[2007] Hairspray [Soundtrack][Mp3 Download]

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What fun! This soundtrack of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical overflows with glossy, ol’ fashioned ’60s-style pep. It won’t win any awards for innovation, but it may well be one of the most feel-good releases of the year. While not quite as super-energetic as the original Broadway cast, the new crew ain’t too shabby: Nikki Blonsky delivers as Tracy Turnblad and Zac Efron (High School Musical) makes for a devoted boyfriend, and the supporting cast gleefully embraces the show’s silly-but-generous spirit. John Travolta (who gets to utter the particularly ironic line “it’s been years since someone asked me to dance”) goes drag as Tracy’s mom, Edna, while Michelle Pfeiffer’s slight stiffness is appropriate for her uptight character, especially on the cha-cha “(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs.” After Mama Morton in Chicago, Queen Latifah puts in another brassy turn as Motormouth Maybelle (“Big, Blonde and Beautiful,” which is then reprised by Travolta and Pfeiffer). The show’s authors, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, have written three new numbers for the movie: the rollicking (and first single) “Ladies’ Choice,” “New Girl in Town” and “Come So Far.” In addition, the CD also includes two tracks that aren’t in the film but were in the show: “Cooties,” sung by Aimee Allen, and “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now,” sung by all three Tracy Turnblads: Blonsky, Ricki Lake (from the source movie) and Marissa Jaret Winokur (from the original Broadway cast). –Elisabeth Vincentelli

Track Lists
01. Nikki Blonsky – Good Morning Baltimore ( Right click ~> Save As Target)
02. James Mardsden – The Nicest Kid In Town
03. Zac Efron – It Takes Two
04. Michelle Pfeiffer – (The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs
05. Nikki Blonsky – I Can Hear The Bells
06. Zac Efron – Ladies’ Choice
07. Brittany Snow – The New Girl In Town
08. Nikki Blonsky And John Travolta – Welcome To The 60′s
09. Elijah Kelley – Run And Tell That
10. Queen Latifah – Big, Blonde And Beautiful
11. John Travolta And Michelle Pfeiffer – Big, Bold And Beautiful (Reprise)
12. John Travolta And Christopher Walken – (You’re) Timeless To Me
13. Queen Latifah – I Know Where I’ve Been
14. Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley And Amanda Bynes – Without Love
15. James Marsden – (It’s) Hairspray
16. Nikki, Zac, Amanda, Elijah, John And Queen – You Can’t Stop The Beat
17. Queen, Nikki, Zac And Elijah – Come So Far (Got So Far To Go)
18. Aimee Allen – Cooties
19. Ricki Lake, Marissa Jaret And Nikki Blonsky – Mama, I’m A Big Girl Now