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  Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection Tracks:

All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman (The Phantom Of The Opera)
Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - Sarah Brightman & Jose Carrerras (1992 Olympics Theme)
Any Dream Will Do-Donny Osmond (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand (Sunset Boulevard)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina -Patti Lupone (Evita)
I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball (Aspects Of Love)
Memory - Betty Buckley (Cats)
No Matter What - Boyzone (Whistle Down The Wind)
Oh What A Circus - Mandy Patinkin (Evita)
Pie Jesus - Charlotte Church (Requiem)
Superstar - Murray Head w/ the Trinidad Singers (Jesus Christ Superstar)
The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera)
The Perfect Year - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard)
The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera)
The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones & Sounds Of Blackness (Whistle Down The Wind)
Whistle Down The Wind - Sarah Brightman (Whistle Down The Wind)
You Must Love Me - Madonna (Evita)

Album Details: The critical debate over Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical legacy will no doubt rage for decades. Is he the shrewd populist composer who almost single-handedly revived the moribund stage musical--or a crass, Barnum-esque showman (who almost single-handedly revived the moribund stage musical)? This 18-track anthology chronicles the high points of Sir Andrew's enduring songcraft and the irrefutable impact it's made across a remarkably disparate swath of tastes and genres, from Broadway to Top 40 radio and even the classical repertoire.

If some have accused Lloyd Webber's songs--like "The Music of the Night" (from Phantom of the Opera) and the title tune from Whistle Down the Wind, included here--of having all the melodic and lyrical sophistication of a children's lullaby, that's likely the very element that's made them so appealing to a mass audience. If nothing else, it's a compelling argument for that old notion about it being "the singer, not the song." Indeed, there are few contemporary composers whose music could entice divas from Streisand ("As If We'd Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Blvd.) to Madonna (Evita's "You Must Love Me") and Charlotte Church ("Pie Jesu" from Requiem) to cover it, let alone forge the very careers of artists like Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. And if there's any substance to that other criticism of Lloyd Webber lifting the melodic ideas of composers from Verdi to John Williams (we swear that's the theme to Jurassic Park bubbling up in Tom Jones's camped-up take on Whistle's "The Vaults of Heaven"), at least, like virtually every major composer, he's stolen--er, borrowed--from the best. --Jerry McCulley

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You Must Love Me - Madonna (Evita) Whistle Down The Wind - Sarah Brightman (Whistle Down The Wind) The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones & Sounds Of Blackness (Whistle Down The Wind) The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera) The Perfect Year - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard) The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera) Superstar - Murray Head w/ the Trinidad Singers (Jesus Christ Superstar) Pie Jesus - Charlotte Church (Requiem) Oh What A Circus - Mandy Patinkin (Evita) No Matter What - Boyzone (Whistle Down The Wind) Memory - Betty Buckley (Cats) Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball (Aspects Of Love) I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (Jesus Christ Superstar) Don't Cry For Me Argentina -Patti Lupone (Evita) As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand (Sunset Boulevard) Any Dream Will Do-Donny Osmond (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - Sarah Brightman & Jose Carrerras (1992 Olympics Theme) All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman (The Phantom Of The Opera) Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection Music Lyrics, Music, Reviews and Ratings Decca
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