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Scores That didn't Have One Single Bad Song In It?

Phantom of London
Broadway Legend
joined:3/26/08
Chess
Les Miserables
Follies
2013 Shows: (New York: Glengarry Glen Ross*** Picnic**** The Lion King**** Mamma Mia**** Who's Afraid of Virginia Woofe**** The Other Place*** Nice Work, If You Can Get It** Annie**** The Phantom of the Opera**** Cat On A Hot Tin Roof*** Cinderella**** Evita**** (Final Performance) The Mystery of Edwin Drood*** Mary Poppins*****) London: Salad Days** Great Expectations*** This House** Chess**** A Chorus Line**** Quartermine's Terms**** Old Times*** The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time***** Dear World*** People**** Viva Forever** Peter and Alice** The Wimslow Boy***** Proof**** Our Country's Good* The Tailor Made Man**** Darling of the Day*** Top Hat*** A Judas Kiss*** Spamalot*** Once**** Wicked** A Chorus Line**** Book of Mormon***** Hairspray**** (Tour: Southampton) Sleeping Arrangements***** The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes*** The Pajama Game***(Chichester)The Thrill of Love*** Hymn**/Cocktail Sticks**** Merrily We Roll Along***** The Weir**** The Hot House**** The Rise and the Fall of the Little Voice***** (Churchill, Bromley) Ghost*** (Wimbledon) To Kill A Mockingbird*** (Open Air) Beautiful Thing*** The Phantom*** Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*** Relative Speaking**** Strange Interlude*** Passion Play*** The Rocky Horror Show***(Tour: Bromley) merrily Web Roll Along**** The Audience**** Travels With My Aunt**
CATSNYrevival
Broadway Legend
joined:3/1/04
Wait, which version of Chess?
That's right! Underscore mother-fu@#ers!
Jordan Catalano
Broadway Legend
joined:10/9/05
Good Vibrations
All Shook Up
"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.
michellek45
Leading Actor
joined:5/20/11
Shenandoah and On the Town are the only ones that come to mind.
MCfan2
Broadway Star
joined:4/29/06
My Fair Lady.
WithoutATrace
Broadway Legend
joined:11/27/04
The first thing that came to my mind was LES MISERABLES
Owen22
Broadway Star
joined:2/24/11
Even those mentioned above have one or two mediocre, if not klunker, songs in them.

I'd say, maybe, "Guys and Dolls", though I can't even say I love "Marry the Man Today" or "Sue Me"... but that's the closest I can think of off the top of my head..
After Eight
Broadway Legend
joined:6/5/09
My Fair Lady
Kiss Me, Kate
Hello, Dolly!
Milk and Honey
Tenderloin
The Gay Life

fashionguru_23
Broadway Star
joined:4/21/08
Gypsy
"The 54th Street[theatre] had a rep as. . .where old musicals went to die." -Smaxie
joeybiltmore1
Leading Actor
joined:2/22/05
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
ljay889
Broadway Legend
joined:8/4/04
Into The Woods
Catch that dirt.
justoldbill
Broadway Star
joined:10/17/07
Finian's Rainbow
Show Boat
South Pacific
The Fantasticks
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
bwayphreak234
Broadway Legend
joined:7/4/10
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story
Evita
"There's nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music."
Wynbish
Broadway Legend
joined:4/27/12
Oklahoma
Carousel
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd

Scores with just one "baddie"
Last Five Years
Kiss Me Kate
wickedfan
Broadway Legend
joined:12/25/03
Plenty. These are shows that I think don't have a bad song in the sense that they are well crafted and fit perfectly into the show (in addition to the fact that I enjoy the hell out of them):
Show Boat, No No Nanette (these don't so much fit into the show, but it's one of the most enjoyable scores ever), South Pacific, Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, Gypsy (I love "Little Lamb," shoot me), Little Me, A Little Night Music ("Liaisons" is a fantastic song, some actresses just don't do it justice), Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Nine, City of Angels, Crazy For You (yes it counts), Ragtime, The Full Monty, Caroline or Change, and Next to Normal.

Some honorable mentions: Great scores that have a song in them I don't like, but many seem to enjoy: Carousel ("Highest Judge of All"), On the 20th Century ("I Rise Again"), Follies ("One More Kiss"), Evita ("Art of the Possible"), Les Miserables ("Little People"), Light in the Piazza ("The Joy You Feel"), The Book of Mormon ("I Am Here For You"), and Grey Gardens ("Marry Well")
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
Skip2
Stand-by
joined:12/17/04

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

willep
Broadway Legend
joined:9/20/08
If the score with no clunkers in it exists, I have yet to hear it, I think.

Updated On: 7/24/12 at 12:24 AM
Overkill
Broadway Star
joined:5/4/08
Nettik
Featured Actor
joined:6/4/10
West Side Story
Company
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
Songs for a New World

(Just my opinion)
SingAlongMOVIE2
Chorus Member
joined:7/23/12
I am pretty new to Broadway but "Next to Normal" is impeccable to me. But no one else listed it so please don't eat me alive.


Sing Along: Official Site
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 04:10 AM
Marcellus2
Chorus Member
joined:2/16/12
Little Shop of Horrors.
HistoryBoy2
Leading Actor
joined:7/28/10
The first two that immediately came to mind were Gypsy and Sweeney Todd. West Side Story is pretty solid too, if you look at Krupke as a song and ignore its placement.
tazber
Broadway Legend
joined:5/10/05
Nine
Gypsy
Parade
Evita
Les Miz
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Sunset Blvd.
Pal Joey
The King and I
City of Angels
On the Twentieth Century
Sweet Charity
Cabaret (the original, but even more so the 54 revival)
Fiddler on the Roof
Hallelujah Baby
Shenandoah
Little Shop of Horrors
The Rocky Horror Show
The Sound of Music
Flower Drum Song
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Annie
Rags
The Apple Tree (Even the cut song "I'm Lost" is a keeper)
Hair
The Last 5 Years
Grey Gardens

And if revues count:

Closer Than Ever
Ain't Misbehavin
Sophisticated Ladies


Special mention:

Hot Mikado

And finally a brilliant score with one song that I don't care for:

The Light in the Piazza (Aiutami being the one song I dislike)

....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 07:48 AM
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend
joined:4/29/05
I'm confused by your question. There are countless scores which have absolutely no "bad" songs in them. Are you asking about scores in which songs are without exception great?
tazber
Broadway Legend
joined:5/10/05
It's just another "list" thread, completely based on personal opinion I believe.



....but the world goes 'round
After Eight
Broadway Legend
joined:6/5/09
"If the score with no klunkers in it exists, I have yet to hear it, I think."

I'd say you need to listen to more scores.

But surely, you, of all people, can't believe that Once has a clunker in it.


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