Mandy Patinkin, who can wring the greatest drama or the most manic comedy out of a theater song, used only his most tender interpretive talents for his third album, Experiment.
As usual, the selections came almost exclusively from Broadway shows (the exception, Harry Chapin's "Taxi," was a classic story-song), and one-third of them were by Stephen Sondheim.
They dated back to the 1920s (Irving Berlin's "Always") and up to the '80s (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer's "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables), but Patinkin brought a consistency to them by singing gently in his trembling, innocent tenor, starting with "As Time Goes By" (complete with its rarely sung introductory verse) and ending with Cole Porter's "Experiment." The album was in a sense one long suite or, given the brevity of many of the selections, one long medley, the songs often segueing seamlessly into each other.
The album seemed designed to answer Patinkin's critics, who had found his previous recordings melodramatic and hysterical.
He was reined in on the ironically titled "Experiment," but even if this was Mandy Patinkin Lite, it was appealing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As Time Goes ByHerman Hupfeld | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | I'm Old FashionedJerome Kern, Johnny Mercer | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 01:22 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Somewhere That's GreenHoward Ashman, Alan Menken | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:06 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Someone Is WaitingStephen Sondheim | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Something's ComingLeonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Jitterbug WaltzRichard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | So Many PeopleStephen Sondheim | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Good Thing GoingStephen Sondheim | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 01:37 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | TaxiHarry Chapin | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | I Dreamed a DreamAlain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Mourou Jean Claude J. Lucchetti, Claude-Michel Schönberg | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | I Wish I KnewMack Gordon, Harry Warren | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 01:16 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | The Road You Didn't TakeStephen Sondheim | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:16 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Where or WhenLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:05 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | AlwaysIrving Berlin | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | How Are Things in Glocca Morra?E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Bring Him HomeHerbert Kretzmer, Claude-Michel Schönberg | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | ExperimentCole Porter | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 01:36 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | Multitude of Amys | Mandy Patinkin | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 45 mins | 104 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanford Allen | Violin |
| 2 | Howard Ashman | Composer |
| 3 | John Beal | Bass |
| 4 | Irving Berlin | Composer |
| 5 | Leonard Bernstein | Composer |
| 6 | Kenneth Bichel | Synthesizer |
| 7 | Alain Boublil | Composer |
| 8 | Alfred Brown | Viola |
| 9 | Harry Chapin | Composer |
| 10 | Roy Clark | Mixing Assistant |
| 11 | Richard Clarke | Mixing Assistant |
| 12 | Max Ellen | Violin |
| 13 | Harvey Estrin | Reeds, Woodwind |
| 14 | Lawrence Feldman | Reeds, Woodwind |
| 15 | Paul Ford | Arranger, Piano |
| 16 | Mack Gordon | Composer |
| 17 | Peter Gordon | French Horn |
| 18 | Joyce Hammann | Concert Master, Violin |
| 19 | E.Y. "Yip" Harburg | Composer |
| 20 | Lorenz Hart | Composer |
| 21 | Richard Henrickson | Violin |
| 22 | Herman Hupfeld | Composer |
| 23 | Robert Hurwitz | Executive Producer |
| 24 | Susan Jolles | Harp |
| 25 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 26 | Olivia Koppell | Viola |
| 27 | Herbert Kretzmer | Composer |
| 28 | Scott Kuney | Guitar |
| 29 | Ann Labin | Violin |
| 30 | Burton Lane | Composer |
| 31 | Tom Lazarus | Engineer |
| 32 | Jesse Levy | Cello |
| 33 | Charles Libove | Violin |
| 34 | Richard Locker | Viola |
| 35 | Mourou Jean Claude J. Lucchetti | Composer |
| 36 | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Composer |
| 37 | John McClure | Producer |
| 38 | Alan Menken | Composer |
| 39 | Johnny Mercer | Composer |
| 40 | Joel Meyerowitz | Photography |
| 41 | John Miller | Bass (Electric) |
| 42 | David Nadien | Violin |
| 43 | Joe Passaro | Percussion |
| 44 | Mandy Patinkin | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 45 | Neil Perry | Assistant Engineer |
| 46 | Cole Porter | Composer |
| 47 | Susan Presson | Assistant |
| 48 | Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| 49 | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Composer |
| 50 | Laura Seaton | Violin |
| 51 | Stephen Sondheim | Composer |
| 52 | Robert Steen | Reeds, Woodwind |
| 53 | Eric Stern | Conductor |
| 54 | Katherine LiVolsi Stern | Violin |
| 55 | Daniel Troob | Orchestration |
| 56 | Brian Vibberts | Assistant Engineer |
| 57 | James Victore | Design |
| 58 | Fats Waller | Composer |
| 59 | Harry Warren | Composer |
| 60 | Belinda Whitney-Barratt | Violin |
| 61 | Mineko Yajima | Violin |
| 62 | Paul Zinman | Editing Engineer |
| 63 | Ronald Zito | Drums |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |