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Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (Deluxe) |  | Artists: Glee Cast, Lea Michele, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John, Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
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Seller: -importcds
Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 886977209321
EAN: 0886977209321
ASIN: B003H6Z0PO
Release Date: May 18, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Hello, Goodbye | | • | Gives You Hell | | • | Hello | | • | A House Is Not A Home | | • | One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not A Home | | • | Beautiful | | • | Home | | • | Physical | | • | Total Eclipse of the Heart | | • | Lady Is A Tramp | | • | One | | • | Rose's Turn | | • | Dream On | | • | Safety Dance | | • | I Dreamed a Dream | | • | Loser | | • | Give Up the Funk | | • | Beth | | • | Poker Face | | • | Bad Romance |
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Product Description
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers features 14 brand new songs from the hit TV show. With ballads like "Beautiful" and "I Dreamed A Dream" plus hits like "Gives You Hell" and "Bad Romance," there's no such thing as too much Glee! Deluxe version includes 6 bonus tracks!
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 More fantastic Glee music for fans June 28, 2010
Kate McMurry (United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of Glee, but before I listened to this CD, I worried that the songs wouldn't be as much fun separated from powerful live performances. Not so. They stand terrifically on their own. However, the CD doesn't include much information about the songs the Glee cast covers. Curiosity led me to search out as much as I could about them, and here is what I learned for anyone who is interested:
Track 1: Hello, Goodbye. A duet by Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) and Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) with the Glee cast. This is a Beatles song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in 1967 on the album "Magical Mystery Tour." I love this song, and Lea and Cory did an excellent rendition.
Track 2: Gives You Hell. A Lea/Rachel solo with the Glee cast. This is a Top 10 song from the All-American Rejects, written by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler, from the 2008 album "When the World Comes Down." This style isn't Lea's strength, but she does a very good job with it.
Track 3: Hello. A duet by Lea/Rachel and Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James) with the Glee cast. This song is part of Lionel Richie's 1984 multi-platinum album "Can't Slow Down." Jonathan, a Broadway star like Lea, has a gorgeous baritone voice and the blend of his voice with Lea's is breathtaking.
Track 4: A House Is Not A Home. A duet by Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) and Cory/Finn, with an impressive display of Kurt's amazing falsetto. Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song, and Dionne Warwick first recorded it in 1964.
Track 5: One Less Bell To Answer/A House Is Not A Home. A duet by the incredibly talented Kristin Chenoweth (April Rhodes) and the wonderful Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester). Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote "One Less Bell to Answer" in 1967 for Keely Smith. In 1970 The 5th Dimension included it in their debut album, Portrait, and it was a major hit. Kristin offers, as always, a spectacular performance. Her voice literally gives me chills.
Track 6: Beautiful. A solo by Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones) with the Glee cast. Amber normally belts out her songs, but she performs this song about loving oneself with a gentle touch that is both a surprising change and very moving. Beautiful was written and produced by Linda Perry and recorded by Christina Aguilera for her second studio album "Stripped" in 2002. She won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2004 for this song, and it was ranked 52 on Rolling Stone's top 100 songs of the decade. That's a lot to take on, but Amber is more than up to the task.
Track 7: Home. A solo by Kristin Chenoweth. This song is the closing number from the 1975, Tony-winning musical, "The Wiz," and as a Broadway star, Chenoweth treats us with another stellar musical experience. In a Glee season of top performances, I think this has to be among the top three.
Track 8: Physical. Olivia Newton-John, with humorous assistance by Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester). On the episode "Bad Reputation," Olivia, together with Jane, performs in a hilarious remake of her world-famous video of the biggest hit song of her career from 1981. Seen visually, it's a total romp, and this is a very cute track.
Track 9: Total Eclipse Of The Heart. Lea/Rachel and Jonathan/Jesse perform an intense duet of Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler's huge hit from 1983, "Total Eclipse of the Heart." The song was written and produced by Jim Steinman for her fifth studio album, "Faster Than the Speed of Night," and sold six million copies worldwide.
Track 10: The Lady Is A Tramp. Amber/Mercedes and Puck (Mark Salling) in a fabulous, jazzy duet. This is a show tune from the 1937 Broadway musical "Babes in Arms" by Rodgers and Hart. Multiple stars have recorded it, including Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, and Sammy Davis Jr.
Track 11: One. A duet with Lea/Rachel and Corey/Finn. (One source claims the male singer is Zack Weinstein, the actor who plays quadriplegic Sean Fretthold in the episode this is from, "Laryngitis," but, if so, his voice is identical to Finn's.) "One" is from the 1991 album "Achtung Baby" by the Irish rock band U2, lyrics by lead singer Bono. Not only one of U2's greatest hits, it's considered one of the greatest songs of all time. It's been covered by Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Mary J. Blige, R.E.M., Gregorian, Warren Haynes, Shinedown, and Pearl Jam.
Track 12. Rose's Turn. Solo by Chris/Kurt. This is a marvelous, gender-bending switch on a song usually sung by a middle-aged woman in the hit Broadway musical, "Gypsy," from 1959. Chris does a super job with it.
Track 13. Dream On. Neil Patrick Harris (Bryan Ryan, a school board member who was a glee-club rival of Will's when they were in high school) pairs up with Matthew/Will for a dueling delivery of Aerosmith's 1973 hit. Harris's baritone blends well with Matthew's tenor in this high-energy number.
Track 14. Safety Dance. Solo by Artie (Kevin McHale). This is an early 80's Top 10 hit from the Canadian New Wave group, Men Without Hats. It's bouncy and sheer fun, and Kevin's wonderful voice is a pleasure to hear.
Track 15. I Dreamed A Dream. Broadway star Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran, coach of rival glee club, Vocal Adrenaline) sings a duet with Lea/Rachel. This is a very challenging song from the 1980 musical, "Les Misérables" but both Lea/Rachel and Menzel are completely up for the job. Like Chenoweth, Menzel has a truly superlative voice.
Track 16. Loser. A duet by Cory/Finn and Mark/Puck. This is a really interesting, quirky performance with a combination of rap and singing. Loser is a 1994 hit by alternative rocker Beck.
Keeping it FRESH! June 3, 2010
E Fontaine (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved the Glee renditions of old favorites like Total Eclipse of the Heart and Physical. The CD also served as an introduction to songs I haven't heard, like A House is not a Home and a few others. I keep missing the episodes on TV (busy work life and no DVR) so in the meantime, I can at least enjoy the music! I can't wait for Season 2 to come out on DVD....
Better and better as the volumes keep coming.... May 28, 2010
Bumpy (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
I finally was able to get a full listen to this all the way through, and I must say, this volume is better than two for sure, and slightly better than one. I love how they did Beck's Loser. That is one of my favorite songs from Beck, there are a lot of awesome songs on the Mellow Gold cd, but this isn't a review about that cd. Like the first two volumes, I can replay all the songs over and over again, and not get sick of them. I like it when I can do that with a cd, makes me want to listen to it more and more and more. The Lady Gaga songs are awesome too. It's pretty crazy how you can actually understand the lyrics (maybe understand them more than you should). Songs I really really like off this cd are:
Loser
Bad Romance
Poker Face
Give Up The Funk
Gives You Hell
Hello, Goodbye
Dream On
and SAFETY DANCE
The original video for that song scared the hell out of me, well, the midget did anyways. And what was up with all those people dancing around the guy who was dressed in tights???
Well, that's my review, and that is how it shall BE!
I Heart Cory May 30, 2010
Papichulo (Chicago, IL)
They can only fit so many songs on 1 CD!
Fire
Jesse's Girl
U Can't Touch This
Ice Ice Baby
Hello, I Love You
Funny Girl
Dream A Little Dream of Me
The Boy Is Mine
Shout It Out Loud
All these songs are available on iTunes.
Amber's version of "Beautiful" is amazing, she has in incredible voice.Puck's version of "Lady is a Tramp" is a pure fun is great."Dream On" is great, NPH adds a lot to the song.Artie's "Safety Dance" is fun, he has an nice voice, I like the idea that he's getting to do more lead vocals.The cast does well when they sing together, "One", "Give up the Funk" are great.
Glee Volume 3 June 28, 2010
Arlene Stein
I really enjoy the music from Glee. So glad that I was able to get it from Amazon.
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