{"product_id":"whats-inside-songs-from-waitress","title":"What's Inside: Songs from Waitress","description":"Personnel: Jared Scharff (guitar); Kallie Ciechomski (violin); Yair Evnine (viola); Neal Avron (cello).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Neal Avron.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Electric Lady Studios, NY; The Casita, Hollywood, CA.\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Shervin Lainez.\u003cbr\u003eOf all the pop singer\/songwriters who surfaced in the 21st century, Sara Bareilles may be uniquely qualified to write the songs for a Broadway musical. Indebted to tradition without being beholden to it, Bareilles always favors songs so exquisitely sculpted that their craft is never noticed, only felt, so she's a natural fit for Diane Paulus' adaptation of Adrienne Shelly's 2007 indie comedy-drama Waitress. What's Inside: Songs from Waitress isn't a cast album, it's Bareilles' recording of 12 songs from the production, and the highest compliment that can be paid is that it simultaneously plays as drama and as a sequel to her Grammy-nominated 2013 album The Blessed Unrest. Bright and open, What's Inside does feel of a piece with her 2010 album Kaleidoscope Heart -- the presence of that album's producer Neal Avron, who sat out The Blessed Unrest, is apparent -- and that warm, colorful sheen is enough to make the album play as pop: simply judged on its surface, it provides tangible pleasures. The nifty trick Bareilles pulls off on What's Inside is how the songs also contain a double-edge, serving the drama of the story while also playing as pure pop. Sure, there are flourishes that are pure musical theater -- there's the opening fanfare of \"What's Inside.\" \"Never Ever Getting Rid of Me\" is Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan by way of Todd Rundgren and the show-stopping ballad \"She Used to Be Mine\" almost seems to conjure a lonely spotlight -- but never once do the songs on What's Inside feel in mere service to a plot. Taken on their own, they're lively, clever, and bold, and further evidence of Bareilles' versatility, elegance, and wit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47512203198751,"sku":"888751606326","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/4e1100027003333b579bef2a1f6deca5.jpg?v=1777780495","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/whats-inside-songs-from-waitress","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}