Glee : The Music - The Graduation Album

Gleeシーズン3を締めくくる「卒業アルバム」が登場オハイオの田舎町にあるマッキンリー高校を舞台に「負け犬集団」グリー部員たちの奮闘ぶりを描き、ハイ・クオリティな音楽とポジティブなメッセージが大きな共感を呼んでいる人気海外ドラマ『glee/グリー』。日本でもグリーク(グリーの熱狂的ファンの意)を着々と増やしている。2009年に放送を開始した『グリー』シーズン3ではリー・ミシェル(レイチェル役)、コーリー・モンテース(フィン役)、クリス・コルファー(カート役)といった主要キャスト数名が「卒業」を迎える予定で(卒業キャストの一部はシーズン4でも出演を継続する模様)、これを受けてリリースされるのが本サントラ『The Graduation Album』。シーズン3最終回のためにレコーディングされた8曲を中心に収録!
ソニー・ミュージック

One of Glee's biggest (perhaps only) concessions to the realities of being a high-school student was the graduation of several cast members entering their final year at William McKinley High School at the end of the show's third season; many shows starring teen characters put off that fateful moment when high school ends for as long as possible. Glee: The Music - The Graduation Album focuses on performances by many of these seniors -- including Finn (Cory Monteith), Rachel (Lea Michele), Puck (Mark Salling), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Quinn (Dianna Agron), Santana (Naya Rivera), and Kurt (Chris Colfer) -- of songs that are or will be staples of the cap-and-gown set. Aside from a few rockers like the obligatory "School's Out," "We Are the Champions," and "Glory Days," the mood is fairly solemn by Glee's standards, with songs such as "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," "I'll Remember," and "Forever Young" dominating the set. Meanwhile, the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" and fun.'s "We Are Young" add a dose of quirky personality. ~ Heather Phares