What can you say...just take a look at the cast! If you haven't snapped it up just for that fact alone, think about the powerhouse voices that have been cast as the three leads. I've been fortunate enough to see Lillias White, Heather Headley, and Audra McDonald perform live in other roles and wouldn't pass up a chance to hear them tackle this score. And this is more complete than the OBC recording of the 80's. As a white boy from the suburbs of MN who grew up with Motown music, this was a perfect musical for me. Big belty numbers and quiet ones to go with them...some a mixture of both. This is going to be a huge CD for musical-lovers and Motown fans. Buy it!