Rent (albums)

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Rent
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Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 27, 1996
RecordedEarly 1996 (Sorcerer Sound)
Length126 minutes
Label DreamWorks
Producer Arif Mardin, Steve Skinner
The Best of Rent
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Cast recording
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999
Genre Show tunes
Label DreamWorks

Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is an album of music from the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1996 musical Rent . It is produced by DreamWorks with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. The album is a 2-disc (in its CD format) collection of every song from the musical; some small segments of narration and spoken dialogue from the play are not included in the recording. The collection ends with a studio-recorded rearrangement of the song "Seasons of Love" featuring Stevie Wonder. [1] The album was recorded by the original Broadway cast of RENT and was released on August 27, 1996. A second one-disc album was released in 1999 containing highlights from the original cast album. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Original Broadway Cast Recording

All tracks are written by Jonathan Larson

Disc One
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Tune Up #1" Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal 0:51
2."Voice Mail #1"Kristen Lee Kelly0:36
3."Tune Up #2"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal1:32
4."Rent"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs 4:25
5."You Okay Honey?"Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia 1:42
6."Tune Up #3"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal0:25
7."One Song Glory"Adam Pascal2:44
8."Light My Candle"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega 4:05
9."Voice Mail #2"Byron Utley, Gwen Stewart, Idina Menzel 0:46
10."Today 4 U"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal3:30
11."You'll See"Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin2:57
12."Tango: Maureen"Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker3:28
13."Life Support"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Gilles Chiasson, Timothy Britten Parker, Rodney Hicks 1:59
14."Out Tonight"Daphne Rubin-Vega3:49
15."Another Day"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega4:44
16."Will I?"Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal2:30
17."On The Street"Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia1:33
18."Santa Fe"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp3:13
19."I'll Cover You"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin2:29
20."We're Okay"Fredi Walker1:23
21."Christmas Bells"Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel6:05
22."Over The Moon"Idina Menzel5:16
23."La Vie Bohème"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs8:00
24."I Should Tell You"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega3:01
25."La Vie Bohème B"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker1:53
Total length:1:12:55
Disc Two
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Seasons of Love"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley2:52
2."Happy New Year"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia3:24
3."Voice Mail #3"Kristen Lee Kelly, Aiko Nakasone0:51
4."Happy New Year B"Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin3:57
5."Take Me or Leave Me"Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker3:43
6."Seasons of Love B"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs1:05
7."Without You"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal4:21
8."Voice Mail #4"Aiko Nakasone0:32
9."Contact"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker2:08
10."I'll Cover You (Reprise)"Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs2:51
11."Halloween"Anthony Rapp1:49
12."Goodbye Love"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin5:58
13."What You Own"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal3:56
14."Voice Mail #5"Aiko Nakasone, Byron Utley, Kristen Lee Kelly0:56
15."Finale"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Fredi Walker5:30
16."Your Eyes"Adam Pascal2:21
17."Finale B"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp2:53
18."Seasons of Love" (featuring Stevie Wonder) Stevie Wonder, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs4:26
Total length:53:32

The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album

  1. "Rent" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
  2. "One Song Glory" - Adam Pascal
  3. "Light My Candle" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  4. "Today 4 U" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  5. "Tango: Maureen" - Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker
  6. "Life Support" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Gilles Chiasson, Timothy Britten Parker, Rodney Hicks
  7. "Out Tonight" - Daphne Rubin-Vega
  8. "Another Day" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  9. "Will I?" - Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  10. "Santa Fe" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  11. "I'll Cover You" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin
  12. "La Vie Bohème" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
  13. "I Should Tell You" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  14. "La Vie Bohème B" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
  15. "Seasons of Love" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley
  16. "Take Me or Leave Me" - Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
  17. "Without You" - Daphne Ruben-Vega, Adam Pascal
  18. "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" - Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs
  19. "What You Own" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  20. "Finale B" - Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp
  21. "Seasons of Love (Arif Mardin's Remix)" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley

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References

  1. Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (August 27, 1996). New York, New York. Dreamworks. Retrieved on November 30, 2006
  2. The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (September 7, 1999). New York, New York. Dreamworks. Retrieved on November 30, 2006