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The Lion King (1997 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Elton John, Tim Rice, Heather Headley, Mark Mancina

Release Date November 14, 1997
We've taken the kids to see the lion king broadway musical twice and this CD has all of the songs from the musical exactly as they are in the show. The kids love to listen to it--and so do I! The music is absolutely beautiful.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1992 Canadian Cast)

by: Tim Rice, Donny Osmond

Release Date April 19, 1994
The advertising was listed the cast of the movie version, while it actually contains only Donny Osmond from the movie everyone else is not from the movie version with Maria Friedman as it states on the website. Sent it back, since this copy was improperly advertised.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

by: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice

Release Date April 26, 1994
It's a nice album with some beautiful songs, ideal for kids and young girls. If you've seen the movie or the show, you'll make it one of your favourite. The sound is flawless, so be sure your're getting a technically perfect recording

CD-Charts Position 4
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The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

by: Elton John, Tim Rice

Release Date May 31, 1994
I have this album, its one of my favorites, I played it many times since I got it, one of my friends gave it to me because she had a sort out and didn't want it.
This soundtrack, also Rhythm of the pridelands, The Lion King musical album all of them are fantastic, I never get fed up with them, i'm sure I will never give them away to anyone, but I would highly recommend to anybody who likes Disney to give them a go and buy an album so they can hear for themselves how lovely the songs are!
If music like this didn't touch my heart in any way or lift my spirit, I would not buy it or recommend it.
The songs from The Lion King are my favourite because I can relate to the majority of the story.
Like Simba I lost my Dad when ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Concept Recording)

by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

Release Date September 24, 1996
An incredible highly melodic and memorable score matched by an irreplaceable cast headed by Ian Gillian as Christ and Murray Head as Judas.
Murray's vocals especially his opening "heaven on their minds" is incendiary and Ian Gillian puts so much passion into his role that it is simply mindblowing especially his ear piercing metallic screams.
This is a recording for the ages and THE ONLY GRIPE I HAVE BUT IT'S A BIGGGGGGGG ONE IS WHY IN THE HECK WOULD THEY RERELEASE THIS ON CD WITH A DIFFERENT COVER?????
MANY TIMES THE ART ON AN ALBUM MAKES AN ARTISTIC STATEMENT AS STRONG AS THE MUSIC WITHIN!
WHAT THE HECK IS THEIR PROBLEM?
I GREW UP WITH THIS ALBUM FROM AGE5 ON AND THE BROWN COVER WITH THE ANGELS IS HOW IT WAS RELEASED. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Aida (2000 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Elton John, Tim Rice

Release Date June 06, 2000
My students and I enjoyed this CD. The fact that the words and outline
of the musical AIDA with photos of some scenes and characters were included was very helpful on making the music come alive.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin

Release Date October 25, 1990
Package came only with cd#1 out of a 2 cd set. otherwise would have been 5 stars.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Chess

by: Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice

Release Date July 23, 1996
Bjorn and Benny's clever and eclectic collaboration with Tim Rice on this 1984 score resulted in one of the best records ever made of a musical. It doesn't work as well on stage, and many attempts have been made to fix the inherent flaws in the book but musically it remains a highly listenable recording. Highlights are the stirring "Anthem", the dramatic "Nobody's Side" and just about everything else.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1982 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, David Friedman, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Pit Orchestr, Barry Tarallo, Bill Hutton, Charlie Serrano, David Ardao, David Asher, Doug Voet, Gordon Stanley

Release Date February 01, 1991
This is an excellent version of Joseph. This is the standard to which all other versions should be compared!

CD-Charts Position 10
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album

by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice

Release Date March 24, 1998
I hadn't heard or even thought of "Jesus Christ Superstar" for a long time, but came across the film on cable and watched it out of curiosity. By the end of the first song, I was hooked (again). I'd forgotten how good it was. I'll review the movie separately under the item listing for the DVD, but I will report that I ended up watching it repeatedly (HD cable on demand allowed me to watch it at my convenience). It actually seemed to get better with each successive viewing, and so did the soundtrack. Both the music and the film have held up extremely well considering how old they are. In fact, I think that JCS is Andrew Lloyd Webber's very best work and while I have enjoyed "Phantom of the Opera", it's not as good.

Since the only recording I had was on ... Read More: