Various Artists - Chess (CD)

Chess is a musical that sounds like it shouldn't work but instead succeeds surprisingly well. This is the original concept album that was recorded before the musical was staged in London. Chess is the story of a love triangle told against the backdrop of an international chess tournament during the height of the cold war. The composers are Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (the Bs in ABBA) and the lyrics are by Tim Rice, who supplied the words for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, as well as Disney's Aladdin (with Howard Ashman), The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. The six-member cast does a beautiful job with the songs, which are a combination of ballads, rock, and operatic choruses. Murray Head's version of "One Night in Bangkok" became a surprise hit in the mid-'80s and it still turns up on the turntables in dance clubs around the world. --Michael Simmons

General

Label:	Polydor Records
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1996
Originally released:	July 1996
Contributors:	Tim Rice • Benny Andersson • Bjorn Ulvaeus • Michael B. Tretow
Performers:	Original Cast
Dimensions:	125 x 142 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Disks:	2
Running time:	1 hour, 34 minutes
Categories:	Music > Soundtracks
LSN:	XLJ-RJ0-W30-7
Barcode:	0042284744522

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Disk 1

1	Merano
2	The Russian and Molokov/Where I Want to Be
3	Opening Ceremony
4	Quartet
5	The American and Florence/Nobody's Side
6	Chess
7	Mountain Duet
8	Florence Quits
9	Embassy Lament
10	Anthem

Disk 2

1	Bangkok/One Night in Bangkok
2	Heaven Help My Heart
3	Argument
4	I Know Him So Well
5	The Deal
6	Pity the Child
7	Endgame
8	Epilogue: You and I/The Story of Chess

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