Tracklist

1	Overture	2:23
2	Huckleberry Pie/Mysterious Ways	5:33
3	Somebody Gonna Love You	1:24
4	Our Prayer	3:54
5	That Fine Mister	0:44
6	Big Dog	2:50
7	Lily Of The Field	3:13
8	Dear God — Sofia	0:46
9	A Tree Named Sofia	0:25
10	Hell No!	4:30
11	Brown Betty	1:58
12	Shug Avery Comin' To Town	3:13
13	All We've Got To Say	0:47
14	Dear God — Shug	1:07
15	Too Beautiful For Words	2:09
16	Push Da Button	5:24
17	Uh Oh!	3:32
18	What About Love?	4:26
19	Act I Finale	1:07
20	African Homeland	6:58
21	The Color Purple	2:32
22	Church Ladies' Easter	0:58
23	I Curse You Mister	0:31
24	Celie's Curse	3:41
25	Miss Celie's Pants	2:26
26	Any Little Thing	2:34
27	What About Love? (Reprise)	0:56
28	I'm Here	4:26
29	The Color Purple (Reprise)	4:21

Credits

• Arranged By [Additional Arrangements], Conductor [Associate] – Joseph Joubert
• Arranged By [Dance Music Arrangements], Musician [Additional Rehearsal Musician] – Daryl Waters
• Art Direction [Cd Packaging] – Gordon H. Jee*
• Artwork By [Cover Illustration] – Peter Sylvada
• Bass – Ben Brown
• Cello – Clay Ruede, Eugene Moye
• Choreography – Donald Byrd
• Coordinator [Music] – Seymour Red Press
• Copyist – Emily Grishman Music Preparation
• Copyist [Emily Grishman Music Preparation] – Emily Grishman, Katharine Edmonds
• Design [Cd Packaging] – Steve Koster
• Design [Logo] – SpotCo
• Directed By – Gary Griffin
• Directed By [Music Director], Conductor – Linda Twine
• Drums, Percussion – Buddy Williams, Damien Bassman
• Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Jennings , Hyomin Kang
• Engineer [Post-production] – Ken Hahn
• Engineer [Recording] – Frank Filipetti
• Executive Producer [Album] – Bill Rosenfield, Scott Sanders
• Guitar – Steve Bargonetti
• Keyboards – Joseph Joubert, Shelton Becton
• Lighting [Design] – Brian MacDevitt
• Management [General Managers] – Amy Jacobs , Nina Lannan
• Management [General] – Amy Jacobs , NLA
• Mixed By – Jay David Saks, Ken Hahn
• Mixed By [Cue Mixer] – Brian Pugh*
• Music By, Lyrics By – Allee Willis, Brenda Russell , Stephen Bray
• Orchestrated By – Jonathan Tunick
• Other [Assistant Company Manager] – Doug Gaeta
• Other [Casting] – Bernard Telsey Casting
• Other [Company Manager] – Kimberly Kelley
• Other [Costume Design] – Paul Tazewell
• Other [Hair Design] – Charles G. LaPointe
• Other [Libretto Preparation] – Emily King
• Other [Marketing] – TMG - The Marketing Group
• Other [Press Agent] – Barlow●Hartman, Carol Fineman
• Performer [Bobby] – James Brown III
• Performer [Buster, Chief] – Nathaniel Stampley
• Performer [Celie] – LaChanze
• Performer [Church Lady/darlene] – Virginia Ann Woodruff*
• Performer [Church Lady/doris] – Kimberly Ann Harris
• Performer [Church Lady/jarene, Daisy] – Maia Nkenge Wilson
• Performer [Church Soloist] – Carol Dennis*
• Performer [Ensemble] – Angela Robinson, Anika Ellis, Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines, Carol Dennis*, Chantylla Johnson, Charles Gray , Doug Eskew, Francesca Harper, Grasan Kingsberry, JC Montgomery, Jamal Story, James Brown III , James Harkness, Kimberly Ann Harris, Latrisa A. Coleman, Leon G. Thomas III*, Lou Myers, Maia Nkenge Wilson, Nathaniel Stampley, Virginia Ann Woodruff*, Zipporah G. Gatling
• Performer [Grady] – JC Montgomery
• Performer [Harpo] – Brandon Victor Dixon
• Performer [Mister] – Kingsley Leggs
• Performer [Nettie] – Renée Elise Goldsberry*
• Performer [Ol' Mister] – Lou Myers
• Performer [Older Adam] – Grasan Kingsberry
• Performer [Older Olivia] – Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
• Performer [Pa] – JC Montgomery
• Performer [Preacher, Prison Guard] – Doug Eskew
• Performer [Shug Avery] – Elisabeth Withers-Mendes
• Performer [Sofia] – Felicia P. Fields
• Performer [Squeak] – Krisha Marcano
• Performer [Standby For Celie/nettie] – Kenita R. Miller
• Performer [Swings] – Bobby Daye, Corinne McFarlane, Eric L. Christian, Jeannette L. Bayardelle, Stephanie Guiland-Brown
• Performer [Young Celie, Mister Daughter, Young Olivia, Henrietta] – Zipporah G. Gatling
• Performer [Young Harpo, Young Adam] – Leon G. Thomas III*
• Performer [Young Nettie, Mister Daughter] – Chantylla Johnson
• Photography By – Paul Kolnik
• Presenter – Oprah Winfrey
• Producer [Produced For Records By] – Jay David Saks
• Production Manager [Music] – Jill Dell'Abate
• Production Manager [Play] – Arthur Siccardi, Patrick Sullivan
• Production Manager [Product Manager For Emi Angel] – Shanieka D. Brooks
• Programmed By [Synthesizer Programmer] – Bruce Samuels
• Script By [Book By] – Marsha Norman
• Set Designer [Scenic Design] – John Lee Beatty
• Sound Designer – Jon Weston
• Stage Manager – Glynn David Turner
• Stage Manager [Assistant] – Kelly Stillwell, Neveen Mahmoud
• Stage Manager [Production] – Kristen Harris
• Supervised By [Music Supervisor], Arranged By [Incidental Music Arrangements] – Kevin Stites
• Technician [Production Assistant] – Regina Elliott
• Technician [Protools Operators] – Angie Teo, Jason Shturtz*
• Trombone – Jason Jackson , Larry Farrell
• Trumpet – Barry Danielian, Brian O'Flaherty, Kamau Adilifu
• Viola – David Creswell, Debra Shufelt-Dine*, Richard Brice
• Violin – Belinda Whitney*, Cenovia Cummins, Christoph Franzgrote, Laura Seaton, Marilyn Reynolds, Martin Agee, Maura Giannini, Mineko Yajima, Paul Woodiel, Sylvia D'Avanzo
• Woodwind – Jay Brandford, Lawrence Feldman, Les Scott*

Notes

℗ © 2006 Angel Records. Manufactured by Angel Records, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10011. Printed in USA.

Recorded on December 5, 2005, at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC
Mixed at Sync Sound, NYC

"Angel Records" logo and branding on back insert, spine, and booklet; "Broadway Angel" logo on CD face only.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 094634295420
• Matrix / Runout: A 7301 094634295420 E60104-11
• Mastering SID Code: L383
• Mould SID Code: IFPI6100