''All Around the World'' is the third studio album by

Jason Donovan Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968) is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap ''Neighbours'', playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 mi ...

, released in 1993. The album was Donovan's first on

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and his first since parting with producers

Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considered ...

. It featured the singles "Mission of Love" (written by ex-

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vocalist Christian James) (UK #26), "As Time Goes By" (UK #26) and "All Around the World" (UK #41). The style of the album marked a change of direction from his previous work. The singles had failed to sell as well as his previous hits and "As Time Goes By" would be Donovan's final UK Top 40 hit. In a bid to generate more interest, Polydor Records licensed several of Donovan's old hits and included them on the album, much to Donovan's annoyance. Ten of the tracks were new recordings and were initially intended to be the album, the additions were four of his hits with Stock Aitken Waterman and two songs from the ''Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat'' cast recording, featuring Donovan. The album itself proved to be a commercial failure, stalling at no.27 in the UK and not even being released at all in his native Australia. A fourth single, "Angel", was intended for release, but cancelled. Donovan was subsequently dropped by Polydor Records and this would be his last studio album for 15 years.

Track listing

# "All Around the World" (4.17) # "Falling" (3.23) # "Mission of Love" (4.19) # "As Time Goes By" (4.00) # "Once in My Life" (4.32) # "Rhythm of the Rain" (3.09) # "Oxygen" (4.05) # "Sealed With a Kiss" (2.32) # "Angel" (3.42) # "Any Dream Will Do" (3.54) # "Give a Good Heart" (3.35) # "Can't Do Without It" (3.56) # "

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" (3.49) # "Every Day (I Love You More)" (3.25) # "Too Many Broken Hearts" (3.29) # "Shout About" (4.01)

References

1993 albums Jason Donovan albums Polydor Records albums Albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman Albums produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy {{1990s-pop-album-stub