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Tell Me on a Sunday (2003 London Revival Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Denise Van Outen
Label: Universal UK
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 93985
Format: Cast Recording, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 044007617427
EAN: 0044007617427
ASIN: B000092PSR
Release Date: August 20, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Take that Look Off Your Face | | • | Let Me Finish #1 | | • | It's Not The End Of The World | | • | Goodbye Mum, Goodbye Girls | | • | Haven In The Sky | | • | First Letter Home | | • | Speed Dating | | • | Second Letter Home | | • | Tyler King | | • | Capped Teeth And Caesar Salad | | • | You Made Me Think You Were In Love | | • | Capped Teeth And Caesar Salad | | • | It's Not The End Of The World (If He's Younger) | | • | Third Letter Home | | • | Unexpected Song | | • | Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes | | • | Let's Talk About You | | • | Take that Look Off Your Face | | • | Tell Me On A Sunday | | • | It's Not The End Of The World (If He's Married) | | • | Fourth Letter Home | | • | Ready Made Life/I'm Very You | | • | Let me Finish #2 | | • | Nothing Like You've Ever Known | | • | Fifth Letter Home | | • | Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime |
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This 2003 cast recording is an update of a song cycle by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Don Black. First produced in London in 1982 as half of an evening titled Song and Dance, Tell Me on a Sunday is pretty much a one-woman show and a vehicle for a versatile singer with strong acting skills (Bernadette Peters won a Tony for it in 1985). This time, Denise Van Outen, a Chicago alum, takes on the role of the young British woman who goes to New York in order to get over a broken heart. Overall, this is one of Sir Lloyd Webber's most rocking scores, even if too often the results sound like the work of someone desperately trying to sound au courant. "Haven in the Sky," for instance, is a quasi-dance track with a trip-hop beat. When the heroine goes to L.A., the tone turns to folk-rock ("Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad"), but the composer is defeated by Black's clunky lyrics. Kudos to Van Outen for infusing perky charm into even the tritest moments. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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 AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE GREAT SONG-CYCLE SHOW June 26, 2006
Marijan Bosnar (Croatia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
`Tell me on a Sunday', one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most interesting shows, has an interesting history. The composer wrote this rather short piece in the late 70-is, when he already made great success with his shows `Jesus Christ Superstar' and `Evita', written in the collaboration with Tim Rice. While looking for the subject for his next big show, he composed this song-cycle, which was to be his first collaboration with the lyricist Don Black, with whom he has subsequently written as much as he has with Rice.
The show tells the story of a young English girl in New York, going through various love affairs and dealing with the life in another country. It is entirely sung-through and although various characters are mentioned, we only hear the English girl. The role was originated by Marti Webb and the show had its premiere as a one-off performance recorded for TV by BBC in 1980. Two years later, Webber created a double-bill show, whose first part was comprised of `Tell me on a Sunday' and the second included `Variations', a set of instrumental songs based on Paganini, which he wrote for his cellist brother Julian. The music of `Tell me on a Sunday' was neatly endorsed by the audiences, since it included the beautifully composed set of pop and ballad songs, among the finest Lloyd Webber has ever done. The orchestrations were very well made, as can be heard on the Song and Dance Cast recording.
Yet, as the new millennium approached, it was clear that this little show (which never demanded the big effects and the monumental sets like, for example, `The Phantom of the Opera' or `Sunset Boulevard') has the potential of being modernised to match today's standards while still retaining its original appeal. So in 2003, a new touring UK production was set, featuring Marti Webb and the young Denise Van Outen, and it is this new and modernised production we get to hear on this CD.
The changes to the material are done very satisfactory. The parts of the subject matter have been changed, so what we eventually get is a `Sex and the city' type of musical. In the original version the girl wrote the letters home to England and now she is using email, mentioning `Friends' and benefiting from online dating opportunities. The old standards, such as `Take that look off your face', `Unexpected song', `Nothing like you've ever known' and the title songs are all here, but they have been re-orchestrated in an updated rock and pop manner, whereas the original orchestrations had a bit more classical touch. Don Black's lyrics remain as witty as always.
There are five new songs Lloyd Webber has written especially for this production. They are all nice melodies, especially `Heaven in the sky' (describing the girl's plane trip), `Speed dating' (a clever lyrical description of online dating), `Tyler King' (a rocky description of one of the girl's flames) and a personal favourite called `Somewhere, someplace, sometime' (a conclusion of story in which the girl contemplates about her unsuccessful love affairs, telling herself she mustn't loose hope and that love will eventually arrive).
Denise Van Outen, upon which the whole show lies, gives a persuasive rendition. She is full of energy, both in terms of voice and acting, and she managed to bring something new to the role that is considered to be Marti Webb's best performance.
The booklet contains full lyrics, but as with most ALW's recordings, there is no synopsis.
For those familiar with this show, this recording will be a fresh update. The others will also find it appealing. Both the old Song and Dance recording and this new version are worth checking into.
Excellent August 27, 2004
Katherine (Fairfax, VA, USA)
I was blown away the first time I listened to this CD. I got it after listening to Song and Dance and also talking to some of my coworkers who had seen the musical in London's West End. Van Outen has an incredible voice. The new songs written for the revival made me laugh.
While it's not my personal favorite, it's a staple in my musical theatre collection.
 let me tell you this is awsome November 4, 2003
James Huber (Fairfield, Ohio USA)
i own the original london cast with martti webb and the broadway cast with Bernadette Peters and i loved them both and now i got this one and it is awsome. Cause on each recording the girls give it her own twist and make it her own. cause you know the show was originally written for martti webb and she sung the hell out of it. but i love all 3 recordings cause they each have new songs, tempos and lyrics. but each is sung in the a diffrent style and in diffent meaning and feeling. i would recomend this to nayone who is a webber lover like i am!
Not too bad. October 20, 2003
Dvarg (Drammen Norway)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I actually think this is one of ALW's better musicals. It is very simple and benefits from it compared to the more pretentious later works of his. This is also a nice recording of the show. Sure, Denise van Outen is no Bernadette, but she's not bad either. Besides, the orchestrations are a zillion times better here. The new songs are mainly trash, except Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime, which serves as a much needed finale to this piece. It is by no means Sondheim, and it borrows the first notes from (the now cut and actually more interresting) The Last Man In My Life. I would recommend getting the OLCR complete with the second "Dance" act before this, but it is a nice addition if you like TMOAS or S&D.
You Can't Expect Everyone . . . August 30, 2003
Maggie (LA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To be just like Bernadette Peters. I've listened to both and I Love both. van outen brings her won charm and spunk to this recording as well as having a killer voice. I saw this show in London, and as many of the other reviewers haven't I suggest going to amazon.co.uk to read the reviews of people who actually have. For the informantion of those who have not seen the show, It's a one woman show based on a television muiscal that lloyd webber and black wrote for Marti Webb in the 1980s. I'd definitely reccommend this, and I'd also suggest Bernadette's recording because It's nice to see what other people have done with the material. You can also hear how Sarah Brightman (lloyd webber's ex) sang the music on her album the andrew lloyd webber album. She does the title song and the immortal Unexpected Song.
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