Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording

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Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Cast recording by
the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2017 (2017-01-27)
RecordedDecember 9–15, 2016
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre
Length56:35
Label Atlantic
Producer
Pasek and Paul chronology
La La Land
(2016)
Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording
(2017)
The Greatest Showman
(2017)

In her review for The Northern Light , Abby Seeber wrote, "The music is incredibly universal and will no doubt stand the test of time". [26] Gramophone's Edward Seckerson wrote, "what really sets Pasek and Paul’s work apart is the emotional resonance of their melodies. The pop-rock nowness is painted in a contemporary funkiness, keyboards and guitars, acoustic and electric, dominating – but the soul of these songs is personal and timeless." [27]

A critic for The Diamondback wrote that "Dear Evan Hansen vocalizes another timeless struggle: a dorky teenager both desperate and terrified of fitting in. This time social media plays a central role, one that heightens and elevates the stakes. The original cast album, sounds like inside of a teenager’s mind: frantic, immediate, life-or-death, now-or-never. Songs build and explode and then fall to a hush in the same way a teenagers panic, jump to conclusions and incorrectly assume their complete isolation." [28]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Anybody Have a Map?"2:26
2."Waving Through a Window" Ben Platt 3:56
3."For Forever"Platt5:01
4."Sincerely, Me"3:42
5."Requiem"4:19
6."If I Could Tell Her"
  • Platt
  • Dreyfuss
4:08
7."Disappear"
  • Platt
  • Faist
  • Kristolyn Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Thompson
4:35
8."You Will Be Found"
  • Platt
  • Kristolyn Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Dreyfuss
6:00
9."To Break In A Glove"
  • Park
  • Platt
3:50
10."Only Us"
  • Platt
  • Dreyfuss
3:47
11."Good For You"
  • Jones
  • Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Platt
3:50
12."Words Fail"Platt5:51
13."So Big / So Small"Jones4:12
14."Finale"Platt1:35
Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Deluxe edition)
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Anybody Have a Map?"2:26
2."Waving Through a Window" Ben Platt 3:56
3."For Forever"Platt5:01
4."Sincerely, Me"3:42
5."Requiem"4:19
6."If I Could Tell Her"
  • Platt
  • Dreyfuss
4:08
7."Disappear"
  • Platt
  • Faist
  • Kristolyn Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Thompson
4:35
8."You Will Be Found"
  • Platt
  • Kristolyn Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Dreyfuss
6:00
9."To Break In A Glove"
  • Park
  • Platt
3:50
10."Only Us"
  • Platt
  • Dreyfuss
3:47
11."Good For You"
  • Jones
  • Lloyd
  • Roland
  • Platt
3:50
12."Words Fail"Platt5:51
13."So Big / So Small"Jones4:12
14."Finale"Platt1:35
15."Obvious" (Bonus track) Taylor Trensch 4:14
16."Hiding In Your Hands" (Bonus track) Mallory Bechtel 4:07
17."Part Of Me" (Bonus track)
  • August 2018 Broadway Cast
  • Original U.S. Tour Cast
5:06
18."In The Bedroom Down The Hall" (Demo)
  • Jones
  • Thompson
5:19
19."Disappear" (Acoustic)
2:32
20."Waving Through A Window" (Katy Perry version)Perry3:55
Total length:81:40

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [44] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Song certifications

List of songs, with selected chart positions and available certifications
TitleCertifications
"Waving Through a Window"
"Sincerely, Me"
  • RIAA: Platinum [45]
"You Will Be Found"

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