Gambler (album)
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Gambler | ||||
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Soundtrack album (Cast recording) by | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
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Gambler is a musical written by Eric Woolfson. It features several of his most popular songs from his earlier writing with The Alan Parsons Project.
Plot[]
The plot, inspired by Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel The Gambler,[1] involves a young man entering the Peking Palace Casino and becoming a serious gambler in order to win the affection of a showgirl there, both of whom are being manipulated by the casino boss.
Production[]
Gambler the musical had world premier and was created in October 1996 at stadttheater in Mönchengladbach, Germany, and it ran October 1996 till June 1998; it was staged in 1999 in Seoul, South Korea.
Album release[]
The recording of the German cast was released as a CD in 1997 (with the subtitle "Das Geheimnis der Karten", lit. "the secret of the cards"). It is currently out of print,[2] but is available as a digital download from Woolfson's official website.
Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Eric Woolfson.
- "Fanfare" (0:30)
- "Green Light Means Danger" (7:01)
- "Love In The Third Degree" (4:14)
- "When The World Was Young" (6:14)
- "Games People Play" (5:21)
- "The Golden Key" (4:49)
- "Limelight" (7:11)
- "9 x 9 x 9" (4:40)
- "Halfway" (5:10)
- "Eye in the Sky" (9:01)
- "(You'll be) Far Away" (4:21)
- "Time" (7:19)
- "Medley" (0:55)
- "Afterture" (bonus track to the download version)
References[]
- ^ "Dostoyevsky goes Las Vegas". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Eric Woolfson - Gambler (CD, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
External links[]
- Gambler - Eric Woolfson official website
- Gambler at Discogs (list of releases)
- 1997 albums
- 1997 musicals
- Adaptations of works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Eric Woolfson albums
- Concept albums
- Musicals based on novels