The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection is a 1997 compilation album by British classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman. All of the tracks on this album are previously available on other albums. It is Brightman's third best-selling release in the United States.[1]
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Vocal, musicals, show tunes | |||
| Label | Polydor/Really Useful Records/Raks Muzik | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "The Phantom of the Opera" (feat. Michael Crawford) | from The Phantom of the Opera | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Unexpected Song" | from Song and Dance | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Chanson d'Enfance" | from Aspects of Love | 3:56 |
| 4. | "All I Ask of You" (feat. Cliff Richard) | from The Phantom of the Opera | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | from Evita | 5:54 |
| 6. | "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" | from Evita | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Love Changes Everything" | from Aspects of Love | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Amigos Para Siempre" (feat. José Carreras) | written for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | 4:36 |
| 9. | "Memory" | from Cats | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Gus: The Theatre Cat" (feat. Sir John Gielgud) | from Cats | 5:11 |
| 11. | "Anything but Lonely" | from Aspects of Love | 2:57 |
| 12. | "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" | from Cats | 4:44 |
| 13. | "Tell Me on a Sunday" | from Tell Me on a Sunday/Song and Dance | 3:45 |
| 14. | "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" | from The Phantom of the Opera | 3:32 |
| 15. | "Pie Jesu" (feat. Paul Miles-Kingston) | from Requiem | 3:56 |
| 16. | "The Music of the Night" | from The Phantom of the Opera | 5:22 |
| Total length: | 66:15 | ||
Chart performance
editThe album debuted at the Billboard Top 200 Albums at No. 110 and remained 17 weeks on chart. It peaked at the Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums at No. 2.
In April 2008, after Andrew Lloyd Webber appeared at the seventh season of the American show American Idol, and supplemented by a featured appearance of the record at the iTunes music store, the album peaked to No. 1 at the store's Top 100 Vocal albums.
| Chart (1997) | Peak Position |
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| Norwegian Album Chart[2] | 20 |
| Swedish Album Chart[2] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums[3] | 110 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums | 2 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 787,000[1] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Sarah Brightman". Billboard. 19 January 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ a b "swedishcharts.com - Sarah Brightman - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "Sarah Brightman's New CD, Symphony is Soprano's Highest U.S. Chart Debut". PR Newswire. 6 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
- ^ "American album certifications – Sarah Brightman – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection". Recording Industry Association of America.