Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 16 Feet Beneath the Sea - Caroline, The Washing Machine
2. The Radio - The Radio
3. Laundry Quintet - The Radio, Caroline, The Washing Machine
4. Noah Down the Stairs - Noah
5. The Cigarette - Caroline, Noah, The Washing Machine
6. Laundry Finish - The Radio
7. The Dryer - The Dryer, The Radio
8. I Got Four Kids - Caroline, The Dryer, The Washing Machine
9. Caroline, There's Extra Food - Rose, Caroline, Grandma Gellman , Grandpa Gellman, Noah
10. There is No God, Noah - Stuart
11. Rose Stopnick Can Cook - Grandma Gellman, Grandpa Gellman, Stuart, Rose, Caroline, Noah
12. Long Distance - Rose
13. Dotty and Caroline - Dotty, Caroline, The Moon
14. Moon Change - The Moon
15. Moon Trio - The Moon, Dotty, Caroline
16. The Bus - The Bus
17. That Can't Be - Dotty, Caroline, The Moon
18. Noah and Rose - Noah, Rose
19. Inside/Outside - Moon, Noah, Rose
20. JFK - Grandma Gellman, Grandpa Gellman, Dotty, The Moon, Noah
21. Duets: No One Waitin' - The Radio, Emmie, Caroline
22. Duets: `Night Mamma - Emmie
23. Duets: Gonna Pass Me a Law - Caroline, Noah
24. Duets: Noah Go to Sleep - Caroline, Noah
25. Noah Has a Problem - Caroline, Rose
26. Stuart and Noah - Stuart, Noah, Caroline
27. Quarter in the Bleach Cup - Noah, Caroline, The Washing Machine
28. Caroline Take My Money Home - Noah, Caroline, Emmie, Jackie, Joe
29. Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw - Noah, Emmie, Jackie, Joe, Caroline

Disc 2:

1. Santa Comin' Caroline - The Radio, The Washing Machine
2. Little Reward - The Washing Machine, Caroline, The Radio
3. "1943" - Caroline, The Radio, The Washing Machine
4. Mr. Gellman's Shirt - Rose, Caroline
5. Ooh Child - The Washing Machine, The Radio
6. Rose Recovers - Rose, Caroline, The Dryer
7. I Saw Three Ships - Jackie, Joe, Emmie, Caroline
8. The Chanukah Party - Stuart, Noah, Rose, Grandma Gellman, Grandpa Gellman, Mr. Stopnick
9. Dotty and Emmie - Dotty, Emmie, Caroline
10. I Don't Want My Child to Hear That - Caroline, Mr. Stopnick, Grandma Gellman, Grandpa Gellman, Rose
11. Mr. Stopnick and Emmie - Emmie, Mr. Stopnick, Caroline, Rose
12. Kitchen Fight - Dotty, Emmie, Caroline
13. A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why - Mr. Stopnick,Rose, Noah, Grandma Gellman, Dotty
14. I Hate the Bus - Emmie
15. Moon, Emmie and Stuart Trio - Moon, Emmie, Stuart, Rose
16. The Twenty Dollar Bill - Noah, Rose, Mr. Stopnick, Grandpa Gellman, Grandma Gellman, The Washing Machine and Caroline
17. Caroline and Noah Fight - Noah, Caroline, The Dryer
18. Aftermath
19. Sunday Morning - Caroline, Dotty
20. Lot's Wife - Caroline
21. Salty Teardrops - The Radio
22. Why Does Our House Have a Basement? - Noah, Rose, The Washing Machine
23. Underwater - Caroline and Noah
24. Epilogue - Moon, Emmie, Jackie, Joe

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5742 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-29
• Number of discs: 2

Amazon.com
Remember 1958, when milquetoast The Music Man won the Tony for Best Musical over brashly innovative West Side Story? It's likely that one day we'll remember 2004 as the year wholesome Avenue Q won over brilliantly daring Caroline, or Change. The Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori collaboration proves that a show can be smart, inspirational, provocative, touching, and simply beautiful all at the same time. And lest you think Caroline is the kind of musical that's good for you in a spinach kind of way, this two-CD set demonstrates that the show's also terrifically fun. Because the plot is set in 1963 Louisiana, Tesori's ultra-melodic score, delivered by a superb cast, expertly weaves together R&B, gospel, doo-wop, soul and girl-group pop (check out the lovely "Salty Teardrops"). And of course there's a bona fide showstopper for Caroline (Tonya Pinkins) in the heartwrenching "Lot's Wife," which had New York audiences in tears during the show's run. Truly extraordinary. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

OVER-RATED!
I saw this production in LA with the original Broadway cast, and while I thought it was emotional and VERY well acted, it was also musically forgettable. I mean, 'songs that sound pretty powerful while you hear them that you couldn't sing a note from ten seconds later' forgettable. Yes, there are some interesting songs like the afore mentioned "Salty Teardrops", "Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw", and "Lot's Wife", but it still doesn't stay with you. The EMOTION does, but alas, the melodies do not. And I've sang in an award-winning gospel group for years, but ANY of those melodies stay with you and these don't. Not too mention that when you hoped that it might finally be over, you realized it was only the intermission! I have not experienced anything like THAT in a musical since Anthony Newley's "Chaplin", and that's NOT a good sign! A first act should not feel that long....

Also, the reviewer above was only half right: No, "Avenue Q" did not deserve Best Musical, but "Wicked" most certainly DID! Over-hyped or not, it still was head and shoulders above anything else that year. I would've enjoyed THIS show better as a straight drama, but as a Musical I'm afraid it misses the mark.

This show should have come out a few years later!
I never had a chance to see the original production on Broadway and after listening to this CD that upsets me. Caroline, or Change has a great score and a good story. The actors are excellent and pure. Tonya Pinkins is amazing in the role of Caroline. If this show came out after shows such as "Wicked" and "Avenue Q" I think it would have had a better chance to be noticed. With shows like "Grey Gardens" and "Spring Awakening" now out on Broadway I believe that there is now an audience for smaller, original, quality shows like "Caroline, Or Change" (I am not saying that "Avenue Q" is not quality or original but "Avenue Q" and "Wicked" flooded the news especially when it came to the Tony's). I would highly recommend this CD to anyone who likes a high quality show.

Caroline Don't Change!!!
I traveled from DC to NY twice to see this production in 2004. Trust me...What you hear on this CD is what I saw and heard in the Theatre!! I agree with the previous reviewers in that this musical is years ahead of it's time. Years from now it will be mentioned along with Sondheim works and Dreamgirls as musicals that were on the cutting edge of musical theatre!!!