Saturday Night Fever (1998 Original London Cast) [Cast Recording]

Peter Bishop, Saturday Night Fever (Related Recordings), Adam Garcia, Simon Greiff, Bee Gees

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Decca Broadway
• ASIN: B00000GAZM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #189,968 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The trend of making stage musicals out of dance movies from the late 1970s and early 1980s continues with Saturday Night Fever, which debuted with this London cast in 1998 and moved to Broadway in the fall of 1999. Like Footloose, SNF has the task of taking a score that was essentially background music and transforming it into songs performed by onstage characters. For example, "How Deep Is Your Love" becomes a romantic duet, and "If I Can't Have You" becomes Stephanie's (Tara Wilkinson) vow that she'll only dance with Tony (Adam Garcia). In addition to most of the familiar songs from the movie soundtrack, the cast recording adds some other Bee Gees hits ("What Kind of Fool," "Tragedy," "Immortality"). It's all a pleasant listen and a useful souvenir of the show, but those who just want to listen to the music might do just as well to stick with the original soundtrack--unless you're allergic to falsetto. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Beats The Original, May 22, 2001

By	Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)    (2008 HOLIDAY TEAM)

As the title implies, there is nothing like the original Bee Gees version of their own songs. The cast does a fair version of each number (actually better on the stage than on this CD), but dang it, if those high notes just don't ring true. The new songs "Immortaliy", "What Kind Of Fool" and "It's My Neighborhood" are well-fitted and make up for any flaws, but it just seems to lack something. The true stage produciton also has several more songs than the CD allows (?). If you love stage production numbers, you'll enjoy this, but don't go seeking true Bee Gees - it's not all in the words!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the Bee Gees, April 28, 2006

A Kid's Review

Yes that's right! How can you possibly better the 2nd biggest group since the Beatles? The answer - you can't. There are no interesting arrangements here, just a load of pointless revamps, which change hardly anything except the voices. Which makes you wonder why the even bothered recording this CD in the first place!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catch the Fever!, September 15, 2005

By	Marshall Dworkis "Broadway lover" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unfortunately, because the critics trashed the Broadway run of Saturday Night Fever, a Broadway recording was never made. Therefore we must settle on the London cast recording. However, I do not consider this purchase settling because it's just FANTASTIC. The voices are great. The music is great, and fun. The recording is super clear and you can hear the detail of every musical instrument used. My only complaint with the CD is most songs just fade out instead of ending as they did in the show. For some reason they didn't want to put the music written for the ending in the CD. My only guess was so because they wanted to leave the integrity of the songs intact and play what people know. If you like the sound of 3 men singing like women, this CD is not for you either. Lastly, if you know the show you will notice the tracks are out of order, in which they appeared in the show. This CD is great to listen to in the car. You find yourself singing along to familiar tracks. Wait till you hear track 6; Who's Sorry Now?, It's just incredible! I love this CD and highly recommend it to any Bee Gees fan and/or fan of the show and/or movie. Catch the Fever today before they are all sold out.