Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show

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Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show
The words "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" are written in bold on a blue-black background. All words are red with the exception of "Glee", which is white.
EP by Glee Cast
Released October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19)
(see release history)
Recorded 2010
Genre Rock, soundtrack
Length 21:27
Label Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV
Producer Dante Di Loreto (exec.), Brad Falchuk (exec.), Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Ryan Murphy
Glee Cast chronology
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals
(2010)Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals2010		 Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show
(2010)		 Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album
(2010)Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album2010

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show is the third extended play (EP) by the cast of the musical television series Glee, released on October 19, 2010. It contains seven songs and accompanies the episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show", originally aired October 26, 2010 on Fox. The Halloween episode sees the glee club recreating the 1973 comedy horror musical The Rocky Horror Show, written and composed by Richard O'Brien.[1] Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk serve as the executive producers.

Background and development

The Glee episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" originally aired October 26, 2010 as part of Fox's series of Halloween-themed episodes, and features a staging of The Rocky Horror Show by the school's glee club.[2][3] Plans for the episode were revealed at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International by Glee creator Ryan Murphy after cast member Chris Colfer expressed desire to cover "Time Warp" on the show.[4] Jayma Mays, who plays the role of guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, auditioned with "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" and performs the song, with some changes in lyrics.[5][6] "I'm so going to have to get her to do that on the show," said Murphy on her audition piece.[7] "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night" is sung by John Stamos, and "Damn It, Janet" by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele.[6]

The EP's tracklist was announced in an official press release on September 28, 2010. It was released digitally and physically on October 19, 2010 in North America.[8][9]

Reception

Andrew Leahey of allmusic gave a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling the EP "one of the better recordings in Glee's catalog" and "a tidy, polished, well-sung tribute album." He praised the performances of Naya Rivera, Jayma Mays, and John Stamos, vocalists infrequently heard on the series, but felt the casting of Amber Riley as Dr. Frank-N-Furter was misplaced.[10]

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 the week of October 27, 2010, with 48,000 copies sold, the lowest debut and sales for the cast in the United States.[11] This debut made Glee the first television series to have six or more soundtracks chart in the chart's top ten, and marked the highest position ever reached for a Rocky Horror album.[12] As of April 2011, the EP is Glee's lowest-selling in the US, with 160,000 copies.[13]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Richard O'Brien. 

No. Title Length
1. "Science Fiction Double Feature"   4:28
2. "Damn It, Janet"   2:41
3. "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? (featuring John Stamos)"   3:04
4. "Sweet Transvestite"   2:59
5. "Touch a Touch a Touch a Touch Me"   2:29
6. "There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)"   2:33
7. "Time Warp"   3:13

Credits and personnel

Persons credited for the project are as follows.[14]

Release history

Country Release date Formats (CD, DD) Ref.
Canada October 19, 2010 CD, DD [15][16]
Germany October 19, 2010 CD [17]
Ireland October 19, 2010 DD [18]
United States October 19, 2010 CD, DD [8][19]
Japan October 26, 2010 CD [20]
Australia October 29, 2010 CD, DD [21][22]
Taiwan March 15, 2011 CD [23]

References

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