Number 1 Albums - 1971

Number 1 on the Billboard Album Chart this week in 1971

Jesus Christ Superstar 

(1st of 3 non consecutive weeks)

A rock opera composed by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, a musical dramatization of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ.  This album served as a launching pad for numerous stage productions of Broadway and in the West End.

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Track listing[edit]

All compositions written by Tim Rice (lyrics and book) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (music). Herod's Song (Try It and See) is reworked from an older song, Try It and See, by the same authors.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture"	2:07
2.	"Heaven on Their Minds"	4:23
3.	"What's the Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying"	4:13
4.	"Everything's Alright"	4:36
5.	"This Jesus Must Die"	5:11

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hosanna"	1:30
2.	"Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem"	4:49
3.	"Pilate's Dream"	1:28
4.	"The Temple"	4:43
5.	"Everything's Alright (reprise)"	0:34
6.	"I Don't Know How to Love Him"	3:41
7.	"Damned for All Time/Blood Money"	4:36

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Last Supper"	7:10
2.	"Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)"	5:33
3.	"The Arrest"	3:24
4.	"Peter's Denial"	1:27
5.	"Pilate and Christ/Hosanna (reprise)"	2:46
6.	"Herod's Song (Try It and See)"	3:02

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Judas' Death"	4:17
2.	"Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)"	5:13
3.	"Superstar"	4:16
4.	"The Crucifixion"	4:04
5.	"John Nineteen: Forty-One[6]"