Andrew Lloyd Webber discography
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This page lists notable US and UK albums, singles and compilations which feature music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, alongside their release dates.
Show Recordings
[edit]The Likes of Us (1965)
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The Likes of Us: Live from the Sydmonton Festival | Concert performance featuring Adam Brazier, Hannah Waddingham and Tim Rice |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Original album featuring David Daltrey and The Mixed Bag |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Original London Cast | Recording of the Young Vic production including Peter Reeves and Gary Bond |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | A studio production featuring Gary Bond, Peter Reeves and Gordon Waller |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Original Broadway Cast | Featuring Laurie Beechman, Bill Hutton & Gordon Stanley |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Featuring the cast of the London Palladium revival production including Jason Donovan, Linzi Hateley and David Easter |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Original Canadian Cast Recording | Featuring Donny Osmond, Janet Metz and Johnny Seaton |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: U.S. Cast | Featuring the cast of the 1993 Los Angeles production including Michael Damian, Kelli Rabke, Clifford David and Robert Torti |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Original Soundtrack Album | Featuring the cast of the video production including Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Robert Torti and Richard Attenborough |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | US Tour Cast Recording featuring Patrick Cassidy and Amy Adams |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | UK Tour Cast Recording featuring Craig Chalmers, Abigail Jaye, Henry Metcalfe and Simon Bowman |
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
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Jesus Christ Superstar | Ian Gillan, Murray Head and Yvonne Elliman |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album | Original Broadway Cast including Jeff Fenholt, Ben Vereen and Yvonne Elliman |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Original London Cast | Original London Cast including Paul Nicholas, Stephen Tate and Dana Gillespie |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Original Australian Cast Recording | Original Australian Cast including Trevor White, Jon English and Michele Fawdon |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album | Ted Neely, Yvonne Elliman and Carl Anderson |
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Jesucristo Superstar: Original versión española | Producción Nacho Artime y Jaime Azpilicueta. Featuring Camilo Sesto (Jesús), Ángela Carrasco (María Magdalena) & Teddy Bautista (Júdas) |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Album - 1992 Australian Cast Recording Highlights | John Farnham, Jon Stevens, Kate Ceberano |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The 20th Anniversary London Cast Recording | Paul Nicholas, Keith Burns and Claire Moore |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Album - New Zealand Cast Recording Highlights | Darryl Lovegrove, Jay Laga'aia and Margaret Urlich |
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Jesus Christ Superstar | Featuring the Jay Records studio cast including Dave Willetts, Clive Rowe and Issy van Randwyck |
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Jesus Christ Superstar | 1996 London Cast including Steve Balsamo, Joanna Ampil & Zubin Varla |
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Highlights from Jesus Christ Superstar |
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Jesus Christ Superstar: A New Stage Production Soundtrack | Video cast including Glenn Carter, Jérôme Pradon and Renee Castle |
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | NBC broadcast cast including John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Brandon Victor Dixon and Alice Cooper |
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Jeeves: Original London Cast | Original London Cast including David Hemmings and Michael Aldridge |
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By Jeeves: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Steven Pacey and Malcolm Sinclair |
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By Jeeves: American Premier Recording | Video production cast including John Scherer and Martin Jarvis |
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Evita: An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Perón 1919 - 1952 | Julie Covington, C. T. Wilkinson, Paul Jones and Barbara Dickson |
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A 1996 digital remaster was released on double CD as the 20th Anniversary Edition with a silver jewel case. |
Evita: Original London Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Elaine Paige, David Essex, Joss Ackland and Siobhan McCarthy |
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Evita: Premiere American Recording | Original Broadway Cast including Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin and Bob Gunton |
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Evita | International Tour Cast including Florence Lacey, James Sbano and Robert Alton |
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Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack | Soundtrack of the film featuring Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy Nail |
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Evita: Music from the Motion Picture |
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Evita: 2006 London Cast Recording | 2006 London Cast including Elena Roger, Matt Rawle and Philip Quast |
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Evita: New Broadway Cast Recording | 2012 Broadway Cast including Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris |
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Tell Me On A Sunday (1979)
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Tell Me on a Sunday | Marti Webb |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's Tell Me on a Sunday | Denise Van Outen |
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Cats: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Elaine Paige, Brian Blessed, Sarah Brightman and Paul Nicholas |
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Highlights from Cats |
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Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording | Original Broadway Cast including Betty Buckley, Ken Page, Harry Groener & Terrance Mann |
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Cats: Selections from the Original Broadway Cast Recording |
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Cats: Original Australian Cast Recording | Original Australian Cast including Debbie Byrne, John Wood & Grant Smith |
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Cats: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack | Film adaptation cast including James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen and Taylor Swift |
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Song and Dance (1982)
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Song & Dance: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast: Marti Webb and Wayne Sleep |
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Song & Dance | Video cast: Sarah Brightman and Wayne Sleep |
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Song & Dance: The Songs | Original Broadway Cast: Bernadette Peters |
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Starlight Express (1984)
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Starlight Express: The Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Lon Satton as Papa, Ray Shell as Rusty and Stephanie Lawrence as Pearl |
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Music and Songs from Starlight Express |
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Starlight Express | Touring cast |
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The New Starlight Express | 1992 revised London production cast including Lon Satton as Papa, Greg Ellis as Rusty and Reva Rice as Pearl |
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The Phantom of the Opera (1986)
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The Phantom of the Opera: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman and Steve Barton |
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Highlights from Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera: Original Canadian Cast | Original Toronto Cast including Colm Wilkinson, Rebecca Caine and Byron Nease |
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The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Single disc album featuring the cast of the movie including Gerard Butler as The Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine and Patrick Wilson as Raoul |
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The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition | Double album featuring the cast of the movie including Gerard Butler as The Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine and Patrick Wilson as Raoul |
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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall | Live recording of a concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the London opening featuring Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and Hadley Fraser |
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Aspects of Love (1989)
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Aspects of Love: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Diana Morrison and Kevin Colson |
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Sunset Boulevard (1993)
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Sunset Boulevard: World Premiere Recording | Original London cast including Patti LuPone, Kevin Anderson, Daniel Benzali and Meredith Braun |
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A number of the backing tracks had been pre-recorded for the 1992 Sydmonton Festival performance and therefore differed from the versions as they would have been played live at the theatre. |
Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording | Original Los Angeles cast including Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, George Hearn and Judy Kuhn |
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Close, Campbell and Hearn would later reprise their roles when the show opened on Broadway and therefore this functioned as the Broadway cast recording despite not having technically been so. |
Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording Highlights |
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Sunset Boulevard: Original Canadian Cast Recording | Toronto cast including Diahann Carroll, Rex Smith and Walter Charles |
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New Ways to Dream: Songs from Sunset Boulevard | Betty Buckley |
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Sunset Boulevard: Deutsche Originalaufnahme | Original German Cast including Helen Schneider and Uwe Kröger |
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Songs from Sunset Boulevard | Petula Clark |
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A three-track EP released to coincide with Clark taking over the role in the London production |
Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard | Faith Brown & Earl Carpenter |
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A three-track EP released for sale at venues of the first UK touring production. Brown and Carpenter performed to the backing tracks that had been originally recorded in advance of Sunset Boulevard: World Premiere Recording. David Caddick, the show's Production Musical Director produced the vocal performances. |
Whistle Down the Wind (1996)
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Songs from Whistle Down the Wind | Tom Jones, Tina Arena, Boyzone, Elaine Paige, Donny Osmond, The Everly Brothers, Meat Loaf, Boy George, Sounds of Blackness, Bonnie Tyler, Michael Ball and Lottie Mayor |
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A studio recording of songs from the show made to promote the original London production. |
Whistle Down the Wind: Original Cast Recording | Original London cast including Marcus Lovett, Lottie Mayor and James Graeme |
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The Beautiful Game (2000)
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The Beautiful Game: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Josie Walker, Hannah Waddingham and Ben Goddard |
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The Woman in White (2004)
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The Woman in White: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Martin Crewes, Maria Friedman and Michael Crawford |
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Mostly recorded live with some re-recording and overdubs. |
Love Never Dies (2010)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies | Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and Joseph Millson |
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A concept album recorded prior to the original London production. |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies | Ben Lewis and Anna O'Byrne |
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A studio production |
The Wizard of Oz (2011)
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The Wizard of Oz: 2011 London Palladium Recording | Original London Cast including Danielle Hope, Hannah Waddingham and Michael Crawford |
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Stephen Ward (2013)
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Stephen Ward: Original Cast Recording | Original London Cast including Alexander Hanson, Charlotte Spencer and Charlotte Blackledge |
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School of Rock (2015)
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School of Rock: Original Cast Recording | Original Broadway Cast including Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess |
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Cinderella (2021)
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Cinderella | Original London Cast starring Carrie Hope Fletcher |
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Standalone albums
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Variations | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
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Variations on a theme by Niccolo Paganini for cello and rock band, featuring Julian Lloyd Webber, Barbara Thompson, Rod Argent and Colosseum II featuring Gary Moore. Lloyd Webber wrote and arranged the music, as well as producing the album. |
Won't Change Places | Marti Webb |
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Lloyd Webber was the Executive Producer as well as writing and producing a number of the tracks. |
Requiem | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
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Lloyd Webber's setting of the Latin requiem mass featuring vocalists Plácido Domingo and Sarah Brightman, and conducted by Lorin Maazel. Lloyd Webber wrote the music. |
Surrender: The Unexpected Songs | Sarah Brightman |
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Live recordings
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Andrew Lloyd Webber - Masterpiece |
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A live recording of a concert at the Great Hall Of The People, Beijing, featuring Elaine Paige, Kris Phillips, Tony Vincent and Sandy Lam |
Soundtracks
[edit]The Odessa File (1974)
[edit]Singles
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"Down Thru' Summer" | "I'll Give All My Love to Southend" | Ross Hannaman | 1967 | Columbia | |
"1969" | "Probably On Thursday" | ||||
"Believe Me I Will" | Sacha Distel | 1968 | |||
"'Til Tomorrow" | "Try It and See" | Rita Pavone | 1969 | "Try It and See" written by Lloyd Webber and Rice | |
"Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You" | Tim Rice and the Webber Group | ||||
"Goodbye Seattle" | "Wait for Me" | Paul Raven now known as Gary Glitter | 1970 | MCA Records | Produced by Mike Leander, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The B-side was written by Leander. |
"What A Line to Go Out On" | "Interlude for Johnny" | Yvonne Elliman | 1972 | Polydor | Produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The B-side was written by Elliman. Both tracks were taken from her album Yvonne Elliman, released in the UK and Japan as I Don't Know How to Love Him. |
"Disillusion Me" | Gary Bond | 1973 | |||
"Christmas Dream" | "Marisa" | Maynard Williams | 1974 | MCA Records | |
"Christmas Dream" | "Lonely Without You" | Maynard Williams | |||
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | "Rainbow High" | Julie Covington | 1977 | MCA Records | Taken from the album Evita: An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Perón 1919 - 1952 |
"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" | "Requiem for Evita" | Barbara Dickson | |||
"Magdalena" | "Half A Moment" | Tony Christie featuring Dana Gillespie | "Magdalena" was written by Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. "Half A Moment" was a song from Lloyd Webber's 1974 production Jeeves with lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn. | ||
"On This Night of a Thousand Stars" | "Bewitched" | Tony Christie | The A-side was written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with orchestration by Lloyd Webber. The B-side was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arranged by Ian Green and produced by Ray Singer. | ||
"Take That Look Off Your Face" | "Sheldon Bloom" | Marti Webb | 1980 | Really Useful Records, Polydor | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Taken from Webb's album Tell Me on a Sunday. |
"Tell Me on a Sunday" | "You Made Me Think You Were in Love" | ||||
"Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" | "Nothing Like You've Ever Known" | A-side written by Don Black and Tony MacAulay, and produced by MacAulay with executive production by Lloyd Webber. B-side by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, with arrangement and production by Lloyd Webber. The A-side was taken from Webb's album Won't Change Places and the B-side from her previous album Tell Me on a Sunday. | |||
"I've Been in Love Too Long" | "I Won't Change Places" | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. A-side arranged by Lloyd Webber. B-side arranged by Lloyd Webber and David Cullen. Taken from Webb's album Won't Change Places. | |||
"Unexpected Song" | "Angry and Sore" | Marti Webb and Justin Hayward | 1981 | A-side written by Lloyd Webber and Don Black, and produced by Lloyd Webber. B-side written and produced by Rod Argent, and taken from the album Won't Change Places | |
"Memory - Theme from the musical Cats" | "The Lost Variation" | Andrew Lloyd Webber | MCA Records | ||
"Memory" | "The Overture from Cats" | Elaine Paige | Really Useful Records, Polydor | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Trevor Nunn after T. S. Eliot. Taken from the album Cats: Original Cast Recording | |
"Memory" | "Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand | 1982 | Columbia | |
"The Last Man in My Life" | "Come Back With the Same Look in Your Eyes" | Marti Webb | Polydor | ||
"The Phantom of the Opera" | "Overture - The Phantom of the Opera" | Steve Harley and Sarah Brightman | 1986 | ||
"The Music of the Night" | "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" | Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman | Double A-Side | ||
"All I Ask of You" | "The Phantom of the Opera Overture - Act II" | Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman | |||
"Love Changes Everything" | "Aspects of Aspects" | Michael Ball | 1989 | ||
"Anything But Lonely" | "Half a Moment"
"What Makes Him Love Me?" "English Girls" |
Sarah Brightman | |||
"The First Man You Remember" |
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Michael Ball and Diana Morrison | |||
"Any Dream Will Do" | Jason Donovan | 1991 | |||
"Close Every Door" | Phillip Schofield | 1992 | |||
"Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" |
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José Carreras and Sarah Brightman | |||
"Tetris" | "Play Game Boy" | Doctor Spin | Polydor, Carpet Records | Arranged by Lloyd Webber with Nigel Wright, collaborating under the name Doctor Spin | |
"Next Time You Fall in Love" | "Make Up My Heart" | Reva Rice and Greg Ellis | 1993 | Polydor | |
"Sunset Boulevard" | "Sunset Boulevard Symphonic Mix" | Michael Ball | |||
"The Perfect Year" | Dina Carroll | A&M Records | |||
"With One Look" | "Memory" | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | ||
"As If We Never Said Goodbye" | "Guilty" | 1994 | |||
"As If We Never Said Goodbye" |
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Elaine Paige | 1995 | WEA | |
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" |
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Madonna | 1996 | Warner Bros. Records, WEA | Co-produced by Lloyd Webber, Wright, Alan Parker and David Caddick |
"You Must Love Me" | "Rainbow High" | ||||
"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" |
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"Whistle Down the Wind" |
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Tina Arena | 1998 | Really Useful Records, Polydor |
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"No Matter What" |
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Boyzone | Polydor | ||
"No Matter What" | "She's the One" | ||||
"A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste" |
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Meat Loaf | Virgin | ||
"Memory" |
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Elaine Paige | WEA |
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"Our Kind of Love" |
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Hannah | 2000 | Really Useful Records, Telstar Records |
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"Our Kind of Love" - Nowels and Judge Mix | "Our Kind of Love" - Acoustic Version
"Viva! The Beautiful Game" |
Really Useful Records, Telstar Records | |||
"Let Us Love in Peace" | Josie Walker with the Omagh Community Youth Choir | ||||
"Any Dream Will Do" |
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Lee Mead | 2007 | Really Useful Records, Polydor, Fascination | |
"It's My Time" | Jade Ewen | 2009 | Polydor | Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entry for the UK | |
"Sing" | Gary Barlow | 2012 | Decca | Official song for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II which was co-written with Gary Barlow, and performed with the Commonwealth Band and the Military Wives | |
"Beautiful Ghosts" | Taylor Swift | 2019 | Polydor | Original song for the film adaptation of Cats |
Notable songs and covers
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"It's Easy for You" | Elvis Presley | Moody Blue | 1977 | RCA Records | The final track on Presley's final album. |
"I Could Have Given You More" | Petula Clark | Don't Cry for Me Argentina: The CBS Years, Vol 2 | |||
"Cold" | The Everly Brothers | Songs from Whistle Down the Wind | 1998 | Polydor |
Compilations
[edit]Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Records which, for a number of years, had an exclusive partnership with Polydor, released a number of compilations:
- The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1988)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore (1993)
- The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1994)
- The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection (1996)
- The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1997)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever [Box Set] (2001)
- Gold: The Definitive Hit Singles Collection (2001), released in the US as Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection, but with different artists performing the songs
- Divas (2006)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber 60 (2008)
- Unmasked: The Platinum Collection (2018)[1]
Other notable compilation albums, produced by other labels, include:
- Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber (1991)
- The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Performed by the Orlando Pops Orchestra (1999)[2]
- The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (2011)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Unmasked: The Platinum Collection by Andrew Lloyd Webber on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber [date mislabeled as "June 3, 1997"]". Amazon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber".