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Company, subtitled A Musical Comedy and Original Cast Recording,[1] 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.[2]

ReleasedMay 13, 1970 (1970-05-13)
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Company – Original Cast Recording
Cast recording by
the original cast
ReleasedMay 13, 1970 (1970-05-13)
LabelColumbia Masterworks
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Background

The album was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[3]
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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".[3]

Chart performance

The album spent two weeks, that of June 20 and 27, 1970, at number 178 on the Billboard 200.[4]

Track listing

LP – Columbia Masterworks OS 3550

All lyrics are written by Stephen Sondheim; all music is composed by Stephen Sondheim.

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Side 1
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Company"Dean Jones and Company 
2."The Little Things You Do Together"Elaine Stritch, Barbara Barrie, Charles Kimbrough and Company 
3."Sorry-Grateful"Charles Kimbrough, George Coe, Charles Braswell, Dean Jones 
4."You Could Drive a Person Crazy"Donna McKechnie, Susan Browning, Pamela Myers 
5."Have I Got a Girl for You"

"Someone Is Waiting"
Charles Braswell, John Cunningham, Steve Elmore, George Coe, Charles Kimbrough and Company
Dean Jones, The Vocal Minority
 
6."Another Hundred People"Pamela Myers 
7."Getting Married Today"Beth Howland, Steve Elmore, Teri Ralston and Company 
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Side 2
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Side by Side by Side"
"What Would We Do Without You?"

Dean Jones and Company
 
2."Poor Baby"

"Tick-Tock"
Barbara Barrie, Teri Ralston, Merle Louise, Beth Howland, Elaine Stritch, Charles Kimbrough, George Coe 
3."Barcelona"Dean Jones, Susan Browning 
4."The Ladies Who Lunch"Elaine Stritch 
5."Being Alive"Dean Jones and Company 
6."Finale"Company 
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Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[4][5] 178
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Awards

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Year Award type Categories Results Ref.
1971 Grammy Awards Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album Won
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In 2008, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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