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Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition | 
| Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Brian May., Phil Ramone., Idina Menzel, Leann Rimes, Delta Goodrem
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $12.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 527
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001212772
UPC: 602517827769
EAN: 0602517827769
ASIN: B001G788Q4
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | No One Mourns The Wicked | | • | Dear Old Shiz | | • | The Wizard And I | | • | What Is This Feeling? | | • | Something Bad | | • | Dancing Through Life | | • | Popular | | • | I'm Not That Girl | | • | One Short Day | | • | A Sentimental Man | | • | Defying Gravity | | • | Thank Goodness | | • | Wonderful | | • | I'm Not That Girl | | • | As Long As You're Mine | | • | No Good Deed | | • | March Of The Witch Hunters | | • | For Good | | • | Finale "Wicked" |
Disc 2
| • | For Good | | • | I'm Not That Girl | | • | Making Good | | • | Solang ich dich hab | | • | Gutes tun | | • | Dancing Through Life | | • | Popular | | • | Defying Gravity [Dance Mix] |
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Product Description
A COLLECTOR S MUST HAVE!
The 5th Anniversary Special Edition (complete with rare photographs and a special WICKED history timeline) contains two CDs and two companion booklets. CD1 is the Grammy award winning original cast recording. CD2 features 8 NEVER BEFORE HEARD bonus tracks, including newly recorded pop duet by superstars LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem; pop recording by WICKED star Kerry Ellis arranged and produced by Queen's Brian May; A rare song cut from the initial backers "workshop" of WICKED, performed by original workshop actress Stephanie Block and composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz on the piano; tracks from the German and Japanese language productions of the show. Companion booklet includes wonderful photos and new essay by Stephen Schwartz.
Album Description
5th Anniversary Special Edition soundtrack of Broadway's Wicked includes 27 tracks with special bonus disc, featuring 2008 recorded duet 'For Good' by superstars LeAnn Rimes and Australia's Delta Goodrem, produced by Phil Ramone. Pop version of'I'm Not That Girl', produced by legendary Queen member Brian May. WICKED Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel in a dance mix version of her signature song 'Defying Gravity'. Plus 'Making Good' cut from original production with composer Stephen Schwartz on the piano.A Collector's Must Have. The Original Grammyr recording is one of the most successful cast albums in history having sold 1,600,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
This CD is positiveley.....emerald! October 28, 2008
Ari Magen (elkins park PA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This contains 2 discs. The first disc is the Original Broadway Cast,which won a Grammy Award. The music and lyrics were composed by Stephen Schwartz. The cd features Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristen Chenoweth as Galinda, Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero, and the rest of the Wicked Cast.
The second disk has 8 tracks. LeAnn Rimes, Delta Goodrem, Kerry Ellis, Stephanie J. Block, and Idina Menzel; lend their voices to 3 remixed Wicked songs. 1 recording, Making Good, featuring Stephanie J. Block, is a never before heard original audio of her singing a song while working with Stephen Schwartz.Idina Menzel sings a fantastic remixed version of Defying Gravity that will give you chills.
The rest of the songs are from the German cast recording (As Long As Youre Mine, No Good Deed) and the Japanese cast recording (Dancing Through Life, Popular). Hearing these beloved songs translated is quite entertaining.
The case is beautifully redesigned with new pictures and a new booklet in addition to the original booklet. It also has a Wicked time line on the case chronicling the musicals last 5 years.
This is A MUST for any die hard wicked fan!!!
Maybe the driver saw Green and thought it meant Go. November 6, 2008
Papichulo (Chicago, IL)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I downloaded the new songs from iTunes since I already own the album and didn't want to have two copies. Also with the iPod I never really look at CD booklets anymore. I'll be talking about the new songs on Disc 2
1. "For Good" is a beautifully redone here with LeeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem. I've never heard of the latter singer but she sings very nice. I could hear this song on Adult Contemporary stations around the country. This version does not stray much from the original Broadway version.
2. "I'm Not That Girl" is sung by Kerry Ellis. This version is more "rocky" with a guitar and drum heard throughout. An extra line at the end of the song "I'm gonna pray that maybe someday I'll be that girl" I'm not sure how I feel about that. I suppose as a stand alone track it works, but in the musical, Elphaba does not believe her and Fiyero could be together at that point.
3. "Making Good" by Stephanie J Block the original Elphaba before she was let go and replaced by Idina, and then later rehired. This song is an early version of "The Wizard and I" (One of My Favs) in fact the last verse is almost exactly like "The Wizard and I." It's simply Stephanie and the piano. It's a great song and nice to hear what it originally came out as.
4. Tracks 4-7 are in other languanges, the music is exactly the same as the original cast CD
8. "Defying Gravity" is a remix is taken from a Maxi CD Single released by Idina Menzel, it's available here at Amazon (1 radio mix and 5 remixes!). The remix is nice, but Idina's vocals were re-recorded and in my opinion don't have as much oomph as the Broadway musical vocal. Also it does NOT feature the adorable Kristin. But if you want to dance this track is very danceable.
Can't wait til they make a movie of this wonderful Musical. I saw it in Chicago August 2006 and liked it so much I got a part-time job at the theater just so I could see it over and over and over again. For me Kristy Cates, Kristoffer Cusick and Stacie Morgan Lewis are THE cast of Wicked.
!!!!!!Super Great!!!!! October 29, 2008
Ralph Lobaito (warren MI, USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just got i just opend itand now i am listening to it it is awsome i thought it would just have the original cast recording and the bonus songs with like one more picture or something it comes with a book full of pictures and the lyrics book from the origninal cd i am very happy with this it is wonderful
LeAnn and Delta are amazing October 29, 2008
Patrick (Wisconsin, USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this for the LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem song. It's simply amazing. They sound beautiful together
Wickedly Amazing December 6, 2008
Joel Rosenblatt (Long Island, New York)
When we saw Wicked for the first time , it was the day after it opened in NY. It was Halloween night in 2003. We had no idea what to expect. Seeing Idina Menzel As Elphaba, was a jaw dropping experience. We just couldn't wait for the cd to be released on Dec 16. Since then we have seen the show 4 more times, and have gone to every Wicked Day.
After hearing that a new cd was being released for it's fifth anniversary,
we were thrilled. Now that we've listened to it, a gazillion times, We can't wait for the tenth anniversary.
This is an amazing cd, hearing songs in Chinese and German is a thrill, and hearing the dance mix, just wants to make you ,ah, uhm, gee..........
defy gravity!!!!
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