Centre Stage: The Very Best of Elaine Paige

Background

The album features tracks primarily taken from her back catalogue with Warner Music, and was released by WSM (Warner Special Markets). It is the second compilation album to be subtitled "The Very Best of Elaine Paige" after On Reflection: The Very Best of Elaine Paige.

The tracks "Something in Red" and "I Didn't Know I Was Saying Goodbye" were recorded for this album and produced by Bobby Huff. The tracks "Change the World", "From the Heart", "One More Time", "Somebody Make Me Laugh", "Is It Me" and "Kind to Animals" were recorded in 2000 and produced by Mike Moran for an album that was planned but never released.

The live recordings of "Miss You Nights" and "Let It Be Me", both duets with Cliff Richard, are taken from DVD of his 1999 London concert Live in the Park.

Artwork and packaging

The two disc album was issued in a single jewel case with a cardboard sleeve. The discs had full colour labels. The album was designed by Mental Block and featured photography by Paul Cox.

Disc One

1. "Something in Red" - 4:35 (Angela Kaset)
2. Producer - Bobby Huff
3. "Memory" - 4:15 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn) - from the soundtrack of Cats
4. Producers - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright
5. Engineer - Robin Sellars
6. "I Know Him So Well" - Duet with Barbara Dickson - 4:15 (Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus) - from the album Chess
7. Producers - Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice
8. Engineer - Michael B. Tretow
9. "Miss You Nights" (live) - Duet with Cliff Richard - 4:11 (Dave Townsend) - from the soundtrack of Cliff Richard's DVD Live in the Park
10. Producer - Brian Klein
11. Recorded by Keith Bessey
12. "The Perfect Year" - 3:21 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black) - from the musical Sunset Boulevard and the album Encore
13. Producers - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright
14. Engineer - by Robin Sellars
15. "September Song" (live) - 4:02 (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
16. Producer - Stella Hanson
17. "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" - 3:42 (Charles Dumont, Michel Vaucaire) - from the album Piaf
18. Producer - Mike Moran
19. Arranger - Del Newman
20. Engineer - Tony Taverner
21. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" - 3:27 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - from the album Stages
22. Producer and Orchestral Arrangement Tony Visconti
23. Rhythm Arrangement - Robin Smith
24. Engineers - Bryan Evans, Chris Porter and Keith Grant
25. "Change the World" - 3:51 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn)
26. Producer - Mike Moran
27. "Cry Me a River" (live) - 4:58 (Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) - recorded during the BBC television series Parkinson
28. "From the Heart" - 4:53 (Diane Warren)
29. Producer - Mike Moran
30. "Wishin' on a Star" - 3:52 (Billie Rae Calvin) - from the album Christmas
31. Producer and Strings Arrangement - Tony Visconti
32. Orchestral Arrangement and Musical Director - Robin Smith
33. Assistant Engineer - Sam Smith
34. Mixed by Sid Wells and Tony Visconti
35. "I Dreamed a Dream" (live) - 4:19 (Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer) - from the album Encore
36. Producer - Stella Hanson
37. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - 5:49 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - from the album Evita: Original London Cast Recording
38. Producers - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
39. Engineer - David Hamilton-Smith
40. "One More Time" - 4:12 (Richard Marx)
41. Producer - Mike Moran
42. "Hymne a L'Amour (If You Love Me)" - 2:53 (Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons) - from the album Piaf
43. Producer - Mike Moran
44. Arranger - Del Newman
45. Engineer - Tony Taverner
46. "On My Own" - 3:49 (Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Trevor Nunn, John Caird) - from the album Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige
47. Producer - Tony Visconti
48. "The Rose" - 3:45 (Amanda McBroom) - from the album Cinema
49. Producer - Tony Visconti
50. "Ave Maria" - 3:57 (J. S. Bach, Charles Gounod) - from the album Christmas
51. Producer - Mike Batt

Disc Two

1. "I Didn't Know I Was Saying Goodbye" - 4:22 (Angela Kaset, Lee Thomas Miller)
2. "Let It Be Me" (live) - Duet with Cliff Richard - 3:47 (Gilbert Becaud, Pierre Delanoe, Manny Curtis) - from the soundtrack of Cliff Richard's DVD Live in the Park
3. "La Vie En Rose" - 2:44 (Edith Piaf, Louiguy) - from the album Piaf
4. "Somebody Make Me Laugh" - 4:05 ( - )
5. "As If We Never Said Goodbye" - 5:20 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black, Amy Powers) - from the musical Sunset Boulevard and the album Encore
6. "With One Look" - 3:30 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black, Amy Powers) - from the musical Sunset Boulevard and the album Encore
7. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" - 3:44 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - from the album Romance & the Stage
8. "This Is Where I Came In" - 3:44 (Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman) - from the album Love Hurts
9. "Unchained Melody" - 3:44 (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - from the album Cinema
10. "Mon Dieu" - 3:49 (Charles Dumont, Michel Vaucaire) - from the album Piaf
11. "For You" - 2:53 (Judie Tzuke, Mike Paxman) - from the album Love Hurts
12. "Alfie" - 2:52 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - from the album Cinema
13. "I Only Have Eyes for You" - 4:08 (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - from the album Love Can Do That
14. "Je Sais Comment (All This I Know)" - 3:31 (Julien Bouque, Robert Chauvign, Norman Newel, Hal Shaper) - from the album Piaf
15. "Is It Me" - 4:27 ( - )
16. "All Things Considered" - 3:42 (Vangelis, Tim Rice, Elaine Paige) - from the album Love Hurts
17. "Shaking You" - 3:53 (David Foster, Paul Gordon, Tom Keane) - from the album Love Hurts
18. "Kind to Animals" - 4:16 ( - )
19. "Les Trois Cloches (The Three Bells)" - 3:56 (Jean Villard Gilles/Bert Reisfeld) - from the album Piaf

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Production