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Title: Yuck! Go buy the individual albums!
Review: Until the 2000 revival album comes out (cross your fingers...) just go out and buy the original cast albums. This was a big disappointment for me. As other reviewers have pointed out, Rachel York steals the show while the rest of the ensemble is mediocre or worse. Julie Andrews has got a great voice, but she should stick to Richard Rodgers songs. The orchestrations are horrific (the instrumental openings to 'Rich and Happy' and 'Merrily We Roll Along' are awful--and what's more, they occur more than once!). Also, I detest any revue that changes the lyrics of the original songs, and this revue does that a lot. Further, this review neglects arguably the two best songs in Merrily--Not a Day Goes By, and Good Thing Going. Until the superior 2000 cast recording comes out, steer clear of this revue. Even Rachel York can't save this album.
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