (Artist), George Costacos Best (Artist), Norbert Leo Butz (Artist), Tom Christensen (Artist), Rayme Cornell (Artist), Jean Fox (Artist), Lauren Fox (Artist), Shani Glance (Artist), Andre de Shield (Artist), Mark Nadler (Artist), Terry Waldo (Artist), Julia Murney (Artist), Jamison Stern (Artist), Eric Michael Gillett (Artist), Thomas Stamet (Artist), LaChanze (Artist), Garrett Long (Artist), Chuck Cooper (Artist), Andrea Marcovicci (Artist), K.T. Sullivan (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Original Cast Record
• ASIN: B0000WN1YA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. New Orleans Is Comin' to Me

2. Pitch Penny

3. Such Heaps of Fine Friends

4. Edging Into Darkness

5. Methinks

6. Confidence

7. Nocturnally Yours

8. Pain Humbles

9. A Maiden is Only as Maiden As She Feels

10. Give Us This Day Our Daily Flesh (as used in the musical play "The Conf

11. Sanctimonious Sambo

12. Milady

13. A Soft-Handed Gentleman (It's Your Life)

14. Something of This Masquerade May Follow / Reprise: New Orleans Is Comin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Confidence Man, March 6, 2004

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Phyllis M. (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Confidence Man (Audio CD)

When a friend gave me "The Confidence Man" as a Christmas gift, he advised me that I would be in for a treat. I was somewhat skeptical since I had never heard of it, but since it was based on a Herman Melville novel, I was intrigued. And it had music by Jim Steinman. I liked the story, of course, and the music, but it was the lyrics (by Ray Eroll Fox) that captivated me. They are witty, literate and consistently surprising. I find something new to admire every time I listen. Anyone into American musical theater shouldn't be without this one!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great work from Jim Steinman, June 15, 2006

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David Marinich "Steinmanastic" (Indiana, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Confidence Man (Audio CD)

Jim Steinman, known for his operatic-style rock music (Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, etc.) has shown a more classic style of him in this one-of-a-kind musical. He takes several styles from the Civil War era and twists them with modern musical treatments.

You can hear many bits and pieces of music used in this album that Steinman uses much later in some of his rock songs, such as the intro to Making Love Out of Nothing at All, chorale phrases from The Future Ain't What it Used to Be and many others.

If you are a Steinman fan, this is a must!! Ray Earl Fox does a great job with the lyrics and they compliment the music to a tee.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it so much I got the rights!, May 25, 2004

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James P. Updike "Author / Director" (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Confidence Man (Audio CD)

Upon hearing this musical I loved it so much I went out and got the rights to direct it onstage this October in Cincinnati! I was always a fan of Jim Steinman's music, but I now also have a great respect for the lyrics of Ray Fox. Fox is a wordsmith much in the tradition of Stephen Sondheim, with intricate wordplay and quick patter. I would suspect that it was his early work with Fox on this project that led Steinman himself into developing into a world class, phrase twisting. lyricist himself. And of course you have Steinman's great ear for melody, but with a much different feel than his Rock music. A great lost treasure of American theater (come see it in October!)