Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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  Favorite Albums of All Time

  Stu

  (2015)

  ”How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a

  Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten

  spot in the Caribbean by providence,

  impoverished, in squalor,

  grow up to be a hero and a scholar?”

  Here's what I posted on Facebook after first listening to it in November 2015. I maintain that the cast album stands as classic on its own, without even needing to see the stage show.

  "Listened to the soundtrack to Hamilton from start to finish on our drive to Boston yesterday, all 2.5 hours of it. Believe the hype. Believe the superlatives. IT'S THAT GOOD...It's so dense, so ambitious, so audacious, but it WORKS. I've never liked rap, or even most hip-hop, but it all works. I was only able to follow a fraction of the story, the words, the references, etc. so it is definitely a work that requires repeated listenings to fully digest. I say 'listenings' because tickets to see the show will be unobtainable for years to come."