Won't Change Places
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Won't Change Places was the 1981 album released by Marti Webb
as a follow up to Tell Me on a Sunday
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As with her previous album, the recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
for the Polydor label. It included a recording of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical
Evita in which Webb was at the time appearing as Eva Perón
.
The album featured the singles "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" and "I've Been in Love Too Long". The album itself was released in early 1981. Of these, only the lead single "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" was a chart hit. A few months later, another single was released by Webb ("Unexpected Song"), which was not featured on this album.
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Marti Webb
Marti Webb is a musical actress from England, who appeared on stage in Evita, before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980...
as a follow up to Tell Me on a Sunday
Tell Me on a Sunday (album)
Tell Me on a Sunday was the first solo album released by Marti Webb.All tracks were written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black and told the story of an English girl who has emigrated to the United States and embarks on a succession of romances...
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As with her previous album, the recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
for the Polydor label. It included a recording of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Evita in which Webb was at the time appearing as Eva Perón
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
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The album featured the singles "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" and "I've Been in Love Too Long". The album itself was released in early 1981. Of these, only the lead single "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" was a chart hit. A few months later, another single was released by Webb ("Unexpected Song"), which was not featured on this album.
Track listing
Side One- "I Won't Change Places" (Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
/Don BlackDon Black (musician)Don Black, OBE is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Hayley Westenra,...
) - "All I Am" (Lynsey de PaulLynsey De PaulLynsey de Paul is an English singer-songwriter. Allmusic journalist, Craig Harris stated, "one of the first successful female singer-songwriters in England, de Paul has had an illustrious career".-Early life:De Paul was born to Meta and Herbert Rubin, a property developer...
) - "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" (Tony MacaulayTony MacaulayTony Macaulay is a British author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter, though it was the latter that made him a household name early in his career...
/Don Black) - "Angry and Sore" (Rod ArgentRod ArgentRod Argent is an English rock musician and a founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent....
) - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
/Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Side Two
- "I've Been in Love Too Long" (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black)
- "What You Gonna Do With Your Freedom" (Lynsey de Paul/Susan SheridanSusan SheridanSusan Sheridan is a British actress. Her voice acting roles include Noddy in the Cosgrove Hall/BBC Television series Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Trillian in the radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Princess Eilonwy in the animated film The Black Cauldron.She has also provided...
) - "Don'tDon't (Elvis Presley song)"Don't" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. It was Presley's eleventh number-one hit in the United States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts ....
" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) - "Masquerade" (Rod ArgentRod ArgentRod Argent is an English rock musician and a founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent....
) - "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" (Stephen SchwartzStephen Schwartz (composer)Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell , Pippin and Wicked...
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