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Sean McDermott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 4, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jay Records
• ASIN: B00000IXJG
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,559 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight

2. Miss Saigon: Why God Why?

3. Company: Being Alive

4. West Side Story: Somethings Coming

5. Starlight Express: Starlight Express

6. Passion: Loving You

7. Miss Saigon: The Last Night Of The World

8. Falsettos: What Would I Do?

9. West Side Story: Maria

10. Jekyll And Hyde: This Is The Moment

11. The Pajama Game: Hey There

12. Grand Hotel: Love Can't Happen

13. Grease: Alone At The Drive-In

14. The Civil War: Tell My Father

15. Merrily We Roll Along: Good Thing Going

16. Rent: One Song Glory

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best CDs in my collection, December 20, 1999

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"timsgirl" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Broadway (Audio CD)

This is a magnificent CD by a wonderful performer. Sean sings all of his favorite Broadway numbers with passion. The CD is recorded very nicely by Jay Records and is enjoyable to listen to. I find it a great CD to work away while listening to it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Voices on Braodway, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Broadway (Audio CD)

This CD shows the range and beauty in Mr. McDermott's voice. This is a most for any Broadway fan. There is not one song on this CD that is not true to the heart of the show it comes from.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HELLO HOLLYWOOD: GIVE THIS GUY A JOB!, May 20, 1999

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RALPH PETERS (CLOVIS, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: My Broadway (Audio CD)

In his liner notes, Sean McDermott mentions longing for a film offer to complete his fulfilled-dream cycle. As a fan of several years, I hope his dream comes true, though judging by the current batch of bland, fair-haired airheads Hollywood is embracing lately, I'd say Mr McDermott is overqualified, as this remarkable CD attests.

Often one gets so involved with work and the rigors of daily life that it's easy to forget the healing power of art, especially music. That was my experience when I first played this disc and heard the opening tract--the overwhelmingly poignant, achingly beautiful performance of the now-standard "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?", a song for which I have never previously cared. As the disc progressed, I realized that is one of Mr McDermott's most important gifts--he makes familiar material seem fresh, as if he is experiencing the emotion of the lyrics for the first time, as thus is the listener. Even overexposed songs like "Something's Coming" and "The Last Night of the World" (a duet with criminally underrated Kim Criswell) sound new and alive in McDermott's performances. He also deserves extra points for not limiting the disc to standards only, but includes songs from "Falsettos" and "Rent", among others.

My deep thanks to Sean McDermott for reminding me of what I discovered many years ago in high school when I first heard Emmylou Harris singing "Here, There, and Everywhere": that there is nothing more beautiful, healing, or evocative than the sound of the human voice. If Hollywood is listening, Sean McDermott may be an entire reason to revive the modern film musical. This disc is a fine introduction to his astonishing talent and is most highly recommended.