Wicked: From the Hit Broadway Musical - Hits You Can Sing Too!
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Brand: Alfred PublishingPerformer: Karaoke Broadway
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Karaoke
CD Release Date: 2004-08-01
Music Label: Stage Stars
Product features:
- Karaoke
- No One Mourns the Wicked
- 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
- As Long As You're Mine
- No Good Deed
- For Good
Music reviews of Wicked: From the Hit Broadway Musical - Hits You Can Sing Too!
Music Review: Good karaoke CD and vocals, but Pocket Songs is better
Rating: 3 Stars
To be fair, if this were the only one Wicked Karaoke CD available, I probably would have given it a higher rating. I happened to buy both the Wicked Karaoke CDs (this one and the one from Pocket Songs), because there were some missing songs on both. This CD has the only copy of "No One Mourns the Wicked" and "Something Bad", while it lacks "Dear Old Shiz" and the reprise of "I'm Not that Girl", which the Pocket Song version has. So, to get everything, I bought both (I have quite a Broadway karaoke CD collection of just about everything that was made - it's great for my husband, who's a theatre teacher).
The instrumental background on this karaoke CD is fairly synthesized sounding. There are plenty of background instruments, but the main instrument sounds like a keyboard (kind of choppy as opposed to a smooth piano sound). Each song is complete, with every bit of lyric that is both sung and spoken to each song. I was amazed at how complete this CD was, since many other karaoke CDs have shortened versions to make it into a duet or solo. However, this CD includes everything on the original soundtrack (which will vary a bit from the Wicked sheet music, which adapts some songs such as "The Wizard and I" and "Wonderful" to be a solo). One drawback: the music seemed a little fast. It was slightly faster than the Broadway Cast Recording, which can throw you off if you're used to the tempo of the original. The complete lyrics are enclosed in the booklet, and on a CD-G karaoke player, all the words appear in color.
Now, for the vocal tracks. I was impressed. The guy who sung for Fiyero was pretty bad, and Galinda was just so-so (well, compared to Kristin Chenoweth, "who isn't?"). But Elphaba was quite good, and offered a few nice changes for someone who doesn't want to sing it exactly like Idina Menzel. The man who sung for the Wizard was, well, "Wonderful." He had that Joel Grey style without sounding just like him. Overall, I would not buy the CD for another version of the Broadway Cast Recording, but if you're looking for a good listen on how some new people sing the same songs, it's really not bad. It's not in stereo, of course, because you can turn down the volume on one side and get just the background, which helps you check if you're on-key or not.
Hope this wasn't too comprehensive, but I wanted to give a really detailed review so people knew exactly why this karaoke version may or may not be good for them. As I previously stated, I think the Pocket Songs has a better-sounding background than this 2 CD-set. But if you need the vocal tracks to help you practice, or if you need one of the songs that's only on this CD, then you should get it. It's still a very good karaoke CD.
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Description of Wicked: From the Hit Broadway Musical - Hits You Can Sing Too!
Wicked the Musical: Songs from the Broadway Musical 2 Karaoke CDGs. An accompaniment/karaoke 2-CD release of selections from the musical. Recorded in the original show key and tempo, two versions of each song are included+one with and one without guide vocals. The tracks are fully-orchestrated. This is a great rehearsal tBroadway & Vocalists CDs
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