In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the Broadway production In the Heights. Released on June 3, 2008, the album features 23 songs with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by the cast members. The album was one of the best-selling cast albums in the 2000s, sold around 500,000 copies and certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, the following year.[1]
| In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | |
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| Cast recording by the original Broadway cast of In the Heights | |
| Released | June 3, 2008 |
| Recorded | May 5–11, 2008 |
| Studio | Legacy Studios, New York City |
| Genre | |
| Length | 89:02 |
| Label | Ghostlight |
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Release and promotion
editThe recording was distributed in a double album by Ghostlight Records with its vice president Kurt Deutsch and Andres Levin, produced the album with Miranda. The album featured 23 songs with 12 in the first disc and 11 in the second disc and was packaged in a 68-page booklet that contains the photos of the cast members and the song lyrics.[2] The cast members performed the songs live at the Virgin Megastore retail chain in Times Square, 1540 Broadway at 46th street, to commemorate the release of the cast recording and unveiled a post-performance CD to the customers.[2]
On July 30, 2018, Ghostlight Records issued a 3-LP vinyl box set of the original cast recording, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album's release, and was exclusively made available through the Barnes & Noble retail stores.[3] The box set consisted of 21 tracks with newly remastered audio and a 12-inch booklet accompanying.[4] It was again re-issued in a red, blue and white-colored vinyl in a special "limited edition" box set and released as a Barnes & Noble exclusive on September 4, 2020 in conjunction with the Vinyl weekend (September 4–6).[5]
Commercial performance
editThe album debuted at number 82 on Billboard 200 for the week beginning with June 21,[6] and topped the Cast albums chart beating the recording of Jersey Boys, South Pacific, Wicked and Legally Blonde.[7]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In The Heights" |
| 7:38 |
| 2. | "Breathe" |
| 4:04 |
| 3. | "Benny's Dispatch" |
| 2:17 |
| 4. | "It Won't Be Long Now" |
| 4:35 |
| 5. | "Inútil" (Useless) | Carlos Gomez | 2:50 |
| 6. | "No Me Diga" (You Don't Say) |
| 2:26 |
| 7. | "96,000" |
| 5:35 |
| 8. | "Paciencia Y Fe" (Patience and Faith) |
| 4:55 |
| 9. | "When You're Home" |
| 5:20 |
| 10. | "Piragua" | Eliseo Román | 1:53 |
| 11. | "The Club" | Cast | 5:58 |
| 12. | "Blackout" | Cast | 3:57 |
| 13. | "Sunrise" |
| 4:08 |
| 14. | "Hundreds Of Stories" |
| 3:40 |
| 15. | "Enough" | Priscilla Lopez | 2:38 |
| 16. | "Carnaval Del Barrio" | Burns | 7:26 |
| 17. | "Atención" | Gomez | 0:53 |
| 18. | "Alabanza" |
| 3:17 |
| 19. | "Everything I Know" | Gonzalez | 3:56 |
| 20. | "Piragua" (Reprise) | Román | 0:52 |
| 21. | "Champagne" |
| 2:44 |
| 22. | "When The Sun Goes Down" |
| 2:32 |
| 23. | "Finale" |
| 5:28 |
| Total length: | 89:02 | ||
Personnel
editCredits adapted from liner notes[8]
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Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[14] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Plant/Krauss, Lil Wayne Win Big At 51st Grammys". Billboard.com. February 9, 2009. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Desk, BWW News. "'In The Heights' Releases Two-Disc Cast Recording Today". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Franklin, Marc J. (July 31, 2018). "Go Inside the In The Heights Vinyl Cast Album Release With Lin-Manuel Miranda and More". Playbill. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Levere, Jane (July 31, 2018). "Ghostlight Records Releases New, 3-LP Vinyl Box Set Of Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In The Heights'". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe (August 7, 2020). "IN THE HEIGHTS Original Broadway Cast Recording to be Released as Red, White & Blue Vinyl 3-LP Box Set". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Hasty, Katie (June 11, 2008). "Disturbed Scores Third Straight No. 1 Album". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (June 12, 2008). "In the Heights Hits the Billboard Heights, at No. 1 on Cast Album Chart". Playbill. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Lin-Manuel Miranda; various artists. In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Media notes). Ghostlight Records. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Billboard 200: Week of June 21, 2008". Billboard. June 21, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Soundtracks: Week of June 21, 2008". Billboard. June 21, 2008. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2008". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2009". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Cast Albums Year-End Chart 2010". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "American album certifications – Lin-Manuel Miranda – In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 23, 2023.