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Little Girls and Easy Street, but for the most part I listen to every song every time. Some of the songs I skip only because I don't want to hear them over and over E.G. Great CD.Book Guy For YouCD I Think You Should Listen To - Little Shop of Horrors (2003 Broadway Revival Cast)Books I think You Should ReadParadise Flawed - Kindle - Paradise FlawedReads Like Murder - In Honolulu - Kindle - Reads Like Murder - In Honolulu Annie is just one of those movies and or shows (which ever comes first) that you have to see. Disney did a masterful job at this movie with amazing voice talent and because of that made a great CD.
Although Dorothy Loudon will always be the best Hannigan and Carol Burnett the most remembered, Bates makes the character her own and gives her a mentally-unstable and acidic edge that is great fun to watch and hear. Hannigan, Kathy Bates is surprising: who knew she could sing. As Ms.
It makes only minimal changes to the plot of the original stage show, and keeps most of the original songs; the ones it leaves out ("Annie," "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long," and "Getting a New Deal for Christmas" were my least favorite songs in the stage show; however, I do wish they hadn't cut the sarcastic "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover," but I digress.). The cast is the main reason to own this album: assembled of primarily veteran and Tony Award-winning actors (Chenoweth, Cumming, MacDonald and Garber) who out-sing the 1982 cast, for the most part (except for Carol Burnett, they truly shine. This may be heresy, but this version of ANNIE is far superior to the over-blown 1982 film.
As Annie, Alicia Morton is very good, and although she doesn't have a refined-belt like McArdle did, her youthful singing voice makes here the most genuine Annie I have seen. All in all, wonderful cast and wonderful album. Also, there are a handful of songs on here that are BETTER than the OBC: "I Think I'm Going to Like It Here" (Audra MacDonald is the BEST Grace Ferrel to date, and she rocks this song), "NYC" (Audra MacDonald, Victor Garber, and Andrea McArdle, the original Annie, as the Star to Be - can't go wrong)., "Easy Street" (Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming simply shine as Lily and Rooster, respectively).
Also wonderful are the orchestrations to this production: they are very 1930s-esque and very snappy as a result.
I highly recommend this for anyone at any age. It will lift your spirits to a whole new level. One of my top-ten favorite soundtracks, and I've collected hundreds. Love the TV movie. Absolutely love it. A truly enjoyable, uplifting experience with a great cast. Especially love the TV-version soundtrack. Whether you've seen the movie or not, you'll enjoy this soundtrack.
While Aileen and Andrea played Annie as a normal down to Earth kid, Alicia seemed to be trying to sound like a pop star. Alicia Morton was good but sounded too high pitched and young for an 11 year old Annie. I feel that you should most certaintly get the Original or the 1982 version if you want a good recording, because the 1999 one cannot compare aside from decent performances by the adults. Andrea McArdle can never be replaced, and though this movie's version plays closer to the musical, I feel that if you want a timeless classic cd of this wonderful musical, get either the Original Broadway cast recording or the 1982 Aileen Quinn film soundtrack. Though the 1982 film wasn't closest to the musical, the singing was better in some respects.
Both very different but absoulutely brilliant in their own style. Aileen Quinn, the older Annie, had a more mature vioce. The soundtrack is pretty good, but the movie sucks. Alicia Morton has a little girl vioce, not that its a bad thing.
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