Disco de Cirque du Soleil: “Zumanity”

I have had the pleasure of seeing Zumanity in Las Vegas and it was both marvelous and quite a departure for Cirque du Soleil. Unfortunately my expectations for this CD were unmet. While I do appreciate the creativity and considerable talent that went into the production of the CD, I had visions of the live show in mind. As a fanatical Cirque du Soleil performances fan, I'm afraid the `Inspired By' compilation just didn't work for me. Cirque du Soliel's live shows leave a fantastic and indelible impression in the mind and imagination of the viewer I doubt seriously that they can effectively capture the essence of the performance with anything less then the original! I will certainly buy the actual `show tunes' CD if it is ever released.

Well, I'm finally at the point where I don't know what to say about a Cirque Du Soleil album. I own every Cirque CD, including those live versions of Alegria and Saltimbanco, which were only released to the employees of the Cirque. The problem with this CD is the sex that was thrown in. Almost every song has a background of moans and screams, almost too much for anyone's taste. But especially songs like "The Good Thing", where the female rapper repeats "I only care about what you got in your pants"...they just put one off. I don't mind the music, it's in my taste, but this CD is R-rated, and I'm not sure if I'm really into it.

So I bought this CD years ago, I tried to listen to it and find something I liked and never could. I put it in with all my other CD's and kind of forgot about it till yesterday. I was out in Vegas and went to see the show. This show is amazing took my breath away. All I could think of was "well... Let's give this CD another try!" But simply put, go see the show!!! Don't buy the CD. Once they come out with the music from the show get it. Till then a CD like this does the show no justice. Hope this helps.

All of the other Cirque Soundtracks I have (O, Saltimbanco, Solarium/Delirium, Alegria, Quidam, Journey of Man) are absolutely incredible, yet it seems like every artist has at least one outstandingly bad album...and I'm afraid this one is Cirque's worst. All it really is is just dialogue that hardly makes sense, transitional, very short (not even a minute?) tracks in between that are merely just sound effects, and a few tracks after that which end up sounding like kinky elevator music. Not to mention the singer in the first track is horribly out of tune at the first note which is unnaceptable for a recording! All of the other cirque albums as I listed above are INCREDIBLE, but this is the only one I would highly discourage anyone from buying.

A dirge of a C.D. Not at all like any other Cirque du Soleil music tracks, which have always been excellent.