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Track Listings
| 1. Overture | |||
| 2. The Happiest Town | |||
| 3. The Brain | |||
| 4. Please Don't Touch Me | |||
| 5. Together Again | |||
| 6. Roll In The Hay | |||
| 7. Join The Family Business | |||
| 8. He Vas My Boyfriend | |||
| 9. The Law | |||
| 10. Life, Life | |||
| 11. Welcome To Transylvania | |||
| 12. Transylvania Mania | |||
| 13. He's Loose | |||
| 14. Listen to Your Heart | |||
| 15. Surprise | |||
| 16. Please Send Me Someone | |||
| 17. Man About Town | |||
| 18. Puttin' On The Ritz (Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin) | |||
| 19. Deep Love | |||
| 20. Frederick's Soliloquy | |||
See all 22 tracks on this disc
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Editorial Reviews
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Unlike The Producers, the musical version of Young Frankenstein was not met with critical adoration when it opened on Broadway in November, 2007. Mel Brooks had followed the same formula, transferring all of his own source movie’s famous lines and plot points to the stage, but oddly, the cast album works better than the stage production, which is indeed often lumbering. Brooks’ songs are still fairly derivative but here, undistracted by director Susan Stroman’s flat staging, you can focus more on Doug Besterman’s excellent orchestrations and on the adept cast itself. As Dr. "Fronkensteen," Roger Bart is much less grating than on stage, for instance. As Inga, Sutton Foster exhibits some mad yodeling skills in "Roll in the Hay" and sounds like a classic Broadway babe on "Listen to Your Heart." Megan Mullally (Elizabeth) sells "Please Don’t Touch Me," "Deep Love," and "Alone" (a bonus track cut from the show), while Andrea Martin (Frau Blucher) kills with the Brecht-Weill pastiche "He Vas My Boyfriend." And yes, Irving Berlin’s "Puttin' on the Ritz" is included, complete with monster grunts and a long tap passage in this extended version. The show may not be worth the hype, but the recording is a pleasant surprise. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Product Description
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster new musical comedy, based on the Oscar-nominated smash-hit 1974 film. A wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks' classic comedy masterpiece, the story follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life. Together with his oddly shaped and endearing helper Igor (that's Eye-gor), his curvaceous lab assistant Inga, and in spite of his incredibly self-involved madcap fianc‚ Elizabeth, Frankenstein succeeds in creating a monster: but not without scary and quite often hilarious complications.With such memorable tunes as 'The Transylvania Mania,' 'He Vas My Boyfriend' and Irving Berlin's classic 'Puttin' On The Ritz,', Mel Brooks' musical Young Frankenstein is scientifically-proven, monstrously good entertainment!
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
So how do you follow up "The Producers"? From the start, no matter how well the play is performed, it will always be compared to Mel Brooks's last play. "The Producers" was a critical and commercial smash, and it's hard to give a favorable comparison.
That being said, I felt the songs were underwhelming, lacking the punch of Brooks' earlier works on stage and in film. The lyrics range from the corny to the predictable, but that is not to say the score is without highlights.
Obviously "Puttin' on the Ritz" is by far the most enjoyable song. It's not a song by Brooks, but rather Berlin, and it succeeds in this context primarily to the monster's famous attempt to sing the title line. Other catchy songs are Sutton Foster gamily yodeling "Roll in the Hay," Andrea Martin's "He Vas my Boyfriend," and Megan Mullally's "Please Don't Touch Me," putting a fun twist on the we're-not-in-love song.
The lyrics are filled with double entendres that feel old, as if we've heard them several times before, most noticeably in "Deep Love." It has a very Borscht Belt style to it.
It's not a bad score, just not a very good one. They must hope that the love audiences have for the original film will carry over to the play.
That being said, I felt the songs were underwhelming, lacking the punch of Brooks' earlier works on stage and in film. The lyrics range from the corny to the predictable, but that is not to say the score is without highlights.
Obviously "Puttin' on the Ritz" is by far the most enjoyable song. It's not a song by Brooks, but rather Berlin, and it succeeds in this context primarily to the monster's famous attempt to sing the title line. Other catchy songs are Sutton Foster gamily yodeling "Roll in the Hay," Andrea Martin's "He Vas my Boyfriend," and Megan Mullally's "Please Don't Touch Me," putting a fun twist on the we're-not-in-love song.
The lyrics are filled with double entendres that feel old, as if we've heard them several times before, most noticeably in "Deep Love." It has a very Borscht Belt style to it.
It's not a bad score, just not a very good one. They must hope that the love audiences have for the original film will carry over to the play.
19 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By AJK
Format:Audio CD
Critical reviews of Mel Brook's new musical, "Young Frankenstein", have so far been mixed, but this seems to be somewhat of an expected backlash against Mr. Brooks. His first effort, 2001's "The Producers", was a runaway smash - winning a record number of Tonys and making any follow-up somewhat doomed. While I have yet to see the production (my tickets are for May), I find the score thoroughly enjoyable & a solid sophomore effort.
The amazing cast, led by Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Andrea Martin, sounds great. The score has a few weak links, but there are several terrific songs. Best tracks:
Please Don't Touch Me
Together Again
Roll In The Hay
Transylvania Mania
Listen To Your Heart
Puttin' On The Ritz (Irving Berlin's standard used in the 1974 film for which the musical is based)
Deep Love
The amazing cast, led by Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Andrea Martin, sounds great. The score has a few weak links, but there are several terrific songs. Best tracks:
Please Don't Touch Me
Together Again
Roll In The Hay
Transylvania Mania
Listen To Your Heart
Puttin' On The Ritz (Irving Berlin's standard used in the 1974 film for which the musical is based)
Deep Love
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Julio Lopez
Format:Audio CD
I guess Mr. Brooks wanted to repeat his previous hit (THE PRODUCERS)and emulate the successful parody achieved with SPAMALOT. These intentions have poor results in this musical which makes no honor to the classical movie directed by the same Mel Brooks.The songs are quite dull, the music sounds so old-fashioned and conventional that it seems you've heard all this - and better - before. I had great expectations with this album and I was convinced that the musical would be a sure candidate in the Tony race but, after hearing the album, I understand its absence from the nominees.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Young Frankenstein great fun
I hadn't appreciated that Mel Brooks was such a musical genius. We enjoyed seeing Y F on broadway but it was wild and noisy and a lot of the music was overshadowed. Read more
Published 12 days ago by garry jacobsen
5.0 out of 5 stars
great fun and clever lyrics
I saw this show when it was originally performed on Broadway.The music is upbeat and the lyrics are clever.I hope they revive the show someday
Published 5 months ago by B. Carney
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful surprise
Saw the show in Las Vegas and was hoping that one day there would be a dvd that would allow us to see and share the show with others. Great show. Thank you.
Published 20 months ago by Anthony T. Vercellone
5.0 out of 5 stars
Young Frankenstein
Learnt a lot from this musical CD> Will now be able to go ahead and put the show on the stage
Published 23 months ago by Milly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mel Brooks strikes again!!
Another great Mel Brooks production. This CD and the musical is as irreverent and totally inappropriate for anyone under 18. Read more
Published on November 29, 2010 by A. Laut
2.0 out of 5 stars
Got this as a gift for my cousin
When I was growing up, I went to see some of Mel Brook's moviesw, which were too "over the top" to be funny to me. In fact, I thought Brook's stuff was terrible. Read more
Published on November 11, 2010 by Faanchi Liu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Soundtrack is FANTASTIC!
Absolutely love this soundtrack and have been passing it around work. I'm glad I got it before seeing the show as it made the show that much more enjoyable. Read more
Published on June 25, 2010 by Ken J. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mel Brooks Does it Again!!!!!!!!!!!
It all started with "The Producers." Now, "Young Frankenstein!!!" What will Brooks think of next????
Let me start by saying, I love this soundtrack! Read more
Let me start by saying, I love this soundtrack! Read more
Published on February 4, 2010 by "The Cultured One"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, LOL
This is such great music and funny lyrics, we had such a great time at the musical I had to get the sound track.
Published on January 22, 2010 by DgBg100106
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fails to Put on the Ritz
With the hugely successful adaptation of THE PRODUCERS turned into one of the biggest (and most profitable), most popular, and critically praised Broadway musicals of all time, it... Read more
Published on June 17, 2009 by tvtv3
