Phantom Power (Rick Wakeman album)

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Phantom Power
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Soundtrack album by
Released11 February 1991 [1]
Genre Progressive rock
Length51:04
Label Ambient/President
Producer Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman chronology
Night Airs
(1990)
Phantom Power
(1991)
In the Beginning
(1990)
Professional ratings
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Phantom Power is a 1991 album by Rick Wakeman. It was written as a modern soundtrack for a re-release of the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Visit"
  2. "Heaven"
  3. "The Rat"
  4. "The Stiff"
  5. "Evil Love"
  6. "The Voice of Love"
  7. "Heat of the Moment"
  8. "Fear of Love"
  9. "The Love Trilogy"
  10. "The Hangman"
  11. "The Sand Dance"
  12. "You Can't Buy Me Love"
  13. "Phantom Power"
  14. "Rock Pursuit"

Personnel

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References

  1. "New albums". Music Week. 9 February 1991. p. 27.
  2. Raiteri, Stephen (2011). "Phantom Power - Rick Wakeman | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.