Track Listing

1. Mamma Who Bore Me
2. Mamma Who Bore Me (Reprise)
3. All That's Known
4. The B*tch of Living
5. My Junk
6. Touch Me
7. The Word of Your Body
8. The Dark I Know Well
9. And Then There Were None
10. The Mirror-Blue Night
11. I Believe
12. Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind
13. The Guilty Ones
14. Left Behind
15. Totally F*ucked
16. The Word of Your Body (Reprise)
17. Whispering
18. Those You've Known
19. The Song of Purple Summer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299 in Music
• Released on: 2006-12-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Cast Recording

Amazon.com
Decca Broadway presents the cast recording for the acclaimed new Broadway production, SPRING AWAKENING. Written by pop music composer Duncan Sheik and playwright/lyricist Steven Sater, the musical explores emotional earthquakes in the lives of teenagers.

SPRING AWAKENING is based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 drama, which was scandalous in its day for addressing sex violence and suicide. The story, dialogue and costumes suggest the 19th Century, and are perfectly wedded to a beautiful alternative pop music score by Grammy® nominated singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik. The creative team also includes Tony® Award Winning director Michael Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones.

Amazon.com
Who would have thought that Duncan Sheik would succeed where Paul Simon and Randy Newman failed, successfully transitioning from the pop-rock world to the Broadway stage? With Spring Awakening, Sheik and book writer/lyricist Steven Slater (who had already worked on Sheik's 2001 album Phantom Moon) have created a thoroughly exciting show that incorporates a contemporary art-indie idiom (including a small rock band instead of an orchestra) into a dramatic musical-theater context. The unlikely setting is that of a Frank Wedekind adaptation, but as it turns out, teenage angst is perennial, whether it's in contemporary America or in a 1891 German boarding school. Songs such as "The Bitch of Living" ("with nothing going on, asking just what went wrong"), "The Word of Your Body," "I Don't Do Sadness," and "Totally Fucked" ("You're fucked if you speak your mind and you know you will") resonate with the rage, frustration, confusion, excitement, joy, anger, and of course budding lust of those hormone-driven years. The show is greatly enhanced by its youthful cast members (they're all pretty close in age to their characters), who sing their hearts out. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

New York Observer
"Once in a generation a new musical comes along that changes everything."

Customer Reviews

Not Just for Youth
I have yet to see the musical SPRING AWAKENING (but am planning to see it February 2009 when it comes to the Fox in St. Louis). However, I have a friend whose favorite musical is SPRING AWAKENING and he recently gave me the soundtrack to listen to. I have to admit that I really enjoy it. The songs are sung in a variety of genres, but mainly have a pop-rock ballad feel to them. Many of the songs are very moving and have an emotional depth beyond just the context of the show for which they were written. My favorites include

#1 "Mamma Who Bore Me"--a bluesy folk song of remembrance. Many of my female friends have cited this as their favorite song on the album.

#3 "All That's Known"--a moving song of hopeful ambition. It sums up a young person's desire to learn, explore, and change the world.

#4 "The B*tch of Living"--a rock song that has clear references to pleasuring oneself. However, the song also is about the frustrations everyone feels in life of being in a place or position and not being able to do anything to change it.

#5 "My Junk"--a beautiful pop ballad about the love between two people.

#11 "I Believe"--an optimistic chorus of hope

#16 "Totally F*cked"--a pop-rock anthem embodying the disillusionment that happens when blind optimism meets with the harsh realities of life.

#19 "Those You've Known"--this song reflects what happens to a person after they've gone through the first major disillusionments of their life and what it takes to keep moving forward.

I'm sure most of those who have seen the show will enjoy the album, but it's also a good album if you just enjoy good music.

Eep!!!
So basically there are too many reviews for me to actually make a substantial comment about this CD that other people haven't.

I've seen the show around 10 times in the last 2 months. Enough said. As a 19 year old it is something wonderful and fresh for me to watch. The show and the score have a message to deliver - every single time you click play on this CD you can delve further into it uncovering themes and messages you may have missed the past 201392 times you listened to it. In an age where the stage is dominated by MTV's Legally Blonde, Hairspray, and happy [sometimes meaningless] scores - this is a diamond in the rough.

As the Original Broadway Cast is now... ::sniff:: gone, this little gem is something to hold onto forever.

However one comment must be made about this CD. While it is absolutely fantastic - it is in NO WAY a replacement for seeing the show. The Song of Purple Summer has been drastically re-written that delivers a harmony this CD cannot possibly provide. Many songs have been altered and, to be completely honest - though it is rare to find now-a-days - the singers are two thousand times more incredible live than they are on this recording. Some of the belting and harmonies just cannot do justice by listening to the CD. So make sure to see the show.

Just another... "Awakening"
Spring Awakening is a great show. Its catchy/rock tunes can keep me going for hours. BUT, if your thinking about sitting along with elders listening to your new musical you've just bought and this happens to be playing.... think again! This musical which sounds to be wrapped around the lives of teens should stay just with teens themselves. When i heard the music i wasn't only appauled at the constant dops of "f-bombs" and other swears but the horrible or should i really say non-existant rhymes used. But, nonetheless it was good for originality in score which did cause me to set my mind aside and see what a truly great musical and what a honest and true musical it is.