The Best Of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album (1996 Original Broadway Cast) Music

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Average Rating: Rating: - ALMOST THE BEST........... This CD is great if you're looking for just the "main" songs from RENT. While this soundtrack IS awesome, it's missing many other great numbers from this magnificent musical. What happened to "Over the Moon", "Christmas Bells", and "Your Eyes"?? My advice?! Buy the COMPLETE double cd set. It has 34 songs, plus lyrics and pictures.....everything you could possibly want. Plus you get EVERY song from RENT, not the "highlights". Anyways, this cd is good, but could be better. Why not buy the double cd instead?! It costs more, but you get more for your money!! Rating: - This is the RENT experience without the experience.... This CD is a great CD...of course any CD with La Vie Boheme on it is great!...but this CD is more what I'd call 'the experience without the experience.' It's like when you go to a sushi bar for the first time with a friend and order the Kappa Maki (which is a cucumber roll) because you don't want to try real sushi...you're getting a sushi roll, but not the 'real' stuff...the experience without the experience. In the same way, this is only a taste of the true beauty of RENT. If you're skeptical about buying the 2-CD full version of RENT...don't be. But if you're very skeptical and still want to buy this CD (which is great), I still support it. But in the same way as the sushi example, this isn't the 'real' RENT...it's just the Kappa Maki-or a cheaper version of the original. No, I'm not saying this CD is cheap by any means (nor that it's sushi...)...It's awesome! It has some of the best songs from RENT. But if you want even better, spend the extra money for an even more wonderful RENT! Enjoy! (LISTEN TO LA VIE BOHEME OVER AND OVER! ) Rating: - Missing Valuable Tracks The Best of Rent CD was the first introduction that I had to Rent, and I loved it dearly (to the point where it got so scratched up I couldn't play it anymore), but after listening to the full-blown two CD version, I must say that some of the best songs were omitted, or severely cut down, on Highlights. For example, "Your Eyes" was cut from the Highlights list. In my opinion (and the opinion of several friends), this is one of the most powerful love songs on Broadway, much less the single rock opera from which it was derived. "Over the Moon", Maureen's infamous performance song, was also cut. "La Vie Bohem" was trimmed down, beginning with Mark's eulogy about the Bohemian spirit, instead of from the very beginning. Even then, bits of the end of "La Vie Bohem A" were cut, heading for a not-so-smooth transition into "I Should Tell You". The remaining songs are still good, however, but if you are looking to capture the full Rent spirit, get the full album. In the long run, it will save you money.

The Best Of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album (1996 Original Broadway Cast) Music

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