Wicked (musical album)
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| Cast recording by Wicked Cast | |
| Released | December 16, 2003 |
| Recorded | November 10, 2003 |
| Genre | Showtunes |
| Length | 71:17 |
| Label | Decca Broadway |
| Producer | Stephen Schwartz |
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+) |
| Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition | |
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| Cast recording | |
| Released | October 28, 2008 |
| Genre | Show tune |
| Wicked: Deluxe Edition | |
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| Cast recording | |
| Genre | Show tune |
| Wicked Das Musical - Die Hexen von Oz | |
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| Cast recording | |
| Genre | Show tune |
Wicked is a cast recording containing the majority of the songs from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked, with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Schwartz and a book by writer Winnie Holzman. Released on December 16, 2003 by Decca Broadway both in physical and digital releases. The former contains a foreword and a short synopsis, provided by Gregory Maguire, who wrote the 1995 novel on which the musical is based, in addition to lyrics to those songs included.
Composer and lyricist of Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, produced the album aided by Frank Filipetti, Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz, Jason Stasium and Ted Jensen. The original cast album of Wicked was recorded on November 10, 2003, with the full cast and orchestra, at then-Right Track Studios and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City.
The cast recording has received positive reviews and has received substantial commercial success. It received the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2005 and although initially peaking at number 125 on the Billboard 200 in 2003, has since reached the new peak of 77 in 2011. The album was certified platinum on November 30, 2006 by the RIAA, but has since been certified double platinum, four years later, on November 8, 2010. It has sold 2,670,000 copies in the U.S. as of January 2017.
All tracks written by Stephen Schwartz.
A fifth anniversary special edition of the original Broadway cast recording was released on October 28, 2008, with a bonus CD including tracks "Dancing Through Life", "Popular", "As Long as You're Mine" and "No Good Deed" from the Japanese and German cast recordings of Wicked, "I'm Not that Girl" by Kerry Ellis, "Making Good" – a song that never made the final show – by Stephanie J. Block, Menzel's dance mix of "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" sung by LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem.
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