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Billy Elliot | 
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| Creators: Steve Pearce, Elton John, Martin Koch, Ralph Salmins, Adam Goldsmith, Laurence Davies, Richard Ashton, Tim Jones [horn], Stephen Henderson, David Hartley, Chris Dean, Pete Beachill, Simon Harpham, Tracy Holloway, Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Mike Lovatt, Simon Gardner, Tom Rees-roberts, Bruce White
Label: Decca Broadway
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $8.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 655
Format: Cast Recording, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000613072
UPC: 602498765487
EAN: 0602498765487
ASIN: B000CS45RE
Release Date: February 7, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Stars Look Down | | • | Shine | | • | Grandma's Song | | • | Solidarity | | • | Expressing Yourself | | • | The Letter | | • | Born To Boogie | | • | Angry Dance | | • | Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher | | • | Deep Into The Ground | | • | He Could Be A Star | | • | Electricity | | • | Once We Were Kings | | • | The Letter - Reprise | | • | Finale |
Disc 2
| • | The Letter - John, Elton | | • | Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher - John, Elton | | • | Electricity - John, Elton |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Based on the 2000 film about a young British boy who tries to escape a future as coalminer by training in ballet, Billy Elliot--The Musical feels like an exemplary screen-to-stage adaptation, making the best use of composer Elton John's melodic resourcefulness. Fans of John's regular output need to be warned that this album is show tunes all the way and that they'd be hard-pressed to recognize the songs as usual fare by the author of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Your Song." Still, they really should give the CD a chance. Fans of musical theater, on the other hand, will need no prodding. They are likely to be enchanted by this recording, which shows that John has thoroughly absorbed the genre's classic strain. The show is very catchy, with well-structured, dramatic songs and some genuine tearjerkers ("The Letter"). Sir Elton even proves he's listened to great "jazz hands" classics (some by Kander and Ebb, perhaps) on "Shine," which even requests some "ol' razzle dazzle." Teaming up not with usual lyricist Bernie Taupin but with the film's screenwriter, Lee Hall (and its director, Stephen Daldry), John has written a lovely stage score, as evidenced on this recording of the London cast. Note that John himself performs three songs from the show on a bonus CD. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
Billy Elliot is the heartwarming story of a young boy from a working-class family who discovers a passion that will change his life forever. Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand. Under the guidance of his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy's raw talent takes flight. But when his father discovers his son's ambition, Billy must fight for his dreams and his destiny.
Album Description
UK only CD/DVD (PAL/Region 0). Soundtrack to UK 2000 film release. 18 tracks from artists such as, T-Rex, Stephen Gately, The Jam, Eagle Eye Cherry, The Clash and The Style Council. Includes a CD-ROM video of the film's trailer. *Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view. Ploydor. 2005.
Album Details
The Score Has Been Composed by Music Legend, Elton John, the Most Celebrated UK Singer Songwriter of the Last 30 Years. Included on the Album is the Cast Recording Version of Elton John's Top Five Single 'electricity' and Show Favorite 'merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher'. The "Billy Elliot" Music Has Wowed Audiences and Critics Alike Since Opening. The Telegraph Dubbed 'the Greatest British Musical' and the Independent on Sunday's Janet Street Porter Called 'a Musical Sensation'the Extraordinary Movie Written by Lee Hall and Directed by Stephen Daldry Has Been Developed for the Stage by the Same Multi-award Winning Creative Team. This Limited Edition Two CD Box Set which Will have a Bonus CD featuring 'the Letter', 'merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher' and 'electricity' Performed by Elton John.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Dunce music for dance musical January 2, 2009
I greatly admire Sir Elton John's immense talent and extraordinary body of work. Always been a fan. Also been a Broadway musical buff since I was a wee lad. We saw the movie, and greatly enjoyed it, like almost anyone else who saw it, and now have tix to see Billy Elliot on Bway in late February, when my college freshman-who-dances daughter is on break.
So I got the cast recording and, after one listen, am deeply disappointed. I appreciate these strictly are book songs, with no meaningful context outside the mounted production, but they betray a seeming laziness, certainly by the neophyte lyricist Lee Hall. In sum and substance, they are simple to a fault, with little evidence of a rigorous imagination and intellect at work. Then again, Sondheim has spoiled us forever. He makes it seem as if anybody can do it, yet hardly anybody can do it well, as recent Broadway efforts painfully underscore.
Similarly, as much as I enjoyed seeing "Spring Awakening," the cast album doesn't fare particularly well on its own because the score is too much of a parasite to the book to exist outside the show's visual language. By contrast, as richly mounted as are shows like "Rent" and "Les Miserables," their scores are unfailingly sensual even after countless listens.
In both cases, SA and BE, melodic lines are minimal. The lyrics are serviceable at best in BE, a notch or three below the Jerry Herman school of surface slickness that sacrifices substance.
I'm hoping BE is one of those scores that improves with progressive listens and that the music will rise to the occasion of seeing the show. Perhaps after that, I'll appreciate the album experience more, as often is the case.
If not, I may well regret spurning my spouse's original suggestion of seeing "In the Heights" instead. There are precious few examples of Hollywood providing quality grist for the Broadway mill. I'm curious to see if Billy Elliot is an exception that proves the rule, or the rule that proves me a fool.
 Wonderful CD December 7, 2008
I thoroughly enjoy listening to the Billy Elliot CD. I can't wait to go to New York and see it
This is not the Broadway Cast Recording November 30, 2008
I typed "Billy Elliot Broadway Cast Recording" into Amazon's search field, and this album was the one that came up. But this is not the Broadway, but the London Original Cast. The cast list and the reviews going back to 2006 confirm it. Unless the product has been changed, and this IS the Broadway Cast Recording (and it's unusual for one to come out so quickly after a show opens), and something as odd as Amazon just using the London recording's descriptions and reviews is going on. I love this show, but would like it if buyers knew what they were getting. (Amazon should make it clear in the description.)
Billy Elliot London Cast Soundtrack November 11, 2008
It's bloody brilliant. I'm about to see the NY staging and I wanted to get a taste for the music. Elton John's songs tell the narrative in a powerful and believable way and do a great job of setting the stage for what I hope are incredible dance sequences. Haydn Gwynne is a standout as Mrs. Wilkinson and Ann Emery almost steals the show in one number, "Grandma's Song." Other favorites include "Electricity," performed by the titular character and the deeply moving, "He Could be a Star." Definitely recommend the soundtrack.
Billy Elliot CD June 16, 2008
I saw the play in London while I was on vacation two years ago and it was fantastic. The film is great but the music from the play is complely different. If you enjoyed the soundtrack from the film you must hear the cast soundtrack.
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