Shelter (1997 Studio Cast) [Cast Recording]

Nancy Ford (Artist), Gretchen Cryer (Artist), Ellen Foley (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Original Cast Record
• ASIN: B000004CST
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tune Up

2. The Last Days of Isaac

3. A Transparent Crystal Moment

4. My Most Important Moments Go By

5. Love, You Came to Me

6. My Most Important Moments (reprise)

7. Woman on the Run

8. Changing

9. Welcome to a New World

10. Woke Up Today

11. It's Hard to Care

12. Mary Margaret's House in the Country

13. Sleep My Baby

14. I Bring Him Sea Shells

15. She's My Girl

16. Like a River

17. Too Many Women in my Life

18. Goodbye Plastic Flowers

19. Sleep My Baby (reprise)

20. Goin' Home with My Children [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Romance! Music! Comedy! And ELLEN FOLEY!, February 1, 2000

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shelter (1997 Studio Cast) (Audio CD)

Live stage shows are an art form much overlooked in America; so finding this CD was a wonderful surprise, as it allowed me to enjoy something I wouldn't otherwise ever have a chance to see: a play starring my favorite actress, ELLEN FOLEY! I've always been more impressed with her acting (NIGHT COURT) than her singing (BAT OUT OF HELL) and this CD contains more of her presence and personality than any record I've heard her on! It's mainly the story of a woman who has 2 encounters with a man who, while he comes across as optimistic and uplifting on the surface, is really a self-destructive personality with problems of his OWN! (I could probably relate because I've met the type!) Highly entertaining; highly recommended! (Now if only someone would reissue her solo album, NIGHTOUT; or get her to do a new album... we can hope, right?)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ellen Foley Went Showtune Broadway Way, June 26, 2010

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gassy goon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shelter (1997 Studio Cast) (Audio CD)

Ellen Foley packed up and left doing rock albums after 3 excellent albums from 1979 - 1983. As well as having the major credits of being the female vocalist on Meatloaf's gigantic BAT OUT OF HELL, and working with Ian Hunter as well. This original cast album illustrates Foley's major career detour out of rock and into Broadway musicals. If you like her 3 albums, this isn't the same. Too bad that even with her acting credits on Night Court and smaller roles in Tootsie , Fatal Attraction and Married To The Mob that Ellen didn't continue recording music. That outlet was now in musicals such as Cats, Me and My Girl, and summer stock . She traded in her rock and roll pedigree for this schtick. A schizophenic post-rock career that her rock fans didn't follow. 1983 was 27 years ago. Even the background vocal guest shots don't add up to much. Think of some of the albums she should have made during that time. This CD isn't required listening for Foley fans unless you like show tunes for the middle agers.