Rent

by Original Broadway Cast

Rent cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 August 1996
  • Label: DreamWorks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:06:16
  • Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Arif Mardin with Steve Skinner and recorded at Sorcerer Sound in early 1996, this two-disc set preserves the complete score sung by the original cast, including Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzel, and closes with a studio rearrangement of 'Seasons of Love' featuring Stevie Wonder. The album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200, an unusually high entry for a cast recording, and was certified double Platinum in 2003; the show had opened at the Nederlander Theatre on 29 April 1996 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, vocal, choral, melodic, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Tune Up #1 (0:50)
  2. Voice Mail #1 (0:36)
  3. Tune Up #2 (1:32)
  4. Rent (4:25)
  5. You Okay Honey? (1:41)
  6. Tune Up #3 (0:24)
  7. One Song Glory (2:43)
  8. Light My Candle (4:05)
  9. Voice Mail #2 (0:46)
  10. Today 4 U (3:29)
  11. You'll See (2:57)
  12. Tango: Maureen (3:28)
  13. Life Support (1:58)
  14. Out Tonight (3:48)
  15. Another Day (4:44)
  16. Will I? (2:29)
  17. On The Street (1:32)
  18. Santa Fe (3:12)
  19. I'll Cover You (2:28)
  20. We're Okay (1:22)
  21. Christmas Bells (6:04)
  22. Over The Moon (5:16)
  23. La Vie Boheme (8:00)
  24. I Should Tell You (3:00)
  25. La Vie Boheme B (1:54)
  26. Seasons Of Love (2:51)
  27. Happy New Year (3:24)
  28. Voice Mail #3 (0:50)
  29. Happy New Year B (3:56)
  30. Take Me Or Leave Me (3:43)
  31. Season Of Love B (1:06)
  32. Without You (4:21)
  33. Voice Mail #4 (0:32)
  34. Contact (2:07)
  35. I'll Cover You - Reprise (2:50)
  36. Halloween (1:48)
  37. Goodbye Love (5:57)
  38. What You Own (3:56)
  39. Voice Mail #5 (0:57)
  40. Finale (5:30)
  41. Your Eyes (2:20)
  42. Finale B (2:59)
  43. Seasons Of Love (4:26)

Credits

  • Jonathan Larson - primary artist, music by, lyrics by
  • Tim Weil - conductor, piano, synthesizer, supervised by [music supervision], arranged by [additional]
  • Anthony Jackson - contrabassoon
  • Jeff Potter - drums, percussion
  • Daniel A Weiss - synthesizer, guitar
  • Dominic Derasse - trumpet, trumpet [piccolo]
  • Aiko Nakasone - vocals [alexi darling, roger's mom]
  • Wilson Jermaine Heredia - vocals [angel schunard]
  • Robin Sloane - art direction [creative direction]
  • Spot Design - design
  • George Marino - mastered by
  • Michael O'Reilly - mixed by
  • Amy Guip - photography by
  • Joan Marcus - photography by
  • Arif Mardin - producer

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