Time: 36:36
Size: 83.8 MB
Styles: Broadway musical
Year: 2016
Art: Front
[1:15] 1. What's Inside
[3:19] 2. Opening Up
[2:54] 3. Door Number Three
[3:50] 4. When He Sees Me
[2:57] 5. Soft Place To Land
[2:23] 6. Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me
[3:24] 7. I Didn't Plan It
[3:24] 8. Bad Idea
[4:09] 9. You Matter To Me
[4:10] 10. She Used To Be Mine
[3:37] 11. Everything Changes
[1:09] 12. Lulu's Pie Song
What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress is a piece of a larger story. A story that began two years ago and is still ongoing. This is not a traditional record for Bareilles, it is very much a concept record, and as such might disappoint for someone looking for the next “Brave” or “Love Song.” But what it offers is a heavy dose of personality, warmth, insecurity, love, loneliness, and hope.
For anyone worried that Sara couldn’t pull off writing a Broadway Musical, set your fears aside. She’s done it. There’s moments of Sondheim, moments of deep character study and in-the-moment frantic examination (When He Sees Me). There’s the stylized and fuzzy feeling of Schwartz, where you just smile ear to ear for minutes on end (Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me). And there’s devastatingly somber notes reminiscent of Jason Robert Brown, that tug at your heart-strings and won’t go away (You Matter To Me). But make no mistake, this music is whole-heartedly Bareilles. She doesn’t try to be someone else, molding herself after their style. Sara is absolutely a composer and lyricist ripe for the medium of musical theatre, she always has been. She just uses this opportunity to write other people’s stories, instead of her own. ~Cassidy Knight
For anyone worried that Sara couldn’t pull off writing a Broadway Musical, set your fears aside. She’s done it. There’s moments of Sondheim, moments of deep character study and in-the-moment frantic examination (When He Sees Me). There’s the stylized and fuzzy feeling of Schwartz, where you just smile ear to ear for minutes on end (Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me). And there’s devastatingly somber notes reminiscent of Jason Robert Brown, that tug at your heart-strings and won’t go away (You Matter To Me). But make no mistake, this music is whole-heartedly Bareilles. She doesn’t try to be someone else, molding herself after their style. Sara is absolutely a composer and lyricist ripe for the medium of musical theatre, she always has been. She just uses this opportunity to write other people’s stories, instead of her own. ~Cassidy Knight
What's Inside: Songs From Waitress
