Company, subtitled A Musical Comedy and Original Cast Recording,Album's covers and labels. is an album containing a recording of the 1970 Broadway musical Company made by its original cast. The album was released on Columbia Masterworks on May 13, 1970.
Background The album was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.
Critical reception
In her contemporary review for AllMusic, Marjorie Ellen Ruhlmann notes that the musical "is highly acclaimed by theater-goers [and] critics" and that its score "is completely modern and utterly charming in every way".
Chart performance The album spent two weeks, that of June 20 and 27, 1970, at number 178 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing LP – Columbia Masterworks OS 3550
Charts Chart (1970) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs 178
Awards Year Award type Categories Results 1971 Grammy Awards Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album
In 2008, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
See also Original Cast Album: Company, a 1970 film documenting the recording session for the original Broadway cast album
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