A Very StarKid Album
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A Very StarKid Album contains several songs from the musical
A Very Potter Sequel
, sequel to the Harry Potter
parody
musical A Very Potter Musical
, produced by Team StarKid
with music and lyrics by Darren Criss
(who also starred in both musicals as Harry Potter
), and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden. The album features seven of the twelve songs from A Very Potter Sequel as well as tracks from others members of Team StarKid. Songs from the musical that were absent from the album were later released as the A Very Potter Sequel soundtrack
. The album was released digitally
through iTunes
and Amazon.com
on July 22nd, 2010, and was made available on the Team StarKid Bandcamp
page on August 3rd, 2010. The album reached #14 on the iTunes Pop
Charts and #27 out of all Top Albums officially topping Lady Gaga
(#29) and Glee
(#31) on the charts. The album also reached #19 on Top
Compilation
s.
Band
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
A Very Potter Sequel
A Very Potter Sequel
A Very Potter Sequel is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss, and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden. The story is a parody based on several of the Harry Potter novels, particularly Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and...
, sequel to the Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
musical A Very Potter Musical
A Very Potter Musical
A Very Potter Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss and A.J. Holmes, and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden...
, produced by Team StarKid
Team StarKid
StarKid Productions, also known as Team StarKid, is a student-created theatre production troupe formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2009 by theatre students at the University of Michigan...
with music and lyrics by Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
(who also starred in both musicals as Harry Potter
Harry Potter (character)
Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard...
), and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden. The album features seven of the twelve songs from A Very Potter Sequel as well as tracks from others members of Team StarKid. Songs from the musical that were absent from the album were later released as the A Very Potter Sequel soundtrack
A Very Potter Sequel (soundtrack)
The A Very Potter Sequel soundtrack contains songs from the musical A Very Potter Sequel, sequel to the Harry Potter parody musical A Very Potter Musical, produced by Team StarKid with music and lyrics by Darren Criss , and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden, that were not released on...
. The album was released digitally
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
through iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
on July 22nd, 2010, and was made available on the Team StarKid Bandcamp
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, that caters mainly for independent artists. Artists on Bandcamp have a customizable microsite with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the website and some artists offer free music downloads...
page on August 3rd, 2010. The album reached #14 on the iTunes Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
Charts and #27 out of all Top Albums officially topping Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
(#29) and Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
(#31) on the charts. The album also reached #19 on Top
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
Compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s.
Track listing
Personnel
Featured Performers| Actor/Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Darren Criss Darren Criss Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee... |
Harry Potter Harry Potter (character) Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard... |
| Joey Richter Joey Richter Joseph Michael "Joey" Richter is an American actor, singer, and internet personality. Richter rose to fame co-starring as Ron Weasley in the fan-parody musicals, A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel , created by University of Michigan theatre group, Team StarKid... |
Ron Weasley Ron Weasley Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger... |
| Bonnie Gruesen | Hermione Granger Hermione Granger Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts... |
| Lauren Lopez | Draco Malfoy Draco Malfoy Draco Malfoy is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is a Slytherin student in Harry Potter's year. He is frequently accompanied by his two accomplices, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen... |
| Joe Walker | Dolores Umbridge Voldemort |
| Joe Moses | Severus Snape Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling. In the first novel of the series, he is hostile toward Harry and is built up to be the primary antagonist until the final chapters. As the series progresses, Snape's character becomes more layered and... |
| Brian Holden | Remus Lupin |
| Dylan Saunders | Albus Dumbledore Albus Dumbledore Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a major character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts... |
| Tyler Brunsman | Lucius Malfoy |
| Jim Povolo | Gregory Goyle Firenze Bill Weasley (uncredited) Past Draco (uncredited) |
| Jaime Lyn Beatty | Rita Skeeter Ginny Weasley (uncredited) |
| Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia | Sirius Black |
| Corey Dorris | Yaxley |
| Devin Lytle | Cho Chang Charlie Weasley (uncredited) |
| Arielle Goldman | Lily Potter Luna Lovegood Hedwig Fred Weasley |
| Brian Rosenthal | Seamus Finnigan James Potter Past Ron King's Cross Person (uncredited) |
| Britney Coleman | Dean Thomas |
| Lily Marks | Molly Weasley |
| Richard Campbell | Neville Longbottom Past Hermione |
| Sango Tajima | Lavender Brown George Weasley Past Harry |
| Julia Albain | Vincent Crabbe Percy Weasley Candy Lady |
| Nick Lang | Arthur Weasley Sorty Scarfy Peter Pettigrew Mama Umbridge |
Band
- Bruce Keisling – pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Clark Baxtresser – keyboardMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
- Chris Lorentz – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Corey Richardson – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Jack Stratton – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Release history
| Website | Date |
|---|---|
| iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.... /Amazon.com Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and... |
July 22, 2010 |
| Bandcamp Bandcamp Bandcamp is an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, that caters mainly for independent artists. Artists on Bandcamp have a customizable microsite with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the website and some artists offer free music downloads... |
August 3, 2010 |
Chart performance
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Compilation Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
19 |
Other appearances
- "Sami" was previously released as part of the web-series Little White LieLittle White Lie (web series)Little White Lie is an American web series created by members of what would eventually become Team StarKid. The series follows Sami and Duder Reese who steal a friend's music to turn their go-nowhere band, Reeses Pieces, into the next sensation, Little White Lie...
(2009), and was re-written as "Harry" for the A Very Potter MusicalA Very Potter MusicalA Very Potter Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss and A.J. Holmes, and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden...
. - "Not Alone" is a re-recorded version of a song from A Very Potter Musical.
- "Not Alone" and "Sami" were also released on Darren Criss' Human EPHuman (EP)-Personnel:* Darren Criss - vocals, guitar* Chris Lorentz - producer, mixing, mastering* Forest Casey - CD & cover photography* Frank Franco III - CD & cover layout design-Chart performance:-Other appearances:...
. - "Ready to Go" and "Even Though" were also released on the Me and My Dick soundtrackMe and My Dick (soundtrack)Me and My Dick contains the songs from the musical Me and My Dick, produced by Team StarKid with music and lyrics by A.J. Holmes, Carlos Valdes, and Darren Criss, and book by Eric Kahn Gale, Brian Holden, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang. It was recorded by the musical's cast and was released digitally on...
.
External links
- Team StarKid official website
- Star Kid Productions on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....