With Love (Michael Crawford album)

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With Love
Michael Crawford With Love album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Michael Crawford
Released1989
Studio Angel Recording Studios (London)
Label Telstar
Producer
  • Jeff Jarratt
  • Don Reedman
Michael Crawford chronology
Songs from the Stage and Screen
(1987)		With Love
(1989)		 Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber
(1991)

With Love (titled The Phantom Unmasked in North America and Australasia) is the second studio album by English actor and singer Michael Crawford, together with the London Symphony Orchestra. It was originally released in 1989 by Telstar Records.

Contents

Continuing on a similar theme to his previous album Songs from the Stage and Screen (1987), With Love features Crawford singing show tunes from various musical theatre and films, but also includes two covers of pop songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave With Love four stars out of five, commenting that it was "a better showing" for Crawford than his previous album Songs from the Stage and Screen. He went on to say that a "big surprise" was Art of Noise keyboardist Anne Dudley's arranging and conducting on "When I Fall in Love", "that would make [arranger and orchestrator] Nelson Riddle nod appreciatively." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."I Dreamed a Dream"
 Les Misérables 4:27
2."What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
 The Happy Ending 2:31
3."With You I'm Born Again" (with Barbara Dickson)
 Fast Break 3:42
4."Every Time We Say Goodbye" Cole Porter Seven Lively Arts3:30
5."The Story of My Life" Neil Diamond Headed for the Future (Neil Diamond album)3:53
6."Being Alive" Stephen Sondheim Company 2:23
7."The Music of the Night"
 The Phantom of the Opera 5:29
8."When I Fall in Love"
 One Minute to Zero 3:29
9."If" David Gates Manna (Bread album)3:01
10."On My Own"
Les Misérables3:54
11."Why Did I Choose You"
  • Herbert Martin
  • Michael Leonard
 The Yearling 2:42
12."Come Rain or Come Shine"
 St. Louis Woman 3:21

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. [2]

Production

Charts

Chart performance for With Love / The Phantom Unmasked
Chart (1989–1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 77
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] 34
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 31

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [6] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 "Michael Crawford - With Love Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ With Love (liner notes). Michael Crawford. Telstar. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Michael Crawford – The Phantom Unmasked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Charts.nz – Michael Crawford – The Phantom Unmasked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Michael Crawford | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  7. ↑ "British album certifications – Michael Crawford – With Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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