Various Artists - Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015)

This presentation of Hamilton is a textured labor of love, showing and not simply telling how its title character went from "young, scrappy and hungry" to "an Icarus who's flown too close to the sun." Miranda's music and lyrics smoothly fuse Nineties hip-hop, girl-group R&B, British Invasion pop and more into classic theatrical forms, and dramatic highlights like "My Shot," "Stay Alive" and "Ten Duel Commandments" are as stirring on record as they are onstage. Act One stunner "Satisfied" might be Miranda's finest moment, with costar Renée Elise Goldsberry dipping in and out of Nicki Minaj-style rhymes and Bernadette Peters vocal runs in a heartbreaking performance as Hamilton's sister-in-law Angelica Schuyler. Tickets to the show may be sold out until approximately forever, but this album is an excellent replacement.

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Alexander Hamilton 3:56
02. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan - Aaron Burr, Sir 2:36
03. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit My Shot 5:33
04. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The Story of Tonight 1:31
05. Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renee Elise Goldsberry - The Schuyler Sisters 3:06
06. Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Farmer Refuted 1:52
07. Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - You'll Be Back 3:28
08. Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit Right Hand Man 5:21
09. Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - A Winter's Ball 1:09
10. Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Helpless 4:09
11. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renee Elise Goldsberry - Satisfied 5:29
12. Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom, Jr. - Explicit The Story of Tonight (Reprise) 1:55
13. Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Wait For It 3:13
14. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit Stay Alive 2:39
15. Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Ten Duel Commandments 1:46
16. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Meet Me Inside 1:23
17. Phillipa Soo & Lin-Manuel Miranda - That Would Be Enough 2:58
18. Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Guns and Ships 2:07
19. Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - History Has Its Eyes On You 1:37
20. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) 4:02
21. Jonathan Groff - What Comes Next? 1:39
22. Leslie Odom, Jr. & Lin-Manuel Miranda - Dear Theodosia 3:04
23. Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renee Elise Goldsberry - Non-Stop 6:25

CD2:

01. Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - What'd I Miss 3:56
02. Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan - Explicit Cabinet Battle #1 3:35
03. Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renee Elise Goldsberry - Take a Break 4:46
04. Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Say No To This 4:02
05. Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The Room Where It Happens 5:18
06. Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo - Schuyler Defeated 1:03
07. Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan - Cabinet Battle #2 2:22
08. Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit Washington On Your Side 3:01
09. Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - One Last Time 4:56
10. Jonathan Groff - I Know Him 1:37
11. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The Adams Administration 0:54
12. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan - We Know 2:22
13. Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Hurricane 2:23
14. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The Reynolds Pamphlet 2:08
15. Phillipa Soo - Burn 3:45
16. Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit Blow Us All Away 2:53
17. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Stay Alive (Reprise) 1:51
18. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renee Elise Goldsberry - It's Quiet Uptown 4:30
19. Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Explicit The Election of 1800 3:57
20. Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Your Obedient Servant 2:30
21. Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo - Best of Wives and Best of Women 0:47
22. Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The World Was Wide Enough 5:02
23. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story 3:37