I must preface this review by noting I was not much of a indigo girls fan before I bought this album.  However, my sense was that they were only on a bit of the album, and that I didn't actually despise them necessarily.
I am so dissapointed that I spent money on this.  The performances are  quite weak.  I don't think any of the people here have ever played the  characters in the Webber/Rice musical - for the most part, they project  very little personality.  I can't say much for the raw (especially vocal)  skills of the performers, either.
Based on the other reviews, I thought  I'd be getting a hip, reinvigorated, cutting edge verison of JCS.  Instead  I have this drab thing that drags on at a slow pace with warbling,  unprofessional singing.  Coming from the perspective of someone who just  wanted a great version of the musical, and not an Indigo Girls daydream  power-trip project, this is extremely dissapointing.  The few moments of  redeeming power do not make up for the overall weakness of this recording.  The performances are just unbelievably uninspired; I think none of the  people really got emotionally involved with the characters they were  singing for, and were too immersed in their own pop star or guitar-solo  egos.
On the positive side, it is difficult for anyone to ruin the best  songs Webber and Rice wrote for this; Damned for All Time is decent, among  one or two other passble renditions.
I must preface this review by noting I was not much of a indigo girls fan before I bought this album. However, my sense was that they were only on a bit of the album, and that I didn't actually despise them necessarily. I am so dissapointed that I spent money on this. The performances are  quite weak. I don't think any of the people here have ever played the  characters in the Webber/Rice musical - for the most part, they project  very little personality. I can't say much for the raw (especially vocal)  skills of the performers, either. Based on the other reviews, I thought  I'd be getting a hip, reinvigorated, cutting edge verison of JCS. Instead  I have this drab thing that drags on at a slow pace with warbling,  unprofessional singing. Coming from the perspective of someone who just  wanted a great version of the musical, and not an Indigo Girls daydream  power-trip project, this is extremely dissapointing. The few moments of  redeeming power do not make up for the overall weakness of this recording. The performances are just unbelievably uninspired; I think none of the  people really got emotionally involved with the characters they were  singing for, and were too immersed in their own pop star or guitar-solo  egos. On the positive side, it is difficult for anyone to ruin the best  songs Webber and Rice wrote for this; Damned for All Time is decent, among  one or two other passble renditions.