Jesus Christ Superstar (album)

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Jesus Christ Superstar
Jcs uk cover.png
Original UK cover
Studio album by
various artists
Released16 October 1970 [1] (UK)
27 October 1970 (US) [2] [3]
Recorded10 October 1969 ("Superstar" single)
1970
Studio Olympic, London
Genre
Length86:56
Label Decca/MCA/Decca Broadway
Producer Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice chronology
Jesus Christ Superstar
(1970)		 Evita
(1976)
Singles from Jesus Christ Superstar
  1. "Superstar"
    Released: 21 November 1969
  2. "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
    Released: 13 May 1971
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Overture"4:00
2."Heaven on Their Minds"4:23
3."What's the Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying"4:13
4."Everything's Alright"4:36
5."This Jesus Must Die"5:11
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Hosanna"2:09
2."Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem"4:49
3."Pilate's Dream"1:28
4."The Temple"4:43
5."Everything's Alright (reprise)"0:34
6."I Don't Know How to Love Him"3:41
7."Damned for All Time/Blood Money"4:36
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."The Last Supper"7:10
2."Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)"5:33
3."The Arrest"3:24
4."Peter's Denial"1:27
5."Pilate and Christ"2:46
6."King Herod's Song"3:02
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Judas' Death"4:17
2."Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)"5:13
3."Superstar"4:16
4."The Crucifixion"4:04
5."John Nineteen Forty-One"2:10

Credits

Main players [26]

Supporting players

Other players

Musicians

Other musicians

Production

Reissue

2012 remaster

In 2012, the MCA reissue was remastered personally by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who released the result on his own Really Useful Music imprint under the Decca banner. In his liner notes, Webber states that he was hoping to find some unreleased recording within the original masters, but he found out that only three out of twenty tapes had survived the 2008 Universal Studios fire, and those tapes did not contain any unreleased material. However, it later turned out that he did possess a copy of the complete masters in his own archive, and he worked from that. [27]

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Gold350,000 [40]
France—60,000 [41]
Israel—2,500 [42]
Italy—100,000 [43]
Netherlands (NVPI) [44] Gold250,000 [45]
South Africa (SARI) [46] Gold12,500 [46]
Sweden—90,000 [47]
United Kingdom (BPI) [48]
1970 release 		Gold180,000 [49]
United States (RIAA) [50] Gold4,500,000 [49]
Summaries
North America
1970-1972 		—3,500,000 [51]
Worldwide—7,000,000 [8]

See also

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