Music Review: Finding Neverland: The Album

Album: Finding Neverland: The Album
Music: Various
Label: Republic Records
Rating: 3
Pop: Finding Neverland is a Broadway musical that first saw its Broadway debut in 2012, being inspired from the 2004 film starring Johnny Depp. This collection of music however, is from the 2014 reworked version of the same musical. And the all-star lineup here consists of a selection of songs that were inspired by the production.The emphasis in all the songs regardless of its composer is on melody.
Zendaya’s opener, titled Neverland is sweeping and soulful. Kiesza and Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers follow things up with Stronger and Believe. Kiesza’s track is nothing short of inspirational with simple lyrics that deliver the import of the song – ‘I feel stronger, bigger/ I feel taller, so much higher/ Feel enlightened/ Can’t be frightened anymore/ I can run now so much faster/ And if he won’t be my master/ And to conquer the demons/ I won’t have to wait much longer/ I am stronger.’
However, it is Christina Aguilera, who has the best cut on the album, Anywhere But Here. It has some beautiful lyrics. Take for example, the first stanza, ‘There’s no need of distance/ No need for touch/ No need for answers ’cause I’ve heard enough/ I’ve just found a chest some place out of reach/ I entered the darkness and laid my release/ I open I open my heart/ Seem like a nightingale opened my opened my hands/ When no one else understands.’ These aside, the rest of the album itself is fairly pleasant on the ears as a whole.
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