Rent - The Original Broadway Cast Recording

Label: DreamWorks
Genre: Showtunes
Year: 1996
Recommending Person: Kirsten Turnquist

First, I would suggest you listen to the best of Rent rather than the entirety of the music, without any acting context, the Voicemails and small vignettes that are used lose pretty much anything that you would deem enjoyable. However, many 90s and 2000s albums had terrible interludes that almost everyone skipped over after their first listen. It would be the same with Rent. I have never seen Rent live, I have not seen the movie with actors that they try to make sing, and I have not seen any taping of a live performance.

However, Rent is part of the cultural conscious and I have heard many jokes about the merits of the protagonists arguments, and of course the song Seasons of Love (Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes). The songs don't really catch you until Tango: Maureen, and then it fades out until Sante Fe. From there on out the songs are catchy and get you emotionally attached. I never participated in any stage or Drama anything as I was always trying to not be a loser, but I was always jealous of those who did.