{"product_id":"sara-bareilles-whats-inside-songs-from-waitress","title":"WHAT'S INSIDE: SONGS FROM WAITRESS","description":"Personnel: Jared Scharff (guitar); Kallie Ciechomski (violin); Yair Evnine (viola); Neal Avron (cello).\nAudio Mixer: Neal Avron.\nRecording information: Electric Lady Studios, NY; The Casita, Hollywood, CA.\nPhotographer: Shervin Lainey.\nOf all the pop singer\/songwriters who surfaced in the 21st century, Sara Bareilles may be uniquely qualified to write the songs for a Broadway musical. Indebted to tradition without being beholden to it, Bareilles always favors songs so exquisitely sculpted that their craft is never noticed, only felt, so she's a natural fit for Diane Paulus' adaptation of Adrienne Shelly's 2007 indie comedy-drama Waitress. What's Inside: Songs from Waitress isn't a cast album, it's Bareilles' recording of 12 songs from the production, and the highest compliment that can be paid is that it simultaneously plays as drama and as a sequel to her Grammy-nominated 2013 album The Blessed Unrest. Bright and open, What's Inside does feel of a piece with her 2010 album Kaleidoscope Heart -- the presence of that album's producer Neal Avron, who sat out The Blessed Unrest, is apparent -- and that warm, colorful sheen is enough to make the album play as pop: simply judged on its surface, it provides tangible pleasures. The nifty trick Bareilles pulls off on What's Inside is how the songs also contain a double-edge, serving the drama of the story while also playing as pure pop. Sure, there are flourishes that are pure musical theater -- there's the opening fanfare of \"What's Inside.\" \"Never Ever Getting Rid of Me\" is Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan by way of Todd Rundgren and the show-stopping ballad \"She Used to Be Mine\" almost seems to conjure a lonely spotlight -- but never once do the songs on What's Inside feel in mere service to a plot. Taken on their own, they're lively, clever, and bold, and further evidence of Bareilles' versatility, elegance, and wit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 11\/06\/2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sara Bareilles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44589437616361,"sku":"I3RNP1-4GQ1-00","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/sara-bareilles-whats-inside-songs-from-waitress_tKKiW.jpg?v=1759382927","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/sara-bareilles-whats-inside-songs-from-waitress","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}