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. Dante DiLoreto and Brad Falchuk serve as the EP's 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 as the school's yearly musical. 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. 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. "I'm so going to have to get her to do that on the show," said Murphy on her audition piece. "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night" is sung by John Stamos, and "Damn It, Janet" by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele.

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.

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 Glees 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.

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. 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.

Credits and personnel

Persons responsible for the project are as follows.

*Adam Anders – arranger; engineer; producer; soundtrack producer; vocals

*Alex Anders – engineer

*Nikki Anders – vocals

*Peer Åström – arranger; engineer; mixing; producer

*Dave Bett – art direction

*Per Björling – arranger

*PJ Bloom – music supervisor

*Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music

*Deyder Cintron – assistant engineer

*Kamari Copeland – vocals

*Tim Davies – vocal arrangement; vocal contractor; vocals

*Dante DiLoreto – soundtrack executive producer

*Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer

*Heather Guibert – coordination

*Missi Hale – vocals

*Tobias Kampe-Flygare - vocals

*Storm Lee – vocals

*David Loucks – vocals

*Meaghan Lyons – coordination

*Dominick Maita – mastering

*Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction

*Ryan Murphy – producer; soundtrack producer

*Richard O'Brien – composer

*Martin Persson – arranger; orchestration; programming

*Stefan Persson – string arrangements

*Patrick Randak – photography

*Federico Ruiz – design

*Jenny Sinclair – coordination

*Windy Wagner – vocals

Release history

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