Thou Shalt Not (album) explained

Thou Shalt Not original Broadway cast recording
Type:	Cast
Artist:	Harry Connick Jr.
Cover:	Thoushaltnotcd.jpg
Released:	June 18, 2002
Genre:	Cast album
Length:	1:17:24
Label:	Papa's-June Music
Producer:	Tracey Freeman Harry Connick Jr.
Prev Title:	Songs I Heard
Prev Year:	2001
Next Year:	2003

A 77-minute original cast recording of Harry Connick Jr.'s Tony nominated score from the 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.Music and lyrics by Connick who does not sing on this album, but plays the piano as an "additional musician", and does the orchestrations and arrangements, and is a producer on the album.

• Released 18 June 2002, from Papa's-June Music, on Amazon.com
• Producers: Tracey Freeman, Harry Connick Jr.
• Length: 1:17:24

Track listing

1. ACT ONE: "Overture" – 2:16
2. "It's Good To Be Home" – 5:17 – J.C. Montgomery, Ted L. Levy & Ensemble
3. "I Need To Be in Love Ballet" – 3:04 – Kate Levering
4. "My Little World" – 3:26 – Debra Monk
5. "While You're Young" – 1:40 – Craig Bierko
6. "I Need To Be in Love" – 3:00 – Kate Levering
7. "Broken Tea Cup" – 1:32
8. "The Other Hours" – 3:49 – Craig Bierko
9. "The Other Hours Ballet" – 3:10 – Craig Bierko, Kate Levering
10. "All Things" – 2:30 – Norbert Leo Butz
11. "Sovereign Lover" – 5:07 – Kate Levering, Craig Bierko & Ensemble
12. "I've Got My Eye on You" – 3:14 – Debra Monk, Norbert Leo Butz
13. "Light the Way" – 2:41 – Ensemble
14. "Take Her to the Mardi Gras" – 5:12 – Craig Bierko, Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Levering & Ensemble
15. "Tug Boat" – 4:15 – Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Levering
16. ACT TWO: "Entr'Acte" – 1:06
17. "Won't You Sanctify" – 3:06 – Ted L. Levy & Ensemble
18. "Time Passing" – 2:26 – Kate Levering, Craig Bierko, Debra Monk & Ensemble
19. "Take Advantage" – 3:50 – Leo Burmester
20. "Oh! Ain't That Sweet" – 3:35 – Norbert Leo Butz
21. "Thou Shalt Not Ballet" – 8:33 – Kate Levering, Craig Bierko & Ensemble
22. "I Like Love More" – 2:49
23. "It's Good To Be Home (reprise)" – 1:46 – Norbert Leo Butz

Various information

• Sony releases the two-disc album Harry on Broadway, Act I in 2006: 1. disc, Original Broadway cast recording The Pajama Game; 2. disc, Songs from Thou Shalt Not, Harry Connick Jr featuring Kelli O'Hara
• Versions of "I Like Love More", "All Things" and "Good To Be Home" are part of the 2005 instrumental album , with Harry Connick Jr on piano and Branford Marsalis on saxophone.
• A recording of "Other Hours" with Harry Connick Jr on vocal, is on his 2004 Grammy nominated album Only You.
• Connick's 2003 instrumental album , consists of 12 compositions written for Thou Shalt Not, including some not used in the final version of the play.

External links

Audio samples of these songs can be heard as a request at BroadwayWorld Radio