Track Listing

1. Still Hurting
2. Shiksa Goddess
3. See I'm Smiling
4. Moving Too Fast
5. Part of That
6. Schumel Song
7. Summer in Ohio
8. Next Ten Minutes
9. A Miracle Would Happen/When You Come Home To Me
10. Climbing up Hill
11. If I Didn't Believe in You
12. I Can Do Better Than That
13. Nobody Needs to Know
14. Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14648 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

corrr wow
There are a lot of new productions tghat have come from broadway over the last few years but this has to be one of the best. I highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of musicals. It's a refreshing change from some of the rubbish that is being put out nowerdays. From the moving 'Still Hurting' right until 'Goodbye Until Tomorrow' I was gripped. The two performances from Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott are passionate and mesmerising. Im not going to tell you anything you don't need to know because all you need to know is THIS IS A MUST HAVE!

'

WowWowWOw!
This is absolutely the best thing I bought in a loooong time. The music catches your ear from the very first second and keeps you listening through it all. My emotions go up and down with the songs. I played it to my friends and they loved it as well and are going to order it asap. GET THIS ONE!

The future of musical theatre
The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's third show, is a truly modern musical. Cathy and Jamie tell the story of their relationship through fourteen wonderful songs; the twist is that she starts the story at the their relationship's break-up and works backwards, he starts when they first meet and proceeds forward in time. Their parallel narratives meet in the middle of the one-act show, in one of the most affecting numbers in the show, 'The Next Ten Minutes'.

The show uses a variety of musical styles, but never feels like parody. The songs are emotionally potent without ever slipping into gooey sentimentality (so unusual in a musical) and Brown's brilliant lyrics crackle with smart ironic humour. The foremost achievment of The Last Five Years however is its superb characterisation, given the potentially constrictive nature of the show's dramatic structure. By the end, you feel like you know Cathy and Jamie so well that you're desperate to know what happens to them next. Theirs is a genuine relationship with good times, bad times, indifferent times, and anyone who's ever been in love will find songs and episodes that resonate. Both the artists are excellent, making the CD a genuine experience, rather feeling like than a second hand rendition of the stage show.

Surely Brown is a genuine heir to Broadway heavyweights such as Sondheim and Schwartz. This CD represents a superb recording of a superb show from one musical theatre's most exctiting talents. If you want to hear the future of musical theatre, buy it.