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Songs from the Stage and Screen
1987 studio album by Michael Crawford From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Songs from the Stage and Screen is the debut studio album by English actor and singer Michael Crawford, together with the London Symphony Orchestra. It was released in 1987 on Telstar Records.[1]
The album features Crawford singing show tunes from various musical theatre and films, and was recorded and released during his successful time playing the award-winning[2] title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End.[1]
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Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald opined that the combination of Crawford, the London Symphony Orchestra, and "some of the best songs ever written for stage and screen" would be expected "to produce a driving, dynamic album", but instead he described it as "wimpy and weak", and "prone to sub-Anthony Newley moments.[3]
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Track listing
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Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
- Michael Crawford – vocals
- Adolf Fredrik Youth Choir – choral backing vocals
- Vocal Arts Choir – choral backing vocals
Production
- Jeff Jarratt – producer
- Don Reedman – producer
- Andrew Pryce Jackman – arranger, conductor
- John Timperley – engineer
- Warwick Diamond – assistant engineer
- Martin Löewenthal – librarian
- Diane Pryce Jackman – music copying
- Sue Knight – assistant to Michael Crawford
- Recorded at Angel Recording Studios, London
- Sleeve design by a.d. consultants
- Photography by Simon Fowler
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External links
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