Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - The New Generation

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Copyright: ℗ 2012 The WOW Recording Company Limited under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Eve of the War spoken vocals: Liam Neeson vocals: Gary Barlow recording of: The Eve of the War lyricist and composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) librettist: Doreen Wayne publisher: April Music Ltd. is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 1: The Eve of the War part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Gary Barlow	4.5	10:14
2	Horsell Common and the Heat Ray spoken vocals: Liam Neeson recording of: Horsell Common and the Heat Ray composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 3: On Horsell Common is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 4: The Cylinder Opens is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 5: The Heat-Ray part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne & Liam Neeson	3	12:15
3	The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine spoken vocals: Liam Neeson and Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs) recording of: The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Ricky Wilson	3	12:05
4	Forever Autumn spoken vocals: Liam Neeson vocals: Gary Barlow recording of: Forever Autumn lyricist: Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) publisher: Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Gary Barlow	3	7:54
5	Thunder Child spoken vocals: Liam Neeson vocals: Alex Clare recording of: Thunder Child lyricist: Gary Osborne composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 17: The Thunder Child part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Alex Clare	5	6:14

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Red Weed (Part 1) spoken vocals: Liam Neeson recording of: The Red Weed, Part 1 composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) part of: The Red Weed	Jeff Wayne & Liam Neeson	2	6:58
2	The Spirit of Man spoken vocals: Liam Neeson vocals: Maverick Sabre and Joss Stone recording of: The Spirit of Man lyricist: Gary Osborne composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson, Joss Stone & Maverick Sabre	3	12:07
3	The Red Weed (Part 2) spoken vocals: Liam Neeson vocals: Maverick Sabre recording of: The Red Weed, Part 2 composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) part of: The Red Weed	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Maverick Sabre	2	5:20
4	The Artilleryman Returns spoken vocals: Liam Neeson and Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Ricky Wilson	2	3:21
5	Brave New World spoken vocals: Liam Neeson performer: Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs) recording of: Brave New World lyricist: Gary Osborne composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Ricky Wilson	2	12:14
6	Dead London (Part 1) spoken vocals: Liam Neeson partial recording of: Dead London composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 2, Chapter 8: Dead London part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne & Liam Neeson	3	5:27
7	Dead London (Part 2) spoken vocals: Liam Neeson partial recording of: Dead London composer: Jeff Wayne (musician) is based on: The War of the Worlds: Book 2, Chapter 8: Dead London part of: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”	Jeff Wayne, Liam Neeson & Gary Barlow	3	3:48
8	Epilogue, Pt. 1 spoken vocals: Liam Neeson	Jeff Wayne & Liam Neeson	3	3:22
9	Epilogue, Pt. 2 (NASA) spoken vocals: Lewis MacLeod (voice actor) and Jerry Wayne	Jeff Wayne, Jerry Wayne & Lewis MacLeod	2	1:57

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/512157 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/n39p [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002277764 [info]
Wikidata:	Q6175237 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Wayne/Jeff+Wayne’s+Musical+Version+of+the+War+of+the+Worlds:+The+New+Generation [info]

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Barcode:: 886443668591
Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 1:43:14

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Type:: Album + Soundtrack
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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[Worldwide]
2012-11-26

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