Rent (albums) explained

Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is an album of music from the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1996 musical Rent. It is produced by DreamWorks with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. The album is a 2-disc (in its CD format) collection of every song from the musical; some small segments of narration and spoken dialogue from the play are not included in the recording. The collection ends with a studio-recorded rearrangement of the song "Seasons of Love" featuring Stevie Wonder.^[1] The album was recorded by the original Broadway cast of RENT and was released on August 27, 1996. A second one-disc album was released in 1999 containing highlights from the original cast album.^[2]

Track listing

The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album

1. "Rent" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
2. "One Song Glory" - Adam Pascal
3. "Light My Candle" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
4. "Today 4 U" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
5. "Tango: Maureen" - Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker
6. "Life Support" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Gilles Chiasson, Timothy Britten Parker, Rodney Hicks
7. "Out Tonight" - Daphne Rubin-Vega
8. "Another Day" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
9. "Will I?" - Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
10. "Santa Fe" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
11. "I'll Cover You" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin
12. "La Vie Bohème" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
13. "I Should Tell You" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
14. "La Vie Bohème B" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
15. "Seasons of Love" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley
16. "Take Me or Leave Me" - Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
17. "Without You" - Daphne Ruben-Vega, Adam Pascal
18. "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" - Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs
19. "What You Own" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
20. "Finale B" - Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp
21. "Seasons of Love (Arif Mardin's Remix)" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley

See also

• Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Notes and References

1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005ALT Rent
2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000K3WR The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album