Evita



Album artwork

Evita, the album

Album cover, shot by David Appleby

Evita (Single-disc Edition) - front cover Evita (Double-disc Edition) - front cover
Evita (Single-disc Edition) - back cover Evita (Double-disc Edition) - back cover


Album tracklist

Single-disc Edition:

  1. A Cinema In Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952 *
  2. Oh What A Circus *
  3. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars *
  4. Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City
  5. Buenos Aires
  6. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
  7. Goodnight And Thank You
  8. I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You
  9. Peron's Latest Flame
  10. A New Argentina
  11. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  12. High Flying Adored
  13. Rainbow High
  14. And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) *
  15. She Is A Diamond *
  16. Waltz For Eva And Che
  17. You Must Love Me
  18. Eva's Final Broadcast
  19. Lament

Double-disc Edition:

  1. A Cinema In Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952 *
  2. Requiem For Evita *
  3. Oh What A Circus *
  4. On This Night Of A Thousand Stars *
  5. Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City
  6. Buenos Aires
  7. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
  8. Goodnight And Thank You
  9. The Lady's Got Potential *
  10. Charity Concert / The Art Of The Possible
  11. I'd Be Suprisingly Good For You
  12. Hello And Goodbye
  13. Peron's Latest Flame
  14. A New Argentina

  15. On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 1 *
  16. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  17. On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 2
  18. High Flying Adored
  19. Rainbow High
  20. Rainbow Tour
  21. The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear)
  22. And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) *
  23. Partido Feminista *
  24. She Is A Diamond *
  25. Santa Evita *
  26. Waltz For Eva And Che
  27. Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down
  28. You Must Love Me
  29. Eva's Final Broadcast
  30. Latin Chant *
  31. Lament

* No vocals by Madonna


Single releases

  1. You Must Love Me - Oct. 1996 (US & Eur.)
  2. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Feb. 1997 (US & Eur.)
  3. Another Suitcase In Another Hall - March 1997 (Eur.)


Album release

In 1996 Madonna finally got the movie role she had been waiting for so long. The production of Evita had been postponed many times and many producers had given up the idea before Alan Parker decided to give it a go. Many famous actresses were considered for the leading role as Eva Peron, including Michelle Pfeiffer and Meryl Streep. Convinced she was the perfect casting, Madonna send Parker a four pages letter argumenting why she would be perfect for the role. She also included a copy of her Take A Bow video, in which she was clearly inspired by Evita's look in the 40s. Obviously she was very convincing because Alan Parker casted Madonna to play Evita, and Antonio Banderas to play Ché.

Nigel Wright, Alan Parker, Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Caddick produced the official soundtrack for Evita. There were two versions: there was the 'highlights' album called "Music from the Motion Picture Evita", containing 19 tracks (see above), which was released in October 1996 in Europe and Asia and in August 1997 in the US.

The second version was a 2 CD set, called "Evita The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack", containing 31 songs (see beneath), which was released worldwide on November 12, 1996. All the songs were originally written for the musical Evita, except You Must Love Me, which was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, especially for the movie.


Sales & Charts

In the album charts, the album reached #1 (UK), #2 (US, France, Germany), and #5 (Australia, Canada). It was last certified5 times Platinum in the US in March 1999 for shipments of 2,5 million double albums. Worldwide it sold about 7 million copies.


Awards

Evita, the movie received six nominations at the 1997 Oscar Awards (though Madonna was snubbed for Best Actress) and won in the category 'Best Original Song' for You Must Love Me.

Madonna did get her recognition at the 1997 Golden Globe Awards where she won 'Best Actress', while Evita won 'Best Motion Picture' and You Must Love Me won 'Best Original Song'.

At the 1997 Golden Satellite Awards Evita won 'Best Motion Picture', 'Best Original Song' and 'Best costume design'. Madonna won an Echo Award for 'Best Actress'.

Finally, the soundtrack was nominated for an award at the 1997 Brit Awards and the 1998 American Music Awards, but lost out.

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