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Jesus Christ Superstar (soundtrack)

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Jesus Christ Superstar
Soundtrack album
Released1973
LabelMCA
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive (a "Top Album Pick")[1]
AllMusic (1998 reissue)[2]

The original soundtrack to the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar was released in the same year on MCA Records.[1]

Billboard reviewed the soundtrack album and chose it as one of the "Top Album Picks" for the 16 June 1973 issue, writing: "All the powerful songs which have become popular and familiar through the release of the British caster three years ago, are rekindled with verve and zest by the movie cast. [...] Through all this there is one major question: if the first MCA original caster sold so well, who will buy the same music the second time around?"[1]

The album peaked at number 21 on Billboard's Top LPs and Tape chart for the week of September 15, 1973.[5]

Track listing

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2×LP (MCA Records, MCA 2-10000)

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Overture"5:26
2."Heaven on Their Minds"4:22
3."What's the Buzz"2:30
4."Strange Thing Mystifying"1:50
5."Then We Are Decided"2:32
6."Everything's Alright"3:36
7."This Jesus Must Die"3:45
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Hosanna"2:52
2."Simon Zealotes"4:28
3."Poor Jerusalem"1:36
4."Pilate's Dream"1:45
5."The Temple"5:26
6."I Don't Know How to Love Him"3:55
7."Damned for All Time / Blood Money"4:37
Side 3
No.TitleLength
1."The Last Supper"7:12
2."Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)"5:39
3."The Arrest"3:15
4."Peter's Denial"1:26
5."Pilate and Christ"2:57
6."King Herod's Song"3:13
Side 4
No.TitleLength
1."Could We Start Again Please?"2:44
2."Judas' Death"4:38
3."Trial Before Pilate"6:47
4."Superstar"3:56
5."The Crucifixion"2:40
6."John Nineteen Forty-One"2:20

References

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  1. ^ a b c Inc, Nielsen Business Media (June 16, 1973). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Jesus Christ Superstar [Original Motion Pictur... | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Cabison, Rosalie (January 2, 2013). "Billboard 200™". Billboard.
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (October 19, 1996). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ [3][4]