Hairspray (2002 album)

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Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Soundtrack by Cast of Hairspray
Released August 13, 2002
Recorded June 29, 2002-July 1, 2002
Genre Pop
Length 59:45
Label Sony Records
Producer Marc Shaiman
Thomas Meehan
Professional reviews
Hairspray soundtracks chronology
Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1988)		 Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording
(2002)		 Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture
(2007)
This page is about the 2002 Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Broadway musical.
For the soundtrack of the 2007 film, see Hairspray (2007 soundtrack).
For the soundtrack of the 1988 original film, see Hairspray (1988 soundtrack)

Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2002 musical Hairspray. The show is an adaptation of the 1988 film of the same name. It features performances from the show's cast, which includes Harvey Fierstein, Linda Hart, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Clarke Thorell, Mary Bond Davis, Laura Bell Bundy, Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds, and Marissa Jaret Winokur as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad.

Contents

[edit] Album information

The cast recording contains seventeen songs from the musical, with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. The book for the musical is by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell. Hairspray's music is written and performed to conform to the story's 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and pop.

Sony released the recording on August 13, 2002 (ASIN: B00006AALQ).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Marc Shaiman and Thomas Meehan.

  1. "Good Morning Baltimore" – Tracy and Company (3:40)
  2. "The Nicest Kids in Town" – Corny and Council Members (2:36)
  3. "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" – Edna, Tracy, Velma, Amber, Prudy, and Penny (3:18)
  4. "I Can Hear the Bells" – Tracy (4:04)
  5. "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs" – Velma and Council Members with Tracy, Penny, and Little Inez (2:53)
  6. "It Takes Two" – Link and Tracy (3:06)
  7. "Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, and Company (3:57)
  8. "Run and Tell That!" – Seaweed, Little Inez, and Detention Kids (3:49)
  9. "Big, Blonde and Beautiful" – Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur, and Company (4:36)
  10. "The Big Dollhouse" – Female Company (3:15)
  11. "Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise)" – Tracy (1:34)
  12. "(You're) Timeless to Me" – Wilbur and Edna (4:09)
  13. "Without Love" – Link, Tracy, Seaweed, and Penny (4:26)
  14. "I Know Where I've Been" – Motormouth with Nadine and Company (4:01)
  15. "(It's) Hairspray" – Corny and Council Members (2:11)
  16. "Cooties" – Amber and Council Members (1:31)
  17. "You Can't Stop the Beat" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth, Amber, Velma, and Company (5:17)
  18. "Blood on the Pavement" (attached with "You Can't Stop the Beat") – Amber, Link, Velma, and Council Members (0:32)*

*Cut song, but it is included as a hidden song, playing after "You Can't Stop the Beat''

[edit] Vocalists

[edit] Main vocalists

[edit] Cameo vocalists

  • Shayna Steele (Welcome to the 60's, I Know Where I've Been)
  • Kamilah Martin (Welcome to the 60's)
  • Judine Richard (Welcome to the 60's)

[edit] Council Members

(The Nicest Kids in Town, (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs, (It's) Hairspray, You Can't Stop the Beat, Blood on the Pavement)

  • Peter Matthew Smith as Brad
  • Hollie Howard as Tammy
  • John Hill as Fender
  • Jennifer Gambatese as Brenda
  • Adam Fleming as Sketch
  • Shoshana Bean as Shelley
  • Todd Michel Smith as IQ
  • Katharine Leonard as Lou Ann

[edit] Credits

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