Hairspray (2002 album)


Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2002 musical Hairspray. The show is an adaptation of the 1988 film of the same name. It features performances from the show's cast, which includes Harvey Fierstein, Linda Hart, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Clarke Thorell, Mary Bond Davis, Laura Bell Bundy, Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds, and Marissa Jaret Winokur as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad. The cast recording earned the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Album information

The cast recording contains seventeen songs from the musical, with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman. The book for the musical is by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell. Hairspray's music is written and performed to conform to the story's 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and pop.
Sony released the recording on August 13, 2002.

Track listing

All tracks written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
  1. "Good Morning Baltimore" – Tracy and Company
  2. "The Nicest Kids in Town" – Corny and Council Members
  3. "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" – Edna, Tracy, Velma, Amber, Prudy, and Penny
  4. "I Can Hear the Bells" – Tracy and Company
  5. " Miss Baltimore Crabs" – Velma and Council Members with Tracy, Penny, and Little Inez
  6. "It Takes Two" – Link, Tracy, and Men
  7. "Welcome to the 60's" – Tracy, Edna, The Dynamites, and Company
  8. "Run and Tell That!" – Seaweed, Little Inez, and Detention Kids
  9. "Big, Blonde and Beautiful" – Motormouth, Little Inez, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur, and Company
  10. "The Big Dollhouse" – Matron, Edna, Velma, Tracy, Amber, Penny, Motormouth, Little Inez, Female Ensemble
  11. "Good Morning Baltimore " – Tracy
  12. " Timeless to Me" – Wilbur and Edna
  13. "Without Love" – Link, Tracy, Seaweed, and Penny
  14. "I Know Where I've Been" – Motormouth and Company
  15. " Hairspray" – Corny and Council Members
  16. "Cooties" – Amber and Council Members
  17. "You Can't Stop the Beat" – Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Wilbur, Motormouth, Amber, Velma, and Company
  18. "Blood on the Pavement" – Amber, Link, Velma, and Council Members *
*Cut song, but it is included as a hidden song, playing after "You Can't Stop the Beat''

Additional songs and score changes

As the soundtrack was recorded before previews in New York had begun, several songs in the stage show now differ from their respective recordings on the album, most notably " Miss Baltimore Crabs" and "Cooties".
In addition, certain musical numbers were excised for the cast album entirely, including "The Nicest Kids in Town " and "Velma's Revenge". "The Madison", another one of these numbers, occurs after " Miss Baltimore Crabs" and is sung by Corny and Company. The song, however, was included on the 2-Disc Collector's Soundtrack titled "Boink-Boink".

Personnel

Main vocalists

Miss Baltimore Crabs,

Year-end charts

Charts Peak
position
US Cast Albums'6