I always feel music is very personal. `Phantom` ( seen the show 5 times ) and `Love never dies` ( seen once so far ) to me they are the tops and the greatest musical and spectacle ever to grace the west end :-)
I haven`t seen `Les Mis` as a show, or the movie, as a spectacle they say its brilliant, but I have listened to the tracks from the soundtrack and I wasn`t impressed :-( ( only 2 worthy tracks throughout ) whereas in `Phantom` and `Love never dies there are countless lovely tracks which a good musical needs . Anyway I am in the minority it seems on here and elsewhere .. but I dont fancy the storyline or the music to `Les mis` so I am going to give it a miss :-)