Wiz: Soundtracks & Original Casts: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Prologue

2. The Feeling We Once Had

3. Tornado

4. He's The Wizard

5. Soon As I Get Home

6. I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday

7. Ease On Down The Road

8. Slide Some Oil To Me

9. I'm A Mean Ole Lion

10. Be A Lion

11. So You Wanted To See The Wizard

12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel

13. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News

14. Everybody Rejoice

15. Y'all Got It!

16. If You Believe

17. Home (Finale)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, Dec 31 2003

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andrewjack (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiz (Audio CD)

This is absolutely wonderful. The songs are a mix of gospel, disco, wonderful piano anthems, and so much more. The cast is superb, led by a delightful Stephanie Mills as Dorothy who shows so much musical maturity in her performances.
Compared to the motion picture soundtrack, this is a collection of mostly mellow, laidback tunes with a lot of heart and even more soul. It does however, have its fun moments. The tornado is one such example, providing glimpses back into the prospering 70s disco scene. Any song by Andre de Shields, as the Wiz, is guaranteed to make you shake your groove thing, and the character roles (Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion) are filled with fine performances from Hinton Battle, Tiger Haynes, and Ted Ross, respectively.
Standouts include: all of Stephanie Mills's features; she puts so much feeling into her songs, Mabel King's anthem to No Bad News, Dorothy and the Lion's duet, Be a Lion, the funky Ease on Down the Road, and the unforgettable finale. At only 12 or 13, Stephanie Mills accomplished so much with her performance in The Wiz.
This is an excellent CD, and while missing a few songs, stays true to the original Broadway play. If rumors are to be believed, then a revival may be on its way. I only hope it can live up to this musical masterpiece.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Easing back into "The Wiz", Nov 29 2003

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Gregory A. Rice "uncageg2" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wiz (Audio CD)

I have been revisiting this rcording as a revival has been announced for Broadway but no dates are set that I know of. This is still a timeless recording even with it's middle 70's sound and lyrics. I have seen this show 3 times on Broadway. There are so many good numbers in this show! "The Feeling We Once Had" just grabs you at the beginning. The second and third time I saw this show I was teary eyed during this song. And it is the 1st song in the show! "Soon as I Get Home", with it's wonderful tempo change,is another standout. "Be a Lion" is just a plain showstopper. "Y'All Got It" is just pure fun! "Everybody Rejoice" (Written by Luther Vandross for the show) is just a great uplifting sing-along-song! And I still get chills when I think of Stephanie Mills standing on the edge of the stage in the spotlight singing "Home" at the finale. And she nails it just as she did on stage here on the recording. I suggest picking this up to familiarize yourself with the music if the show is revised. You will not be disappointed. Also in response to a review here by Lawrance M. Bernabo, Ted Ross was not the only person to recreate his role in the film version. Mabel King recreated the role of Evillene in the film. And she is one of only few reasons to buy that soundtrack. That and the fact that Quincy Jones did the arrangements and original music and the "Emerald City Sequence".

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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of both the stage and Pop Culture as a whole, Aug 20 2003

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nick anthony (Jackson, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiz (Audio CD)

The Wiz (Original Broadway Cast) is a soundtrack that is timeless inspited of its sometimes dated music. What makes it timesless is the same thing that makes all classic operas the classics that they are. Its juts damn good story telling put to amazingly beautiful and moving and at time rather exciting music. The movie should have followed the Broadway version a bit more closely but on its own the film does take on a life of its own. I would suggest either copy but would hold the Broadway Soundtrack higher as to get your eye. You dont even have to see the movie or a modern incarnation staged version of it. The CD along with your imagination will be just fine. This is a must have for everyone and anyone who knows anything about classic and everlasting works of art.

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