This double-vinyl LP pressing of Wicked is a cast recording containing the majority of the songs from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The music and lyrics for the production were composed by Stephen Schwartz with playwright Winnie Holzman writing the book for it, all based on a novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire.

This cast recording has received positive reviews and has received substantial commercial success. It received the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2005. Stephen Schwartz produced the album aided by Frank Filipetti, Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz, Jason Stasium and Ted Jensen. The original cast album of Wicked was recorded on November 10, 2003, with the full cast and orchestra, at then-Right Track Studios and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City. Notable cast members include Tony and Emmy Award-winners Kristin Chenoweth as Glenda and Idina Menzel as Elphaba, two-time Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero, Tony Award-winner Carole Shelley as Madame Morrible, and Academy and Tony Award winner Joel Grey as The Wizard of Oz.

Track Listing
Side A
1. No One Mourns the Wicked
2. Dear Old Shiz
3. The Wizard and I
4. What Is This Feeling?
5. Something Bad
Side B
1. Dancing Through Life
2. Popular
3. I’m Not That Girl
4. One Short Day
5. A Sentimental Man
Side C
1. Defying Gravity
2. Thank Goodness
3. Wonderful
Side D
1. I’m Not That Girl (Reprise)
2. As Long as You’re Mine
3. No Good Deed
4. March of the Witch Hunters
5. For Good
6. Finale