Kinky Boots is a Broadway original cast album for the homonym musical Kinky Boots. It was released on May 28, 2013, less than two months after the show opened on Broadway.[1] It was produced by Cyndi Lauper, who wrote the songs, Stephen Oremus, the orchestrator and conductor, and William Wittman.[2] On release it premiered at number one on the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and number fifty-one on the Billboard 200 chart,[3] making it the highest charting Broadway cast recording since The Book of Mormon's album was released two years earlier.[4] Vocalists on the album include Stark Sands, Billy Porter and Annaleigh Ashford.
| Kinky Boots | ||||
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| Cast recording by various artists | ||||
| Released | May 28, 2013 | |||
| Length | 55:02 | |||
| Label | Masterworks Broadway | |||
| Producer | Cyndi Lauper | |||
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Before the album's release and the show's Chicago tryout beginning in October 2012, the song "Sex Is in the Heel" became the first Broadway song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard club charts in 25 years.[5] "Land of Lola" was released as a dance remix by Wayne G. & LFB in June 2013.[6]
Reception
editThe album received a favorable review in Playbill from Steven Suskin[7] and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[8]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Price and Son Theme / The Most Beautiful Thing in the World" | 6:20 |
| 2. | "Take What You Got" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Land of Lola" | 3:07 |
| 4. | "Charlie's Soliloquy" | 1:17 |
| 5. | "Step One" | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Sex Is in the Heel" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "The History of Wrong Guys" | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Not My Father's Son" | 5:57 |
| 9. | "Everybody Say Yeah" | 4:19 |
| 10. | "What a Woman Wants" | 3:54 |
| 11. | "In This Corner" | 4:56 |
| 12. | "Charlie's Soliloquy Reprise" | 0:49 |
| 13. | "Soul of a Man" | 3:22 |
| 14. | "Hold Me in Your Heart" | 3:04 |
| 15. | "Raise You Up / Just Be" | 6:09 |
References
edit- ^ ""Everybody Say Yeah": Kinky Boots Broadway Cast Album Released May 28". Playbill. May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "Kinky Boots Cast Album Coming Soon!". masterworksbroadway.com. Masterworks Broadway. March 8, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "Kinky Boots Broadway Cast Album Debuts at #1 on Billboard Chart". Playbill. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "Kinky Boots Debuts at No 1 On Billboard Cast Album Chart". Top 40 Charts. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ Ryzik, Melena (March 14, 2013). "So Unusual for a Theater Tunesmith". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (June 28, 2013). "Kinky Boots' "Land of Lola," With Billy Porter, Released as Dance Remix". Playbill. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ Suskin, Steven (August 4, 2013). "On The Record: The New Broadway Cast Album of Kinky Boots and Audra McDonald's "Go Back Home"". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (January 26, 2014). "Kinky Boots Wins Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album". Playbill. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.