Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber American Songbook, but unlike Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and many other artists, she had never recorded a complete album of songs by one composer. The songs on the album are all taken from the popular musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, that he wrote with various lyricists. The oldest song found on the album is from the 1971 musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" which originally opened on Broadway in October of that year. Bringing it up to date the album also includes two songs from "Sunset Boulevard" which had recently premiered on July 12, 1993 in London's West End. Four songs had
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) the standard version. Following the original mini CD release of the single in Japan, it was re-issued there again in 1992 on the same format. Brightman and Harley's version of the song would later appear on the 1994 compilation "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber", as well as another Webber compilation titled "Gold – The Definitive Hit Singles Collection", released in 2001. Directed by Ken Russell, the music video for the single also acted as promotion for the upcoming musical. After the chart success of the single, Webber wanted to further promote the musical, and the resultant video took