Various Artists // The Music Of Smash

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If you haven’t heard of Smash yet, let us give you a brief introduction to it. It’s a musical drama that revolves round a new Broadway production based on life of Marilyn Monroe. Or as we’ve fondly started calling it, the adult Glee. It’s only been showing for 6 weeks on Sky Atlantic but already the soundtrack to the show is available to buy.

Well, we call it the soundtrack to the show, but honestly, there’s so much that could have been done with this album. What you get in this little package is 8 cover versions (Touch Me, Stand, Who You Are, Crazy Dreams, Beautiful, Haven’t Met You Yet, Shake It Out & Brighter Than The Sun) which actually are done very well and whilst making them their own, the artists maintain the original feel. Our personal favourites have to be their take on Jessie J’s Who You Are and Florance & The Machine’s Shake It Out

The remaining 5 tracks on the album are from the ‘Broadway production’ we see being bought together on the show and original tracks written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.. These include Let Me Be Your Star (that closed the pilot episode), The 20th Century Foz Mambo, Mr & Mrs Smith, Let’s Be Bad & History Is Made At Night

Honestly there probably was a lot more that could have been done with the album in that you could have had a CD of the cover versions (which we do reckon that there will be more of and that we know there has been so far) and then the songs from the ‘musical’ on another. Maybe it could still happen, who knows. Or maybe it’s going to end up like Glee did releasing album after album of songs.

If you’re truly a fan of the show and want to relive the musical moments, then by all means buy it. Otherwise, just wait and see what happens by the time the end of the season occurs.

rating: 3/5