Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97443 in Music
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
High School Musical was the MUSIC PHENOMENON of 2006! Billboard® Chart’s #1 album of the year! Quadruple-platinum and numerous singles records! In 2006, a SOLD-OUT 42-market North America arena concert tour experience was launched to allow kids across the country to experience the cast, the music, and the magic live in their local markets! Over 500,000 concert attendees! record setting merchandise sales at venue! This captivating live concert experience and content is now being made available for the first time on CD+DVD. Disc one includes the entire High School Musical soundtrack live. Plus artist spotlight appearances by Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Drew Seeley & Corbin Bleu. Disc 2 contains a DVD of 5 live performances and exclusive cast interviews.

Amazon.com
If you already own the High School Musical soundtrack, this live version may be a bit redundant; on the other hand, many of us just can't get enough of these songs, and it's fun to hear the stars of the movie perform them with live energy against a background of screaming fans--who occasionally sing along at the top of their lungs, as on "Breaking Free." The biggest change is that Zac Efron (Troy) didn't participate and was replaced by Drew Seeley. But Seeley acquits himself well of the task, particularly on his two big duets with Vanessa Hudgens, "What I’ve Been Looking For" and "Breaking Free." The former, as fans of the movie know, gets repeated in a super-poppy version sung by Lucas Grabeel (Ryan) and Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay), the kind of energetic performers who so often steal the spotlight from the nominal stars. In addition, Hudgens, Seeley, Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu (Chad) boost their solo careers by getting to perform bonus songs; they are from their respective albums but completely fit in the HSM sound. --Elisabeth Vincentelli