''Won't Change Places'' is an album by

Marti Webb Marti Webb (born 13 December 1943) is an English actress and singer, who appeared on stage in ''Evita (musical), Evita'', before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show ''Tell Me on a Sunday'' in 1980. This included her biggest hit si ...

released in 1981 as a follow-up to ''

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''. As with her previous album, the recording was produced by

Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...

for the

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label. It included a recording of " Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the

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''Evita'' in which Webb was appearing as Eva Perón at the time. The album featured the singles "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" and "I've Been in Love Too Long", and was released in early 1981. Of these, only "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" was a chart hit. Additional singles " Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and " All I Am" (a version of which was also released around the same time by Heatwave on their "Candles" album") were released in South Africa. A few months later, "Unexpected Song", a duet with Justin Hayward, was also released as a single but was not featured on this album. Webb had her own

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special called ''Won't Change Places'', where she performed some of the songs on this album. It featured guests

, Paul Nicholas and Rod Argent and was broadcast on 16 February 1981. The album was released two years later in the US (Polydor 2442-186) and the American trade magazine '' Stereo Review'' reviewed it in May 1983 under the section "Recording of Special Merit", mentioning "All I Am", "Masquerade", "I've Been in Love Too Long" and "Don't" as stand out tracks.'' Stereo Review'', May 1983, review by Peter Reilly, p. 90 In 2015, Lloyd Webber reused the melody of "I've Been in Love Too Long" as the opening track of ''

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'', "I'm Too Hot for You", albeit with different lyrics.

Track listing

Side One

# "I Won't Change Places" (

, Don Black) - 3:28 # " All I Am" ( Lynsey de Paul) - 3:14 # "Your Ears Should Be Burning Now" ( Tony Macaulay, Black) - 3:53 # "Angry and Sore" ( Rod Argent) - 3:25 # " Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (

Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ' ...

, Lloyd Webber) - 5:32

Side Two

# "I've Been in Love Too Long" (Lloyd Webber, Black) - 3:19 # "What You Gonna Do With Your Freedom" ( Lynsey de Paul,

Susan Sheridan Susan Haydn Thomas (18 March 1947 – 8 August 2015) better known as Susan Sheridan, was an English voice actress. Her roles included Noddy in '' Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', Princess Sylvia in '' Muzzy in Gondoland'', Trillian in the BBC rad ...

) - 4:09 # "

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" (

Jerry Leiber Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such Crossover music, crossover hit songs ...

Mike Stoller Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" ( ...

) - 3:50 # "Masquerade" (Argent) - 4:16 # "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" (

Stephen Schwartz Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin'' (1972), and ''Wicked'' (20 ...

) - 3:11

Personnel

- Production and arrangement (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10), cover concept * Lynsey de Paul - Production (tracks 2, 7) * Tony Macaulay - Production (track 3) * Rod Argent - Production (tracks 4, 9) * David Cullen - Assistant arrangement and orchestration (tracks 1, 10) * Susan Sheridan - Assistant arranger (tracks 2, 7)

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Marti Webb albums Polydor Records albums Albums produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber