Dreamgirls

Very pleased! Superior to the movie

I have to admit, this soundtrack is far superior to the movie's. The only reason why I am not giving this 5 stars is because the only person in the movie who outshines his original counterpart on THIS CD is Eddie Murphy. He outdoes Cleavant Derricks by far as the character "Jimmy Early." But everybody else in the original cast sings with so much more vigor, energy, emotion, etc. The movie cast sounds way too pop, way too produced, too soft. I did not grow up listening to this musical, seeing as how I saw the movie before buying the original soundtrack, but for the first time, I like the original better (except for Eddie Murphy. Eddie is AWESOME and WILD).

Another reason why this doesn't quite get 5 stars is because this soundtrack is missing quite a few songs that were in the original play but not on here:

"I'm Looking For Something" (in the movie)
"Goin' Downtown" (which is in the movie)
"Takin' The Long Way Home" (in the movie)
"Party Party" (not in the movie nor the movie soundtrack. This is song where Lorrell begins her affair with Jimmy)
"I Want you Baby" (in the movie)
"Heavy" (in the movie)
"Love Love Me Baby" (in the movie)
"One More Picture Please" (not in the movie nor the movie soundtrack. Deena tells Curtis she wants to be come an actress. This particular subplot is portrayed in the film.)
"Got to Be Good Times" (not in the movie nor the movie soundtrack. This is sung by "The Five Tuxedos" right before Jimmy Early goes onstage to do his performance of "I Meant You No Harm" and then "The Rap." "Got To Be Good Times" has been replaced with "Perfect World," which is sung by a Jackson 5 imitation group in the movie).

So, if you want to experience this musical in it's entirety, you are probably going to have to find a bootleg recording or see it off-broadway or something. I know this soundtrack has an extra 3 songs that they didn't include before, but what about the leftover 9?

Oh well, I'm sure in about a decade we'll be able to finally listen to the COMPLETE musical, but in the meantime, if you want to experience as much as you can, see the movie, then buy both soundtracks. The movie soundtrack has somethings written that were never in the original play. May 1, 2007

THE ORIGINAL DREAMGIRLS

WHAT CAN YOU SAY? ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL AND IRREPLACEABLE! IF YOU LIKE THEATER, YOU MUST HAVE THIS! April 6, 2007

GLORIOUS

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE IT REMIXED AND WITH SOME BONUS TRACKS AND KARAOKES AS WELL. WISH THE COULD DELIVER THE WHOLE SHOW IN TWO CDS OF THIS VERSION.
March 20, 2007

Dreamgirls with added tracks from the orginal stage version

I was surprized and felt very lucky when I saw this special version. YOu get three bonus tracks in this package, and it brings back great memories. The broadway original cast is far superior to the movie cast. In this cd you get that whole 15 minutes during the I'm telling you sequence starting with Jimmy's riding in singing "Driving Down the Strip" all the way through the fight sequence of "it's all over" straight into "And I am Telling YOU". You also get the finale where Effie joins the Dreams to sing Dreamgirls, which was left off the original cast album. One thing that is a joy is to get to hear Lorretta Devine sing "Ain't No Party" which was cut from the movie( Lorrell has no solo in the movie). Unlike the concert version where you get the whole score and show, but other than Lilias White the whole show is miscast, the original cast is the best by far for knowing what the show should sound like. There is a bonus cd with click tracks for singing with certain numbers for the show and a bonus disco version of Jennifer Holiday singing "And I Am Telling You" which was tremedously popular. February 27, 2007

Dreamgirls

the key in which the songs were in was not posted in the description. The quality of the tracks were great except for he fact that there was not possibility of selecting a higher or lower key for the songs. February 19, 2007

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