The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:05:34
Principal cast includes: Ann-Margret, Gary Sandy, Rob Donohue, Terri Dixon, Quisha Freeman, Timothy Ellis, Ed Davis, Ed Dixon, Avery Sommers, Roxie Lucas. Personnel: Skip Krevens (steel guitar); Chris Tedesco (violin); Keith Levenson (keyboards); David Tancredi (drums). Recording information: Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, TX. Photographers: Joan Marcus; Greg Gorman. In this 2001 revival of one of Broadway's most unlikely hit musicals, Ann-Margret assumed the Dolly Parton role of Miss Mona, the madam with a heart of gold. She proves perfectly suited to the role, with a powerful middle-aged country girl's voice and an appropriately knockout figure. The lively country score is competently performed by the entire cast, with the possible exception of Sheriff Dodd's solo "Good Old Girl." That song is sung by Gary Sandy, the former star of WKRP In Cincinnati, with a rather affected-sounding bass. But the main problem with the soundtrack is the musical itself. Carol Hall's songs are sometimes clever and often catchy, but when all is said and done, there really isn't a memorable show-stopper in the lot. And despite the racy subject matter, the show can come off as a didactic morality tale, albeit a sort of inverted one. It stacks the deck against its political and religious conservatives by portraying them as irredeemably buffoonish hypocrites while painting the prostitutes and their sympathists as uniformly good-hearted and gentle. But anyone looking for a grand ole time at the op'ry rather than a fully realized work of art is likely to be satisfied by this cast recording. ~ Evan Cater
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)