''Wearing Someone Else's Clothes'' is a solo album by

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composer

Jason Robert Brown Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on ''Parad ...

. It was released by

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on June 28, 2005 to generally positive critical reception.

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named it as one of its ten Editors' Picks in Broadway and Vocal Albums for 2005. The album contains songs written by Brown between 1996 and 2004, many of which he wrote independent of any musical. Before the release of the album, some of these songs were played at his live concert performances. Similarly to his other works such as ''

Songs for a New World ''Songs for a New World'' is a work of musical theatre written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. This was Jason Robert Brown's first produced show, originally produced Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1995. Brown and director Daisy Prince put ...

'', the album covers a diverse blend of musical genres including rock, gospel, funk, and jazz. Brown sings his own music throughout the album; he is joined by

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on "Coming Together" and a chorus (featuring a number of Broadway performers) on several of the songs. Many instrumental parts are performed by his band, the Caucasian Rhythm Kings. In addition to writing and singing, Brown also orchestrated, arranged, and played piano on ten of the album's eleven songs.

Previously unreleased songs

The album contains a few songs which had not previously been released commercially, but which nevertheless were known by Jason Robert Brown's fans. "Someone To Fall Back On" was originally recorded on ''The Inaudible Jason Robert Brown'', an album that Brown distributed only to family and friends. The song also appeared in some of Brown's live performances. The song eventually made its way into the film

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, directed by

Todd Graff Todd Graff (born October 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the musical comedy films ''Camp'' (2003), for which he was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, '' Band ...

. This slightly faster rock-pop version was sung by

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. "I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You" was originally a part of the musical ''

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'', but it was replaced with the similar song "Shiksa Goddess" after the musical's first run, because a lawsuit forced Brown to significantly change the female character described in the song.
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Track listing

# "Someone Else's Clothes" – 5:31 # "Long Long Road" – 5:32 # "Someone To Fall Back On" – 4:43 # "Getting Out" – 4:55 # "Over" – 6:09 # "Music Of Heaven" – 5:52 # "Nothing In Common" – 4:46 # "I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You" – 3:46 # "I'm In Bizness" – 7:30 # "Coming Together" – 6:47 # "Grow Old With Me" – 2:22

References

External links

Official site
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