I think one of the reasons I like this recording is there is so much of the play included in the numerous songs. There are a lot of memorable songs, just not as many that stand alone for solo performance. I think my favorites are With One Look, Girl Meets Boy, Sunset Boulevard, As If We Never Said Goodbye, and Too Much in Love to Care. Glenn Close may be the best Norma Desmond voice that I have heard. She makes you hear how silly, vain, and demanding she is, but you can also hear hints of the vulnerable starlet in her past.

If you like a good story, then you should try this CD. ( )

INFORMATION-This two disc album contains the following tracks:
Disc 1
01 - (2:48) Overture / I Guess It Was 5 A.M. - Orchestra & Alan Campbell
02 - (6:53) Let's Have Lunch - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Sal Mistretta & Ensemble
03 - (1:59) Every Movie's A Circus - Alan Campbell
04 - (1:36) Car Chase - Orchestra
05 - (1:40) At The House On Sunset - Alan Campbell, George Hearn & Glenn Close
06 - (2:45) Surrender - Glenn Close
07 - (3:11) With One Look - Glenn Close
08 - (6:39) Salome - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell
09 - (3:51) The Greatest Star Of All - George Hearn
10 - (2:33) Every Movie's A Circus (Reprise) - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn & Ensemble
11 - (3:19) Girl Meets Boy - Alan Campbell & Judy Kuhn
12 - (3:20) Back At The House On Sunset - Alan Campbell & George Hearn
13 - (3:51) New Ways To Dream - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell
14 - (3:21) Completion Of The Script - Alan Campbell & Glenn Close
15 - (4:25) The Lady's Paying - Glenn Close, Alan Campbell & Ensemble
16 - (2:41) New Year's Eve - Alan Campbell & George Hearn
17 - (4:53) The Perfect Year - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell
18 - (6:55) This Time Next Year - Lauren Kennedy
19 - (1:57) New Year's Eve (Back At The House On Sunset) - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell
Disc 2
01 - (2:45) Entr'acte - Orchestra
02 - (3:03) Sunset Boulevard - Alan Campbell
03 - (4:40) There's Been a Call / Journey to Paramount - Glenn Close
04 - (6:16) As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close
05 - (4:19) Paramount Conversations / Surrender (Reprise) - Judy Kuhn, Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn & Ensemble
06 - (2:46) Girl Meets Boy (Reprise) - Alan Campbell & Judy Kuhn
07 - (1:49) Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering - Glenn Close & Ensemble
08 - (2:07) Who's Betty Schaefer? - Alan Campbell & Glenn Close
09 - (2:22) Betty's Office at Paramount - Alan Campbell & Judy Kuhn
10 - (6:12) Too Much in Love to Care - Judy Kuhn & Alan Campbell
11 - (2:46) New Ways to Dream (Reprise) - George Hearn
12 - (1:55) The Phone Call - Glenn Close
13 - (12:36) The Final Scene - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Glenn Close & George Hearn