Return to Paradise Theater [Live]

Track Listings

1. On My Way

2. Paradise

3. Rockin' The Paradise (Liv

4. Blue Collar Man (Live)

5. Lady (Live)

6. Too Much Time On My Hands

7. Snow Blind (Live)

8. Suite Madame Blue (Live)

9. Crystal Ball (Live)

10. Grand Illusion (Live)

11. Fooling Yourself (The Ang

12. Show Me The Way (Live)

13. Boat On The River (Live)

14. Lorelei (Live)

15. Babe (Live)

16. Miss America (Live)

17. Come Sail Away (Live)

18. Renegade (Live)

19. Best Of Times (Live)

20. Dear John

Tracks:

Way You Look Tonight [From Swing Time] - Fred Astaire
No Longer an Elephant/Dumbo's Sadness/A Visit in the Night/Baby Mine - Clive Barker
Glitter and Be Gay [From Candide] - Barbara Cooke
Ayesha-She Who Must Be Obeyed [From She Done Him Wrong] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Desert Quest/Bedouin Attack [Fom She] - Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Dancing in the Dark [From Lord of Illusions] - Diamanda Gal
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - The New Philharmonic Orchestra
Younger Than Springtime/Bali Ha'i [From South Pacific] - Clive Barker
Return to Paradise - Shirley Horn
FaurRequiem (In Paradisum) - Choir of King's College
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
This Little Babe
Johanna [From Sweeney Todd] - Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise, Sarah Rice
Carnival Underground [From Nightbreed] - Clive Barker
Symphony No. 5 in E Flat - Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, , Simon Rattle
Magic Moments - Perry Como

Album Description

Title from EMI's 1999 'Songbook Series', which brings together for the first time a selection of cult personalities, who have put together their very own compilations which they have illustrated with original artwork & literary pieces explaining their choices. Comes packaged in a hardback CD-sized book. Barker's contains 16 tracks, including cuts from Diamanda Galas, Fred Astaire, Barbara Cooke, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Perry Como, Judy Garland and many others.

Album Details

Part of EMI UK'S 'songbook Series'. A Unique Collection of Famous Authors Hand Picked Favorite Music which They have Illustrated with New and Rarely Seen Artwork. Housed in Hardcover Book Digipack.

Customer Reviews:

A rich selection of evocative music.......2003-03-10

This collection of the favourite music of horror author Clive Barker is a real treat, with elegant packaging that incorporates his sinister paintings. It's certainly eclectic, ranging from movie soundtracks to classical pieces to showtunes, but what all the tracks have in common is a romantic, wishful flavour.

This is what unites pieces as diverse as Perry Como's clean-cut `Magic Moments', Diamanda Galás' abrasive `Dancing in the Dark', and classical pieces by Rachmaninov, Fauré and Sibelius. Taken as a whole, this selection shines a fascinating light on Barker's vivid imagination and the music that inspires it.

A number of the pieces are taken from film soundtracks. Some of these are orchestral - two tracks from Hammer's fantasy movie `She', a piece by Danny Elfman from the soundtrack to Barker's own `Nightbreed'. Others are songs from movie musicals - Fred Astaire's `The Way You Look Tonight', a suite of songs from Disney's `Dumbo', a couple of numbers from `South Pacific', Judy Garland singing `Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. Stage musicals get a look-in too, with selections from `Candide' and `Sweeney Todd'.

There are interesting sleevenotes by Barker in which he explains his selection, and describes the tracks as `emotional pieces: sentimental, lush, dramatic, melodramatic'. This album is an ideal companion to Barker's books, plays, films and paintings, well worth buying if you're a fan of his, but also an interesting selection in its own right.

Clive's painting music.......2002-05-27

A "songbook series" devoted to both music and text, these small hardcovers with picture discs are a nifty idea. Fabulist fiction writer Clive Barker presents some marvelous possibilities for his entry, a 24 page book with paintings by the author as well as Clive's track-by-track commentary. Clive has selected 16 tracks for the CD as well as a few of his works of art for visuals. Very hard to find, the British import CD nevertheless includes tracks that can be found elsewhere.

Those expecting Clive to serve up aural delirium will be quite surprised at some of his choices. Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Shirley Horn, and a selection from Disney's _Dumbo_ might be shocking coming from the man who has written stories like "The Midnight Meat Train" and _The Damnation Game_. Perhaps only a spot of Danny Elfman's music to Clive's film _Nightbreed_, a double shot of music from the Hammer film version of Haggard's _She_, and "Johanna" from Sondheim's _Sweeney Todd_ point to Clive's more traditional tastes. Everywhere else lighthearted fare is to be found-- visions of paradise, Christmas songs, and other gentle, playful, yet quite listenable tunes. Faure's _Requiem_ and Diamanda Galas' version of "Dancing in the Dark," both pieces of music from the last Clive film _Lord of Illusions_, make appearances, as well as parts of Bernstein's _Candide_ and Rodgers' & Hammerstein's _South Pacific_. Without doubt the strongest pieces are classical ones: Rachmaninoff's 1st movement from his 2nd Piano Concerto in C Minor and Sibelius' 3rd movement from Symphony #5 in E Flat.

The CD reflects music Clive listens to while painting, and for those who want a more intimate picture of one of the greatest imaginers alive, this selection will begin to answer the question of what Clive plays when he has brush in hand.

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1. On My Way
2. Paradise
3. Rockin' The Paradise (Liv
4. Blue Collar Man (Live)
5. Lady (Live)
6. Too Much Time On My Hands
7. Snow Blind (Live)
8. Suite Madame Blue (Live)
9. Crystal Ball (Live)
10. Grand Illusion (Live)
11. Fooling Yourself (The Ang
12. Show Me The Way (Live)
13. Boat On The River (Live)
14. Lorelei (Live)
15. Babe (Live)
16. Miss America (Live)
17. Come Sail Away (Live)
18. Renegade (Live)
19. Best Of Times (Live)
20. Dear John