Elaine Paige: The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album from Elaine Paige, released on 12 May 2014 by Rhino UK/Warner Music UK to celebrate her '50th Anniversary' in show-business.

The Ultimate Collection
Compilation album by Elaine Paige
Released	12 May 2014 (2014-05-12)
Recorded	1978–2011
Genre	Vocal, show tune, pop, adult contemporary, dance-pop
Length	77:19
Label	Rhino UK Warner Music UK
Elaine Paige chronology
Elaine Paige & Friends (2010) The Ultimate Collection (2014)

Overview

The career-spanning retrospective features songs released between 1978 and 2011, including original hit recordings from Elaine Paige's most iconic roles in musical theatre, her favourite LP and Single tracks, plus a recently commissioned remix by hit-makers Almighty. The compilation also notably features previously unreleased songs "It's Raining on Prom Night" and "What A Feeling" from the Warner Music vaults – both songs were out-takes from studio albums Paige released during the 1980s.

Promotion

On 16 May 2014 Elaine Paige was a guest in the ITV breakfast show This Morning and later on the day she appeared on SkyNews channel to promote her upcoming farewell tour, The Elaine Paige Show and The Ultimate Collection. In addition to this, she gave a few interviews for the British magazines, including a gay magazine The Attitude and Woman's Weekly. Information about the release of this compilation also appeared in a number of TV guides, including TV Times, Total TV Guide and TV & Satellite Week.

In June 2014 Elaine Paige appeared on the cover of Saga Magazine. The Gay Times also published an interview with her in June issue.

Commercial performance

The album was released in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2014 and debuted at number 76 on the Official Albums Chart UK Top 100 with 1,225 copies sold in the first week.[1]

Track listing

The track listing for the album was announced on 9 April 2014 via Elaine Paige's official website.[2] The standard edition has 20 tracks and is released on a single CD and worldwide via digital download.

A limited edition 2CD version is also being released containing the original album plus a BONUS CD of Elaine Paige's favourite A&B side singles (released between 1980 and 2010) – the BONUS CD features 4 rare singles which debut on CD format ("Oh Major", "My Knight in Black Leather", "Rocking", & "He's A Dream").[3]

Standard edition[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Additional	Length
1.	"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (1978 version)	Tim Rice Andrew Lloyd Webber	From the musical Evita	5:47
2.	"Memory" (1981 UK Single Version)	Andrew Lloyd Webber Trevor Nunn T. S. Eliot	Theme from the musical Cats	4:18
3.	"Ave Maria"	Mike Batt Bach Charles Gounod		3:52
4.	"I Don't Know How To Love Him"	Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice	From the musical Jesus Christ Superstar	3:55
5.	"What I Did For Love"	Edward Kleban Marvin Hamlisch	From the musical A Chorus Line	3:32
6.	"One Night Only"	Henry Krieger Tom Eyen	From the musical Dreamgirls	3:09
7.	"Sometimes"	Norman Newell Carl Davis	The main theme from the film Champions	2:34
8.	"Unchained Melody"	Hy Zaret Alex North	From the film Unchained	3:43
9.	"I Know Him So Well" (1984 UK Single Version with Barbara Dickson)	Björn Ulvaeus Tim Rice Benny Andersson	From the musical Chess	4:16
10.	"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"	Bernie Taupin Elton John		3:33
11.	"For You"	Judie Tzuke Mike Paxman		2:44
12.	"La Vie En Rose"	Louiguy Édith Piaf	From the musical play Piaf	2:40
13.	"I Dreamed a Dream" (1994 Live performance at the Birmingham City Hall)	Jean-Marc Natel Herbert Kretzmer Alain Boublil Claude-Michel Schönberg	From the musical Les Misérables	4:25
14.	"As If We Never Said Goodbye"	Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black Amy Powers Christopher Hampton	From the musical Sunset Boulevard	5:20
15.	"With One Look"	Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black Christopher Hampton Amy Powers	From the musical "Sunset Boulevard"	3:28
16.	"The Prayer" (Duet with Barry Manilow)	Carole Bayer Sager David Foster		4:20
17.	"I'm Still Here"	Stephen Sondheim	From the musical Follies	5:34
18.	"It's Raining on Prom Night" (1983 Out-take From Stages)	Jim Jacobs Warren Casey	From the musical Grease	3:05
19.	"What A Feeling" (Ted Carfrae Mix – 1984 Out-take From Cinema)	Giorgio Moroder Keith Forsey Irene Cara	From the film Flashdance	4:12
20.	"Be on Your Own" (Almighty Remix – Radio Edit])	Maury Yeston	From the musical Nine	3:05

UK Special 2CD edition – bonus CD tracks[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Additional	Length
21.	"If You Don't Want My Love"	Phil Spector John Prine		3:53
22.	"How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns"	Paul Simon		2:31
23.	"Far Side of the Bay"	Dave Townsend		3:34
24.	"Oh Major" (Debut on CD)	Littman Bergman		3:37
25.	"The Second Time"	Tim Rice Francis Lai	Theme from the film Bilitis	4:08
26.	"My Knight in Black Leather" (Debut on CD)	Jerry Ragovoy Estelle Levitt		4:06
27.	"Rocking" (Debut on CD)	Traditional Arrangement by Elaine Paige & Tim Rice		2:26
28.	"Running Back For More"	Stephen Oliver Tim Rice	From the musical Blondel	3:14
29.	"Losing My Mind"	Stephen Sondheim	From the musical Follies	3:37
30.	"Be on Your Own (original version)"	Maury Yeston	From the musical Nine	2:42
31.	"Another Suitcase in Another Hall"	Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice	From the musical Evita	3:29
32.	"The Windmills of Your Mind"	Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Michel Legrand	From the film The Thomas Crown Affair	3:15
33.	"He's A Dream" (Debut on CD)	Shandy Sinnanon Ron Magness	From the film Flashdance	3:45
34.	"Walking in the Air"	Howard Blake	From the animated film The Snowman	3:32
35.	"On My Own"	Herbert Kretzmer Trevor Nunn John Caird Alain Boublil Claude-Michel Schönberg Jean-Marc Natel	From the musical Les Misérables	3:49
36.	"All Things Considered"	Tim Rice Elaine Paige Vangelis		3:41
37.	"A Winter's Tale"	Tim Rice Mike Batt		3:58
38.	"Hymne à l'amour (If You Love Me)"	Geoffrey Parsons Marguerite Monnot Édith Piaf	From the musical play Piaf	2:53
39.	"The Perfect Year"	Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black Christopher Hampton	From the musical Sunset Boulevard	3:20
40.	"It's Only Life" (Duet with Sinéad O'Connor)	Tim Rice Gary Barlow		4:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the standard edition of The Ultimate Collection.[4]

Elaine Paige – Lead Vocals, Executive Producer of Compilation Stuart Wheeley – Rhino Project Management Stephen Munns – Compilation Producer Jessica Bound – Project Assistant Kathy Kelly – Licensing Stephen Munns – Artwork Direction Johnathan Elliott of Mental Block – Artwork Design Redlight Studios – Mastering Stephen Munns, Clair Corbey & Seb Lassandro – Research Michael Childers – Photography Tony Visconti – Record Producer (track 4–8, 10, 11, 18–20) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice – Record Producers (track 1) Andrew Lloyd Webber – Record Producer (track 2) Mike Batt – Record Producer (track 3) Benny Andersson, Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus – Record Producers (track 9) Mike Moran – Record Producer (track 12) Anthony Pugh – Record Producer (track 13) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright – Record Producers (track 14 & 15) Phil Ramone and Barry Manilow – Record Producers (track 16) Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin – Record Producers (track 17) Ted Carfrae – Mix Engineer (track 19) Almighty – Additional Production and Remix (track 20)

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref
United Kingdom	12 May 2014	CD digital download Special 2CD Edition	Rhino UK Warner Music UK	[2][3]
United States				20 May 2014	CD digital download Special 2CD Edition	Rhino Warner Music	[2][3]

References

1. http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-jackson-sells-47-764-to-hit-no-1-almost-five-years-after-death/058464
2. "Unreleased songs debut on 'Elaine Paige – The Ultimate Collection'". ElainePaige.com. 9 April 2014.
3. "Unreleased songs debut on 'Elaine Paige – The Ultimate Collection (Special Limited Edition)'". ElainePaige.com. 17 April 2014.
4. The Ultimate Collection (standard edition liner notes). Elaine Paige. Rhino. 2014. 825646306862.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Official website
• Elaine Paige – The Ultimate Collection