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Legally Blonde (2007 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Laurence O'keefe, Nell Benjamin, Laura Bell Bundy, Christian Borle, Orfeh, Richard H. Blake, Kate Shindle
Label: Ghostlight
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 871
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 84423
UPC: 791558442328
EAN: 0791558442328
ASIN: B000R7I3NW
Release Date: July 17, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Omigod You Guys | | • | Serious | | • | What You Want | | • | The Harvard Variations | | • | Blood In the Water | | • | Positive | | • | Ireland | | • | Ireland | | • | Serious | | • | Chip On My Shoulder | | • | So Much Better | | • | Whipped Into Shape | | • | Take It Like a Man | | • | Bend And Snap | | • | There! Right There! | | • | Legally Blonde | | • | Legally Blonde | | • | Medley: Find My Way/Finale |
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Like Wicked, this show is a girl-friendly extravaganza; the main difference--and it's a big one--is that the score of Legally Blonde is better. Based on the hit Reese Witherspoon movie, the zippy, frothy show tells the story of SoCal, pink-loving sorority girl Elle Woods, who enrolls at Harvard Law and goes on to prove that appearances can be deceiving. The opening number, "Omigod You Guys," gives an idea of what the Broadway-pop score by Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy--The Musical) and Nell Benjamin is up to, embracing its over-the-top cheer with goofily infectious energy. Sure, a couple of numbers feel a bit derivative (the show with the witches has "Popular," this one has "Positive"), and the Celtic detour ("Ireland") is rather puzzling, but overall the songs are firing on all cylinders. Just check out the use of a marching band on "What You Want" for instance. Laura Bell Bundy (Amber von Tussle in Hairspray) is a charming Elle, and she delivers numbers such as "So Much Better" with the requisite elan. But this is not a one-woman show, and Bundy is surrounded by a crack team, including the endearing Christian Borle as Elle's love interest Emmett, power-piped Orfeh as hairdresser Paulette and up-and-comer Leslie Kritzer as Delta Nu's Serena. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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 High-Spirited and Fun August 29, 2008
While not destined to go down as one of Broadway's all-time great scores, "Legally Blonde" is enjoyable to listen to, and this recording nicely captures the spirit and energy of the show.
For fans of the MTV "Search for Elle Woods" program, you might want to download contest winner Bailey Hanks' recording of "So Much Better" to go along with Laura Bell Bundy's original performance of that excellent song.
legally blonde help August 26, 2008
Can someone please tell me the order of the songs that are played in the musical on tv?? I am trying to download all the songs to watch it as a video. Please e-mail me at jessmovie1222@yahoo.com
Thanks
 Illegally Blonde August 26, 2008
Like "Wicked" it is girl friendly, and that is where the similarities completely end. Anyone saying that the score for this show is better than "Wicked" is a Sondheim hater; has bad taste or doesn't like the fact that he got his material from a book (remember those) instead of a movie. What is it with all these adaptions of movies lately! Read books people or come up with original stories. What a novel idea!
I listened to this at my good friend's house, after her 11 year old daughter kept pleading me to listen to it, knowing that I love musicals. After her saying "Oh my God!" like an American, (nothing against Americans but I like to hear an Aussie accent coming out of the mouths of Aussie children.), I should have known that that was a bad omen of what was to come. After listening to the score, I now have a permanent wrinkle between my eyebrows that only botox can get rid of; during the whole score I just kept thinking "It's going to get better. Any moment now. Please get better!", swiftly followed by "WHY???"; and I now realize that my good friend's preteen daughter has NO taste! All I could do was look at my good friend and shake my head. She kept saying it was her husband's fault.
To be honest I really don't know where to start with this show. It was so wrong on so many levels. Ok let me put it this way. If this show was done as a high school production, and written by a teen trying to break into the musical world I would applaud it. But the fact that this a proffessional show by people in the business: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??
The music style.....well, what style. It's just a mismash of 80's, disco, and whatever other style they could get their hands on. Even the "Pirate (Irate) Queen" Irish Style gets a look in.
There is nothing in this score that even moves Elle's character. And if you think "So Much Better" is that song, think again. It is just Pop Junk that does not endear you to Elle's transition from dumb blonde to dumb blonde with a cause.
I can see the line up of young girls lining up for this show and buying the album, but I just hope that when they grow up they will think "Why did I ever like this?"
Parent's do your daughters a favour and go down the road a bit and see "Xanadu". The movie was bad but the music was great. And it has been lovingly ressurected as a wonderful Musical comedy that puts this score to shame. Whereas "Legally Blonde" was a fun movie, but has been turned into a bad musical.
 Go Bailey! August 21, 2008
Bailey Hanks is awesome. She does a great job with this song, not to mention the rest of the songs from the musical. This songs has such meaning (confused? watch the movie at the scene when Elle sees her name on the list, listen to the song, you'll get it). Bailey really gets the point across. Go Bailey!
Legally on time! August 10, 2008
The legally blonde CD is the funniest soundtrack from a Broadway musical that I've ever heard. I enjoyed very much the 'pink' history of a girl with a great sense of humor. I found in every song a phrase that applies for some phase of my life. I highly recommend this CD for the Broadway musicals lovers!
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