Search - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice :: Chess In Concert (1994 Swedish Concert Cast)

An ok album.

Dvarg | Drammen Norway | 07/01/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I now own all the five major (legal) recordings of Chess; Original Concept, Broadway Cast, In Concert, "Danish" Complete Cast and Swedish cast. All of these have their strenght and weaknesses, but as for completeness, one have to go for the Swedish or Danish recordings. As it is, I dislike the Swedish one, and the Danish is hard to get. That makes this Concert Recording the most complete of the remaining Chesses, but not necessarily the best sung. I would not have bought this if it was not because I found it in a second hand cd store at a very low price. If you have the Danish album, you don't need it. If you are a Chess virgin and cannot find the Danish album, chose this for near completeness or the Original Concept Album for best cast.Avoid the Broadway Cast (extremely incomplete, though well sung) and the Swedish Cast (kind of complete, but otherwise weird and lacking the Chess spirit) if you don't happen to be a total Chess nut."

Not that good

mi | Europe | 04/05/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Contains the extra songs not found in the "studio release" (with Ms. Paige etc.). However, the quality is poor and even the artists are no match to the ones in the studio recording. However, a must for Chess-aficionados."