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''Michael Ball'' is the debut album by English singer
Michael Ball Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of ''Les Misérables'', and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in ...
. It was released in 1992 by
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and peaked at number one on the
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. The album includes the UK Top 40 singles " Love Changes Everything", from the musical ''
Aspects of Love ''Aspects of Love'' is a musical with music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is based on the 1955 novella of the same name by David Garnett. The piece focuses on the romantic entanglements of actr ...
'', and " One Step Out of Time", which was the United Kingdom's entry at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1992 The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Carola. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ...
, held in
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, Sweden.


Track listing

#" One Step Out of Time" (Paul Davies, Tony Ryan) #"It's Still You" (Darin Black, Richard Kerr) #"Holland Park" (Kerr) #"Secret of Love" (Ian Allen) #"As Dreams Go By" ( Andy Hill,
Peter Sinfield Peter John Sinfield (born 27 December 1943) is an English poet and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former lyricist of King Crimson, whose debut album '' In the Court of the Crimson King'' is considered one of the first and mo ...
)
#"Who Needs to Know" #"Simple Affair of the Heart" (
Guy Fletcher Guy Edward Fletcher (born 24 May 1960) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as one of the two keyboard players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire ...
,
Doug Flett Douglas Jackson Flett (13 October 1935 – 15 July 2019) was an Australian songwriter based in the UK, best known for his collaborations with longtime songwriting partner, Guy Fletcher. Collectively, the duo have also been known as Fletcher & F ...
)
#"If You Need Another Love" ( John Miles) #"Beautiful Heartache" #"No One Cries Anymore" (Black, Kerr) #" Love Changes Everything" ( Don Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart)


Personnel

* Dave Arch – arranger *Martin Levan – engineer *John Mackswith – engineer *Paul Mortimer - assistant engineer


Charts and certifications


Weekly charts


Certifications


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''Michael Ball''
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1992 debut albums Michael Ball albums Albums produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber Polydor Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub