Label: Geffen Records – 0600753933312
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Released: Sep 17, 2021
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Classic Rock, Musical

 

Jesus Christ Superstar
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Original UK cover
Studio album by various artists
Released 27 October 1970
Recorded 10 October 1969 ("Superstar" single)
1970 in Olympic Studios, London
Genre Art rock, progressive rock
Length 86:56
Label Decca/MCA/Decca Broadway
Producer Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice chronology
Jesus Christ Superstar
(1970) Evita
(1976)
Singles from Jesus Christ Superstar

"Superstar"
Released: 21 November 1969
"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
Released: 13 May 1971

Alternative cover
US edition cover, May 1971
US edition cover, May 1971
Professional ratingsReview scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C−[2]

Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 album musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, on which the 1971 rock opera of the same name was based. Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as an album, the success of which led to stage productions. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. It was originally banned by the BBC on grounds of being "sacrilegious".[3][4] By 1983, the album had sold over seven million copies worldwide.