Gypsy is the soundtrack to the 1993 television adaptation of ''Gypsy''. It was released by

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...

on November 23, 1993, in the United States. Based on the autobiography of

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and the 1959 musical '' Gypsy: A Musical Fable'', written by

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and

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, it depicts the life and times of a burlesque stripper and her domineering mother, starring

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as Mama Rose. Despite the fact that the film only aired on the CBS network in the US and the soundtrack only featured Midler on seven of the seventeen tracks, it was released as a Bette Midler album by Atlantic Records. The soundtrack peaked at number 183 on US ''Billboard'' 200 but failed to chart elsewhere.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann found that Midler "was too accustomed to being ingratiating and sympathetic to be as much of a monster as Rose is supposed to be, and she didn't quite have the voice for the more demanding songs ..In the more confrontational numbers, such as "Some People" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses," she didn't go far enough ..On the whole, then, Midler did a respectable job, but not the one she was capable of, if she had worked harder. As such, this ''Gypsy'', while a vast improvement over the disastrous movie soundtrack, was on a par with the Tyne Daly revival."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Lacey Chabert – vocals (Baby June) * Elisabeth Moss – vocals (Baby Louise) * Bette Midler – vocals (Rose) * Peter Riegert – vocals (Herbie) * Joey Ceo – vocals (newsboy) * Blake Armstrong – vocals (newsboy) * Teo Weiner – vocals (newsboy) * Jeffrey Broadhurst – vocals (Tulsa) * Peter Lockyer – vocals (Yonkers) * Michael Moore – vocals (L.A.) * Patrick Boyd – vocals (Kansas) * Cynthia Gibb – vocals (Louise/Gypsy) * Jennifer Beck – vocals (June) * Terry Lindholm – vocals (Flagstaff) * Gregg Russell – vocals (farmboy) * Linda Hart – vocals (Mazeppa) * Anna McNeely – vocals (Electra) * Christine Ebersole – vocals (Tessie Tura) Production * Arif Mardin – record producer * Michael Rafter – producer * Curt Sobel – producer * Robert Schaper Jr – sound engineer * David Ronne – engineer * Matthew John McFadden – engineer * Peggy Names – engineer * Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California

Charts

References

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