Classics (Jennifer Rush album)

Classics is the ninth studio album by American singer Jennifer Rush.^[3] Having been classically trained as a singer years earlier, Rush went back to her roots in Classics and recorded a selection of her past hits with the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra.^[4] These were vast reworkings of the songs, many of which had been originally uptempo pop tunes and were now slow and dramatic works, such as "Ring of Ice" and "I Come Undone". As well as these, four new songs were included on the collection, including the lead single, "The End of a Journey".^[5]

Classics
Studio album by Jennifer Rush
Released	November 6, 1998[1]
Label	Virgin
Producer	Leslie Mándoki
Jennifer Rush chronology
Credo (1997) Classics (1998) Stronghold - The Collector's Hit Box (2007)
Singles from Classics
"The End of a Journey" Released: October 30, 1998[2] "Ring of Ice" Released: 1999

The album was released in several European countries, reaching number 34 on the German Albums Chart.^[5] The re-recorded version of "Ring of Ice" was released a year later as a promo-only single to coincide with her Classics tour.^[6] Rush undertook a tour with the Orchestra based on this album in 1999, which proved popular and appeared on several television shows, including on one occasion, in a duet with José Carreras.^[4] Classics remained Rush's last album for more than a decade, as she spent the next few years away from the business apart from occasional recordings on various soundtrack albums.^[5][7][8]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Leslie Mándoki.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The End of a Journey"	Jennifer Rush Laszlo Bencker Mándoki	3:27
2.	"The Power of Love"	Rush Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Mary Susan Applegate	6:07
3.	"Ring of Ice"	Rush Mende DeRouge	3:50
4.	"Destiny"	Rush Mende DeRouge M.D. Clinic	4:45
5.	"I Come Undone"	Ellen Shipley Morrie Elliot Brown	3:59
6.	"All I Want Is You"	Rush Bencker Mándoki Peter Zizzo	3:56
7.	"The Last Day of Summer"	Rush Bencker Mándoki	4:11
8.	"25 Lovers"	Rush DeRouge Mende	3:58
9.	"Heart over Mind"	Taylor Rhodes Thomas de Luca	4:29
10.	"You'll Never Catch Me Dreaming"	Zizzo Russ DeSalvo	4:20
11.	"Ave Maria"	Rush DeRouge Mende Clinic Applegate	5:09
12.	"Hero of a Fool"	Rush DeRouge Mende	4:08

Notes

• The Hungarian Edition includes a bonus track "Az Utazás Végén", a Hungarian version of "The End of a Journey".^[9]
• The Spanish Edition includes a Spanish version of "The Power of Love" titled "Si Tu Eres Mi Hombre", which is placed as the opening track on the album while the English version is placed as the final track (Track 13).^[10]

Classics in Concert

Jennifer Rush toured in 1999 with the Hungarian National Philharmonic. Tour dates listed below:^[11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
10 April 1999	Nordhausen	Germany	Wiedigsburghalle
11 April 1999	Heilbronn		Harmonie
12 April 1999	Stuttgart		Liederhalle
14 April 1999	Munich		Circus Krone
15 April 1999	Mannheim		Mozarshaal
16 April 1999	Grefrath		Eissporthalle
17 April 1999	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle
18 April 1999	Gera		Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Gera [de]
20 April 1999	Lübeck		Musik- und Kongresshalle
21 April 1999	Magdeburg		Stadthalle Magdeburg [de]
22 April 1999	Cottbus		Stadthalle Cottbus
23 April 1999	Braunschweig		Stadthalle Braunschweig [de]
24 April 1999	Hamburg		Musikhalle
26 April 1999	Nuremberg		Meistersingerhalle
27 April 1999	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
28 April 1999	Chemnitz		Stadthalle Chemnitz
29 April 1999	Berlin		Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin
30 April 1999	Leuna		Infraleuna [de]
1 May 1999	Dresden		Kulturpalast

Charts

Chart performance for Classics

Chart (1998)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	34