Track Listing

1. Act I: Company
2. Act I: The Little Things You Do Together
3. Act I: Sorry-Grateful
4. Act I: You Could Drive A Person Crazy
5. Act I: Have I Got A Girl For You
6. Act I: Someone Is Waiting
7. Act I: Another Hundred People
8. Act I: Getting Married Today
9. Act II: Side By Side By Side / What Would We Do Without You?
10. Act II: Poor Baby
11. Act II: Tick-Tock
12. Act II: Barcelona
13. Act II: The Ladies Who Lunch
14. Act II: Being Alive
15. Act II: Finale
16. Being Alive - Larry Kert

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4285 in Music
• Released on: 1998-11-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Cast Recording

Amazon.com essential recording
Stephen Sondheim's Company still sounds as modern as it did when it opened in 1970. Donna McKechnie, Susan Browning, and Pamela Myers spoof the Andrews Sisters with gusto in the tongue-twisting "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," while Browning and Dean Jones's "Barcelona" is filled with longing and heartbreak. And, of course, Elaine Stritch reigns supreme, proving once more that you don't have to be the best singer to steal a musical. An extra track features Larry Kert (Tony in the original West Side Story) singing "Being Alive." Kert had replaced Jones early in the run but wasn't on the original cast recording. It would have been nice to finally get the lyrics, though. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

I'll Drink To That
As with most OBC recordings, this is the deffinitive recording of Company. Each cast member is wonderful and every song is a joy. Elaine Stritch is probably the highlight of the recording, she lends her wonderfully characteristic voice to the ensemble numbers (listen to her shouting away in the finale!) and gives her legendary performance of one of Sondheim's best - "The Ladies Who Lunch". "You Could Drive A Person Crazy" is wonderfully sung with flawless harmonies throughout. "Poor Baby", usually a very problematical number, is pulled off effortlessly. I'll also happily admit to never having liked "Another Hundred People" untill hearing this recording.
Overall, one of the best cast recordings I've ever heard (and I've heard a fair few). So although there are other equally good, or sometimes better, performances out there (ie. Madeline Kahn's "Getting Married Today"; Millicent Martin, Lea Salonga, Ruthie Henshall and Maria Friedman's "You Could Drive A Person Crazy" and Patti LuPone's (or Bernadette Peter's) "Being Alive") this is the best all round recording for a totally competent cast and Elaine Stritch's Johanna will never be bettered: I'll drink to that!
The CD is now digitally smartened up and the sound is flawless. The bonus track (Lary Kert's "Being Alive") is nice to have though slightly pointless as it is almost identical to Dean Jones' but, in my view, slightly less emotive. All in all, a must for any Sondheim or post 1957 musical theatre fan!

Company, the Musical CD
Excellent musical. The original cast is talented. Because I'm a Sonheim fan, I'm glad to have the CD.

In Great Company
The original Broadway cast album is still the standard by which to judge all others. Except for the added track of Being Alive (rhythmically static) the songs are so well presented one wonders how any revival can compare. Knowing the show intimately from listening to the cassette for years I am thrilled to have it on CD with good acoustic balance.