Cool Rider Cast Recording
Released on Monday 29th June 2015
★★★★
★★★★
Last year Cool Rider (known to many as Grease 2) began its theatrical journey with a one-night-only concert staging at the Lyric Theatre. The production then returned for a week-long West End residency at the Duchess Theatre and now, due to popular demand, the company have reunited for a cast recording.
Quite simply the musical numbers in Cool Rider are spectacularly incredible. I only saw the show once last April and haven’t heard a single song since... however, whilst listening to the cast album for the first time I could hum along to almost every single tune. It is one of the most infectious scores ever written - and I can't get enough of it!
From the likes of 'Who’s That Guy?', 'Score Tonight' and 'Reproduction' to 'Girl for all Seasons' and 'Rock-a-Hula Luau (Summer Is Coming)', every single song sounds like an old-school eighties hit. Ashleigh Gray lets rip on the show's title number, her vocals are fierce and to say she gives Michelle Pfeiffer a run for her money would be the understatement of the year. The entire cast give strong vocal performances and should be very proud of the album.
Cool Rider already has a massive cult following; the stage show was tremendous fun and has potential to follow in the footsteps of something like The Rocky Horror Show. Although I am (still) yet to recover from the crazy experience of seeing Cool Rider live on stage last year, listening to the cast album has left me dying to see a fully staged production. Let's hope it returns in some shape or form very soon!
Reviewed by Andrew Tomlins (Editor)
Reviewed by Andrew Tomlins (Editor)
Visit www.coolriderlive.com for further information and to purchase your copy of the album. Also avaliable on iTunes.
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