The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Introduction '''''The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber''''' is a 1988 compilation album, bringing together some of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's best known compositions at the time of release. It includes songs from the musicals ''The Phantom of the Opera'', ''Tell Me on a Sunday'', ''Evita'', ''Cats'', ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', ''Starlight Express'' and ''Requiem''. Co-writers of the songs include Tim Rice, Don Black, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart and Trevor Nunn.The album spent two weeks at number one in the UK Compilation Chart in January 1989.It was released by Really Useful Records and Polydor on LP (with a gatefold cover), cassette and CD.
Track listing ===Side one===# "The Phantom of the Opera" - Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley - 4:37 (from ''The Phantom of the Opera'')# "Take That Look Off Your Face" - Marti Webb - 3:56 (from ''Tell Me on a Sunday'')# "All I Ask of You" - Sarah Brightman & Cliff Richard - 4:05 (from ''The Phantom of the Opera'')# "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" - Julie Covington - 4:02 (from ''Evita'')# "Magical Mr. Mistoffelees" - Paul Nicholas - 5:10 (from ''Cats'')# "Four Variations for Cello & Orchestra" - Julian Lloyd Webber - 4:12 (from ''Song and Dance'')# "Superstar" - Murray Head & Cast - 3:56 (from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'')===Side two===# "Memory" - Elaine Paige - 4:26 (from ''Cats'')# "Starlight Express" - Ray Shell - 5:02 (from ''Starlight Express'')# "Tell Me on a Sunday" - Marti Webb - 3:30 (from ''Tell Me on a Sunday'')# "The Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford - 5:12 (from ''The Phantom of the Opera'')# "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" - Barbara Dickson - 3:18 (from ''Evita'')# "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Yvonne Elliman - 3:56 (from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'')# "Pie Jesu" - Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston - 3:58 (from ''Requiem'')
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