Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. In The Heights
2. Breathe
3. Benny's Dispatch
4. It Won't Be Long Now
5. Inútil
6. No Me Diga
7. 96,000
8. Pacienca Y Fe (patience and faith)
9. When You're Home
10. Piragua
11. The Club
12. Blackout

Disc 2:

1. Sunrise
2. Hundreds of Stories
3. Enough
4. Carnaval Del Barrio
5. Atención
6. Alabanza
7. Everything I Know
8. Piragua (Reprise)
9. Champagne
10. When The Sun Goes Down
11. Finale

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-03
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Cast Recording

Album Description
Get ready to experience an exhilarating journey into one of Manhattan's most vibrant communities, named "BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR" by NewYork Magazine and "BEST OF 2007" by The New York Times. With an amazing cast, incredible dancing and a gripping story of hope and self discovery, In The Heights is your ticket into a world where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Find out what it takes to make a living, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home...In The Heights.

Customer Reviews

In the Heights
AMazing CD! I have yet to see the show but the music is out of this world :)

Fantastic Fun
This is one of the best musical soundtracks I've listened to. The story unfolds through the songs. I know I'll probably not get the opportunity to see it on stage so it's wonderful to understand the story without having to see it. The joy that this playwriter feels comes through in every song and the performers translate it perfectly. I had my doubts about the rap but the Latin beats underneath make it accessible. Additionally, there is no mumbling, the actors annunciate every word. I hope you like this musical as much as I do!

AWFUL IN SO MANY WAYS
As a Puerto Rican New Yorker who lived in Washington Heights for 5 years (and whose mother came there from the island decades ago), I was honestly expecting this show to be sweet and cute -- and perhaps even clever. But I was HORRIFIED with what I saw and heard. It was full of stereotypes and puerile attempts at humor. The cloying sentimentality and downright DISHONESTY offended me. I sat there, ashamed. This kind of fare sets us BACK! We need a Latino "Passing Strange"!!! And the dreadful music -- which you'd hear on this album -- is utterly forgettable. Goodness, we have a long way to go before we have a sophisticated, intelligent Latino musical. Even Paul Simon's "Capeman" was closer insofar as he collaborated with the likes of Oscar Hernandez (and at least the book of that musical attempted to explore provocative themes). I can't say enough to condemn this dubious work. Like another reviewer, I would give it fewer stars if I could. Do yourself a favor and check out the brilliant "Passing Strange" instead.