Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording)

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Closer to Heaven
Studio album by Closer to Heaven Original London Cast
Released	October 8, 2001 (UK)
Recorded	2001
Genre	Cast recording
Label	Sony (UK)
Producer(s)	Pet Shop Boys, Stephen Hague

Closer to Heaven is an album of songs from the Pet Shop Boys 2001 stage musical Closer to Heaven. The songs feature the original London production cast and production credits go to Pet Shop Boys and Stephen Hague.

[edit] Track listing

1. "My night" - Billie Trix and Cast
2. "Something special" - Straight Dave
3. "Closer to heaven" - Shell and Straight Dave
4. "In denial" - Vic and Shell
5. "Call me old-fashioned" - Bob Saunders
6. "Nine out of ten" - Shell and Straight Dave
7. "It's just my little tribute to Caligula, darling!" - Billie Trix and Billie's Babes
8. "Hedonism"
9. "Friendly fire" - Billie Trix
10. "Shameless" - Vile Celebrities
11. "Vampires" - Vic and Billie Trix
12. "Closer to heaven" - Straight Dave and Mile End Lee
13. "Out of my system" - Shell and Billie's Babes
14. "K-Hole" - Billie Trix
15. "For all of us" - Straight Dave
16. "Closer to heaven" - Straight Dave
17. "Positive role model" - Straight Dave

[edit] Personnel

• Neil Tennant
• Chris Lowe

• Frances Barber (Billie Trix)
• Paul Keating (Straight Dave)
• Stacey Roca (Shell Christian)
• Tom Walker (Mile End Lee)
• David Burt (Vic Christian)
• Paul Broughton (Bob Saunders)
• David Langham (Flynn)

Guest musicians

• Chris Nightingale - Programming, additional keyboards and arrangements. Piano on 9 & 15
• Chuck Norman - Programming
• Pete Gleadall - Original programming
• Chris Zippel - Original programming and production on 17
• Tessa Niles, Katie Kisson, Carol Kenyan & Tommy Blazie - Backing vocals on 1 & 10
• Claire Worall - Backing vocals on 10
• Jonathan Harvey - Backing vocals on 5
• Mark Stanway & Louis Spence - Solo vocals on 10
• Craig Armstrong - Orchestration and original production on 11
• C.Jay Ranger - Solo vocals on 10 & backing vocals on 13
• Akiya Henry - Backing vocals on 13

Pet Shop Boys

Neil Tennant | Chris Lowe

Discography

Albums: Please | Actually | Introspective | Behaviour | Very | Bilingual | Nightlife | Release | Fundamental

Soundtracks and scores: Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording) | Battleship Potemkin

Remix albums: Disco | Disco 2 | Disco 3

Compilations: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection | Alternative | PopArt: The Hits | Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys

Live: Concrete

Singles: "West End girls" | "Love comes quickly" | "Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)" | "Suburbia" | "It's a Sin" | "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" | "Rent" | "Always On My Mind" | "Heart" | "Domino dancing" | "Left to my own devices" | "It's alright" | "So Hard" | "Being Boring" | "Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you)" | "How can you expect to be taken seriously?" | "Jealousy" | "DJ Culture" | "Was it worth it?" | "Can you forgive her?" | "Go West" | "I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing" | "Liberation" | "Yesterday, when I was mad" | "Paninaro '95" | "Before" | "Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)" | "Single-Bilingual" | "Somewhere" | "I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more" | "New York City boy" | "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk" | "Home and dry" | "I get along" | "London" | "Miracles" | "Flamboyant" | "I'm with Stupid" | "Minimal" | "Numb" | "She's Madonna"

Related Articles

Other projects: It Couldn't Happen Here | Reputation | Results | Spaghetti Records | Closer to Heaven

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