Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album for the 2014 Broadway musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Released digitally on April 1, 2014 and physically on May 13, through Ghostlight Records, it featured the cast members performing the songs of Carole King in the Broadway show. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2015.
| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | |
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| Cast recording by original Broadway cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | |
| Released | April 1, 2014 |
| Recorded | February 27–March 3, 2014 |
| Studio | MSR, New York City |
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| Length | 54:02 |
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Background
editBeautiful: The Carol King Musical is based on the songs performed by Carole King and produced for Sony/ATV Music Publishing.[1] The album was announced by Ghostlight Records on February 13, which served as its publisher, and the songs were recorded at the MSR Studios in New York during period between February 27 and March 3, 2014.[2] The cast album featured 25 songs—"Oh Carol", "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Who Put the Bomp" and the reprised version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", were excluded from the track list.[3][4] Five songs from the album—Some Kind of Wonderful", "Walking in the Rain", "You've Got a Friend", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Beautiful"—were released exclusively through Entertainment Weekly on March 27, 2014.[3] The album was digitally released through ITunes and other digital formats on April 1, 2014 and in CDs on May 13, 2014.[4]
Commercial performance
editUpon its digital release, the album debuted as the number 1 cast recording on iTunes and ranked at 41st position overall.[5][6] At the Billboard 200 charts, the album debuted at number 60 and topped the Cast Albums chart, post the release of its physical versions.[7][8]
Time Out ranked this recording at 22nd place on the "best original Broadway cast recordings of the 21st century" list. Further, Chief Drama Critic and Theater Editor David Cote wrote, "The arrangements are lush and soaring, the sound is crisp, and superstar Jessie Mueller, as King, will break your heart."[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" | Beautiful Orchestra | 1:13 |
| 2. | "So Far Away" | Jessie Mueller | 1:42 |
| 3. | "1650 Broadway Medley" | Beautiful Ensemble | 2:00 |
| 4. | "It Might as Well Rain Until September" | Mueller | 1:47 |
| 5. | "Some Kind of Wonderful" |
| 3:02 |
| 6. | "Happy Days Are Here Again" | Anika Larsen | 1:05 |
| 7. | "Take Good Care of My Baby" |
| 1:38 |
| 8. | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Mueller | 3:06 |
| 9. | "He's Sure the Boy I Love" |
| 1:17 |
| 10. | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" |
| 2:25 |
| 11. | "Up on the Roof" |
| 2:12 |
| 12. | "On Broadway" |
| 2:11 |
| 13. | "The Locomotion" |
| 2:11 |
| 14. | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" |
| 3:18 |
| 15. | "One Fine Day" |
| 2:50 |
| 16. | "Chains" |
| 1:44 |
| 17. | "Walking in the Rain" |
| 2:20 |
| 18. | "Pleasant Valley Sunday" |
| 2:06 |
| 19. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | Spector | 1:59 |
| 20. | "Uptown" |
| 1:36 |
| 21. | "It's Too Late" |
| 2:47 |
| 22. | "You've Got a Friend" |
| 2:38 |
| 23. | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" |
| 2:10 |
| 24. | "Beautiful" |
| 2:42 |
| 25. | "I Feel the Earth Move" |
| 2:03 |
| Total length: | 54:02 | ||
Chart performance
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Accolades
edit| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Musical Theater Album | Won | [17] [18] [19] |
References
edit- ^ Lunden, Jeff (March 27, 2014). "Jukebox Heroes? How Broadway Musicals Add Up for Sony/ATV". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Gioia, Michael; Hetrick, Adam (February 13, 2014). "Ghostlight Records Will Record Broadway's Beautiful: The Carole King Musical". Playbill. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ a b Snetiker, Marc (March 27, 2014). "'Beautiful': Listen to the cast album from the Carole King musical". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Hetrick, Adam (May 13, 2014). "Cast Album of 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' Hits Stores May 13". Playbill. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ Rooney, David (April 4, 2014). "Carole King Checks Out 'Beautiful' (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
The original cast recording was released digitally last week, debuting as the No. 1 cast album on iTunes.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (April 4, 2014). "Carole King Sees 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' for the First Time". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
And the cast recording, released digitally on Tuesday, debuted as the No. 1 cast recording on iTunes and the No. 41 album over all on iTunes.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (May 21, 2014). "The Black Keys Earn First No. 1 Album, Michael Jackson Debuts At No. 2". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (May 21, 2014). "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Cast Album Places Strong on Billboard Top 200". Playbill. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Cote, David; Feldman, Adam (September 26, 2016). "25 best original Broadway cast albums of the millennium (so far)". Time Out. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Billboard 200: Week of May 31, 2014". Billboard. May 31, 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Soundtracks: Week of May 31, 2014". Billboard. May 31, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2015". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2016". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ Ann Oldenburg (December 5, 2014). "2015 Grammy nominations roll out". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2015 – as it happened". BBC Sport. February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2015: winners and performances – as it happened". The Guardian. February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.