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Title: This is NOT my kind of Company
Review: After reading all the praise for Doyle's reworking of "Sweeney Todd" and"Company," I can only surmise that everyone else was listening to different recordings other than from what I had heard. The sparse orchestration does not suit these powerful scores. As for these singers, they simply don't cut it. Maybe it's just that I'm accustomed to the original cast albums; for example, I think Len Cariou has one of the greatest singing voices in the business. Doyle's approach isn't fresh, it's just self-indulgent. It is simply a matter of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." In short, the Doyle's "Sweeney" and "Company" are bloody awful!!
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