Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber

{{Infobox album

| name = Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber

| type = studio

| artist = Michael Crawford

| cover = Michael_Crawford_Performs_Andrew_Lloyd_Webber.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1991

| recorded = September 1991{{cite AV media notes|title=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|others=Michael Crawford|year=1991|publisher=Telstar|type=liner notes}}

| venue =

| studio = Abbey Road (London)

| length =

| label = {{hlist|Telstar|Atlantic}}

| producer = {{hlist|Jeff Jarratt|Don Reedman}}

| prev_title = With Love / The Phantom Unmasked

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = A Touch of Music in the Night

| next_year = 1993

}}

Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber is the third studio album by English actor and singer Michael Crawford, released in 1991 by Telstar Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in the rest of the world.

The album features Crawford singing show tunes from musicals created by composer and impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber along with various lyricists. Crawford had starred in Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera as the title character, earning Crawford both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.{{cite web |website=BroadwayWorld.com |title=Michael Crawford to Host Afternoon Tea in Cambridge for Sick Children's Trust |date=6 September 2015 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Crawford-to-Host-Afternoon-Tea-in-Cambridge-for-Sick-Childrens-Trust-20150906 |access-date=2 July 2025 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209035757/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Crawford-to-Host-Afternoon-Tea-in-Cambridge-for-Sick-Childrens-Trust-20150906 |url-status=live }} The album reached number one in Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Michael+crawford&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal|website=australian-charts.com}}

Track listing

All music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

{{Track listing

|extra_column = Origin

| title1 = Any Dream Will Do

| lyrics1 = Tim Rice

| extra1 = Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = All I Ask of You

| note2 = with Barbara Bonney

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Charles Hart|Richard Stilgoe}}

| extra2 = The Phantom of the Opera

| length2 = 4:53

| title3 = Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Hart|Stilgoe}}

| extra3 = The Phantom of the Opera

| length3 = 3:57

| title4 = And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)

| lyrics4 = Rice

| extra4 = Evita

| length4 = 3:52

| title5 = Nothing Like You've Ever Known

| lyrics5 = Don Black

| extra5 = Tell Me on a Sunday

| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = Tell Me on a Sunday

| lyrics6 = Black

| extra6 = Tell Me on a Sunday

| length6 = 3:47

| title7 = Gethsemane

| lyrics7 = Rice

| extra7 = Jesus Christ Superstar

| length7 = 6:01

| title8 = The Phantom of the Opera

| note8 = with Barbara Bonney

| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Hart|Stilgoe|Mike Batt}}

| extra8 = The Phantom of the Opera

| length8 = 4:30

| title9 = The Music of the Night

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Hart|Stilgoe}}

| extra9 = The Phantom of the Opera

| length9 = 5:51

| title10 = Memory

| lyrics10 = {{hlist|T. S. Eliot|Trevor Nunn}}

| extra10 = Cats

| length10 = 4:26

| title11 = Only You

| note11 = with Frances Ruffelle

| lyrics11 = Stilgoe

| extra11 = Starlight Express

| length11 = 4:58

| title12 = Other Pleasures / The First Man You Remember

| note12 = with Lucy Crawford

| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Hart|Black}}

| extra12 = Aspects of Love

| length12 = 4:00

| title13 = Love Changes Everything

| lyrics13 = {{hlist|Hart|Black}}

| extra13 = Aspects of Love

| length13 = 3:24

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

  • Michael Crawford – vocals (all tracks)
  • Sharon Benson – additional vocals (track 13)
  • Paul Bogaev – musical assistant to Michael Crawford
  • Barbara Bonney – featured vocals (tracks 2, 8), additional vocals (track 13)
  • Boys Choir of Harlem – additional vocals; directed by Dr. Walter J. Turnbull (tracks 7, 13)
  • Lucy Crawford – featured vocals (track 12)
  • David Cullen – arrangement (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, 13)
  • Michael Reed – arrangement (track 10), musical director
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra; led by David Towse
  • Frances Ruffelle – featured vocals (track 11)
  • Robin Smith – arrangement (tracks 1, 5, 11)
  • Stephen Hill Singers – additional vocals (tracks 4, 7, 8, 13)
  • Larry Wilcox – adaptation (tracks 3, 8), arrangement (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)

Technical

  • Jeff Jarratt – producer
  • Mike Jarratt – engineer & remixing
  • Don Reedman – producer
  • Simon Rhodes – digital editing & assistant
  • Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
  • Sleeve design by The Indigo Design Company
  • Photography by Simon Fowler

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber

Chart (1991)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Michael Crawford|album=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2025}}
{{album chart|UK|3|artist=Michael Crawford|album=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2025}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|54|artist=Michael Crawford|album=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2025}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|artist=Michael Crawford|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1991|certyear=1993}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Michael Crawford|title=Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|access-date=1 July 2025|id=5063-1059-2}}

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References

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