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| | Taboo (2003 Original Broadway Cast) | | | Music Artist : | | Boy George | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Drg | | Release Date : | | 2004-05-25 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Freak / Ode to Attention Seekers
2. Stranger in This World
3. Safe in the City
4. Dress to Kill
5. Genocide Peroxide
6. I'll Have You All
7. Sexual Confusion
8. Pretty Lies
9. Guttersnipe
10. Love Is A Question Mark
11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
12. Church of the Poison Mind / Karma Chameleon
13. Everything Taboo
14. Talk Amongst Yourselves
15. The Fame Game
16. I See Through You
17. Ich Bin Kunst
18. Petrified
19. Out Of Fashion
20. Il Adore
21. Come on in From the Outside
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Track names messed up
Submitted on: 2008-12-14 |
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| What are the real song names, and who sings them? No. 2 is not "Safe in the City," for instance. I bought the MP3s and started listening to the show, only to find that the names didn't line up. Amazon has most of the titles screwed up, which makes me think the singers are also screwed up. And iTunes or Google don't clarify anything. They either copy what Amazon has or else list "Boy George" for every song. |
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 Great Score
Submitted on: 2007-09-14 |
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| TABOO may not have taken Broadway by storm....but the music is POP at its best. Raul Esparza continues to shine. All the tracks are great. Treat yourself to a good time. |
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 Sadly Maligned Broadway Flop Yields a Fine Show Album Well Worth Saving
Submitted on: 2007-07-20 |
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In hindsight, it seems ironic that the infamous Rosie O'Donnell-produced 2003 Broadway flop has left behind such an infectious cast recording full of heart and humor. Anyone who has seen Dori Berinstein's recent 2007 documentary, "Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway" knows the myriad of struggles faced in mounting this elaborate production. My understanding is that the chief problem was Charles Busch's viewpoint-challenged book, which is of little relevance when it comes to the recording itself. What is left here is a stellar cast whose characters inhabit the London club underworld, the most noteworthy being Boy George whose meteoric rise was eventually followed by a career free-fall. However, his more significant role here is as the show's composer and lyricist, and this is where he truly triumphs.
The disc opens strongly with the one-two punch of the extravagant cabaret number, "Freak/Ode to Attention Seekers" led by Raśl Esparza's dazzling vocal turn, and Euan Morton's poignant crooning of "Stranger in This World", which nicely sums up the Boy's emotional solitude at the outset. As Boy George, Morton offers a plaintive singing voice spotlighted on the gently rolling "Pretty Lies", the rhythmic pop of "Guttersnipe", and the edgier sarcasm of "The Fame Game". It seems inevitable that a few familiar Culture Club hits are included, and Morton approximates the Boy's sound reasonably well on "Church of the Poison Mind/Karma Chameleon" and of course, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?". The wildly talented Esparza plays the campy, cross-dressing Philip Sallon, the show's narrator, with aplomb, and the show's shining moment is his with the heartbreaking Act II ballad, "Petrified".
Under his real name (George O'Dowd), Boy George himself has three diverse tracks playing flamboyant performance artist Leigh Bowery - the comic romp, "I'll Have You All"; the eighties-dance fire-up, "Everything Taboo"; and the Teutonic dirge, "Ich Bin Kunst". As cross-dressing pop singer Marilyn, Jeffrey Carlson growls his way through "Genocide Peroxide", while Cary Shields rocks out on "I See Through You". Sarah Uriarte Berry shines on the funky "Safe in the City" and the especially beautiful "Il Adore". As Big Sue, Liz McCarthy has a belter's voice which she shows off on "Talk Amongst Yourselves" and the catchy "Sexual Confusion" in which she duets snappily with Esparza. The cast comes out in full force on the fitting conclusion, the gospel-tinged "Come On In from the Outside". If the multitude of characters came across as rather perplexing onstage, it seems to work much better within the context of a recording. |
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I never saw the show on Broadway, but...
Submitted on: 2006-02-18 |
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| I never saw the show on broadway, but the music is awesome, I wish I had! It ran for such a short time, I never had the chance to see it. The only day I was in NYC during it's run the show was dark :-(. But, Euan Morton, Cary Shields, how can you go wrong? |
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Great Pop CD !
Submitted on: 2005-06-18 |
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Despite this being a theatrical score, "Taboo" doubles as a terrific pop cd, filled with many great melodies & messages. Best tracks include:
Stranger In This World
Everything Taboo [great dance song!]
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Out Of Fashion [the voices blend beautifully together]
Il Adore [gut-wrenching song]
It's really too bad the show didn't hang around a bit longer ... maybe it was just ill-timed. I also wish the U.S. version had contained "Touched By The Hand Of Cool", but it was dropped for some reason.
Thanks Rosie for introducing this music to us! |
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