Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show is the third extended play (EP) by the cast of the musical television series Glee, released on October 19, 2010. It contains seven songs and accompanies the episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", originally aired October 26, 2010 on Fox. The Halloween episode sees the glee club recreating the 1973 comedy horror musical The Rocky Horror Show, written and composed by Richard O'Brien. Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk serve as the executive producers.
Background and development The Glee episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" originally aired October 26, 2010 as part of Fox's series of Halloween-themed episodes, and features a staging of The Rocky Horror Show by the school's glee club. Plans for the episode were revealed at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con by Glee creator Ryan Murphy after cast member Chris Colfer expressed desire to cover "Time Warp" on the show. Jayma Mays, who plays the role of guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, auditioned with "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" and performs the song, with some changes in lyrics. "I'm so going to have to get her to do that on the show," said Murphy on her audition piece. "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night" is sung by John Stamos, and "Damn It, Janet" by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele.
The EP's track list was announced in an official press release on September 28, 2010. It was released digitally and physically on October 19, 2010 in North America.
Reception
Andrew Leahey of allmusic gave a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling the EP "one of the better recordings in Glees catalog" and "a tidy, polished, well-sung tribute album." He praised the performances of Naya Rivera, Jayma Mays, and John Stamos, vocalists infrequently heard on the series, but felt the casting of Amber Riley as Dr. Frank-N-Furter was misplaced.
Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 the week of October 27, 2010, with 48,000 copies sold, the lowest debut and sales for the cast in the United States. This debut made Glee the first television series to have six or more soundtracks chart in the chart's top ten, and marked the highest position ever reached for a Rocky Horror album. As of April 2011, the EP is Glee lowest-selling in the US, with 160,000 copies.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Persons credited for the project are as follows.
Adam Anders – arranger; engineer; producer; soundtrack producer; vocals Alex Anders – engineer Nikki Anders – vocals Peer Åström – arranger; engineer; mixing; producer Dave Bett – art direction Per Björling – arranger PJ Bloom – music supervisor Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music Deyder Cintron – assistant engineer Kamari Copeland – vocals Tim Davis – vocal arrangement; vocal contractor; vocals Dante Di Loreto – soundtrack executive producer Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer Heather Guibert – coordination Missi Hale – vocals
Tobias Kampe-Flygare – vocals Storm Lee – vocals David Loucks – vocals Meaghan Lyons – coordination Dominick Maita – mastering Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction Ryan Murphy – producer; soundtrack producer Richard O'Brien – composer Martin Persson – arranger; orchestration; programming Stefan Persson – string arrangements Patrick Randak – photography Federico Ruiz – design Jenny Sinclair – coordination Windy Wagner – vocals
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2010–2011) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 23
Release history CountryRelease dateFormats (CD, DD)Ref.CanadaOctober 19, 2010CD, DDGermanyOctober 19, 2010CDIrelandOctober 19, 2010DDUnited StatesOctober 19, 2010CD, DDJapanOctober 26, 2010CDAustraliaOctober 29, 2010CD, DDTaiwanMarch 15, 2011CD
References
External links Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show at GleeTheMusic.com