Cats [Original Broadway Cast] (1982)

About this title: Andrew Lloyd Webber's epic Cats takes its characters from T.S. Eliot's book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Though the book contains no narrative structure, Webber has created one, although what drew audiences to the theater in droves was the charm of the feline characters, not the tale of what happens to them. The score is rather fetching but simple, with moments of elegance, like the now-standard "Memory." The longest-running musical of its time, Cats is at times overrated, but as a whole it retains the charm that attracted audiences. This is the original Broadway cast album, with ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Overture [Lloyd Webber]
2. Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats [Lloyd Webber]
3. The Naming of Cats [Lloyd Webber]
4. The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball [Lloyd Webber]
5. The Old Gumbie Cat [Lloyd Webber]
6. The Rum Tum Tugger [Lloyd Webber]
7. Grizabella: The Glamour Cat [Lloyd Webber]
8. Bustopher Jones [Lloyd Webber]
9. Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer [Lloyd Webber]
10. Old Deuteronomy [Lloyd Webber]
11. The Jellicle Ball [Lloyd Webber]
12. Grizabella [Lloyd Webber]
13. The Moments of Happiness [Lloyd Webber]
14. Gus: The Theatre Cat [Lloyd Webber]
15. Growltiger's Last Stand [Lloyd Webber]
16. Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat [Lloyd Webber]
17. Macavity: The Mystery Cat [Lloyd Webber]
18. Mr. Mistoffelees [Lloyd Webber]
19. Memory [Eliot/Lloyd Webber/]
20. The Journey to the Heaviside Layer [Lloyd Webber]
21. The Ad-Dressing of Cats [Lloyd Webber]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.