Time to Say Goodbye (album)
Encyclopedia
Time to Say Goodbye, known as Timeless in Europe, is Sarah Brightman
's most popular album, released in 1997
. (In the European edition, the song "Time to Say Goodbye
" goes before the encore tracks). The SACD
5.1 version released by EMI
is entitled Time to Say Goodbye and follows the American track listing. Time to Say Goodbye went gold or platinum in 21 countries and topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the U.S. for 35 weeks. The album has sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S.
Top 200 albums, and peaked at number-one on the Billboard
Top Classical Crossover Albums. On the Billboard Classical charts, it stayed at the peak for thirty-five consecutive weeks.
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register...
's most popular album, released in 1997
1997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
. (In the European edition, the song "Time to Say Goodbye
Con te Partiró
- History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In...
" goes before the encore tracks). The SACD
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...
5.1 version released by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
is entitled Time to Say Goodbye and follows the American track listing. Time to Say Goodbye went gold or platinum in 21 countries and topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the U.S. for 35 weeks. The album has sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S.
Time to Say Goodbye
- "Time To Say Goodbye (Con te partiròCon te Partiró- History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In...
)" – 4:06 (duet with Andrea BocelliAndrea BocelliAndrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
) (Re-released – 2001) - "No One Like You" – 4:45
- "Just Show Me How to Love YouJust Show Me How to Love You"Tu Cosa Fai Stasera" is a song by Dario Baldan Bembo/Riccardo Fogli and later made famous by Sarah Brightman, under the title Just Show Me How to Love You, when translated into English.-Sarah Brightman version:...
" – 4:00 (Riccardo FogliRiccardo FogliRiccardo Fogli is an Italian singer.-Early career:Riccardo Fogli was born on 21 October 1947 in Pontedera. He was fond of music since his childhood. In the 1960s, he became a fan of The Beatles, which also influenced his decision to start his career as a singer.In 1964, at the age of 17, Fogli...
) (featuring Argentine singer José CuraJosé CuraJosé Cura is a prominent operatic tenor known for his intense and original interpretations of his characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson, as well as for his unconventional and innovative concert performances. He is also able to perform high baritone roles with the extended...
) - "Tu Quieres VolverTu Quieres Volver"Tu Quieres Volver" is a song by the Gipsy Kings, released on their self-titled album Gipsy Kings in 1988 .-Sarah Brightman version:...
" – 3:49 (Gipsy KingsGipsy KingsThe Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier, who perform in Spanish with an Andalucían accent. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Chico Bouchikhi is of...
) - "In Pace" – 3:07
- "There For Me" – 3:45 (featuring Argentine singer José Cura)
- "Bilitis-Gènèrique" (Instrumental) – 3:25
- "Who Wants to Live ForeverWho Wants to Live Forever"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy...
" (QueenQueen (band)Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
) – 3:55 - "La WallyLa WallyLa Wally is a four-act opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed at La Scala, Milan on 20 January 1892....
" (Alfredo CatalaniAlfredo CatalaniAlfredo Catalani was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley and La Wally...
) – 4:04 - "Naturaleza Muerta" – 5:26 (MecanoMecanoMecano was a Spanish pop band whose debut coincided with La Movida Madrileña , a sociocultural movement that occurred in Madrid, Spain during the 1980s...
) - "En Aranjuez con tu Amor" – 3:51
- "In trutina" – 2:31 (from Carl OrffCarl OrffCarl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
's Carmina BuranaCarmina Burana (Orff)Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana...
) - "O mio babbino caroO mio babbino caro"O mio babbino caro" is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi , by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to...
" – 2:41 [Encore Track] (aria from Puccini's opera Gianni SchicchiGianni SchicchiGianni Schicchi is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico —three one-act operas with...
) - "Alleluja" – 3:11 [Encore Track] (from Mozart's Exsultate, jubilateExsultate, jubilateExsultate, jubilate K. 165, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1773.This religious solo motet was composed at the time Mozart was visiting Milan....
) - "Time To Say Goodbye (Con te partiròCon te Partiró- History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In...
)" – 4:06 (duet with Andrea BocelliAndrea BocelliAndrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
) (Re-released – 2001)
Timeless
- "No One Like You" – 4:45
- "Just Show Me How to Love You" – 4:00 (featuring Argentine singer José Cura) (Cover of Tu Cosa Fai Stasera by Riccardo FogliRiccardo FogliRiccardo Fogli is an Italian singer.-Early career:Riccardo Fogli was born on 21 October 1947 in Pontedera. He was fond of music since his childhood. In the 1960s, he became a fan of The Beatles, which also influenced his decision to start his career as a singer.In 1964, at the age of 17, Fogli...
) - "Tu Quieres Volver" – 3:49 (Cover of "Tu Quieres Volver" by Gipsy Kings)
- "In Pace" – 3:07
- "There For Me" – 3:45 (featuring Argentine singer José Cura)
- "Bilitis-Gènèrique" (Instrumental) – 3:25
- "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Cover of Queen) – 3:55
- "La Wally" (Cover of the four-act opera by Alfredo Catalani) – 4:04
- "Naturaleza Muerta" – 5:26 (Cover of "Naturaleza Muerta" by Mecano)
- "En Aranjuez con tu Amor" – 3:51
- "In trutina" – 2:31 (from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana)
- "Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò)" – 4:06 (featuring Italian singer Andrea Bocelli)
- "O mio babbino caro" – 2:41 [Encore Track]
- "Alleluja" – 3:11 [Encore Track] (from Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate)
Singles
- "Time To Say GoodbyeCon te Partiró- History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In...
" (with Andrea Bocelli) (1996) - "Just Show Me How to Love YouJust Show Me How to Love You"Tu Cosa Fai Stasera" is a song by Dario Baldan Bembo/Riccardo Fogli and later made famous by Sarah Brightman, under the title Just Show Me How to Love You, when translated into English.-Sarah Brightman version:...
" (1997) - "Tu Quieres VolverTu Quieres Volver"Tu Quieres Volver" is a song by the Gipsy Kings, released on their self-titled album Gipsy Kings in 1988 .-Sarah Brightman version:...
" (1997) - "There For Me" (1997)
- "Who Wants to Live ForeverWho Wants to Live Forever"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy...
" (1997)
Charts and certifications
This album peaked at #71 on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top 200 albums, and peaked at number-one on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Classical Crossover Albums. On the Billboard Classical charts, it stayed at the peak for thirty-five consecutive weeks.
Charts
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria Album Top 75 | 31 |
| Belgium Wallonia Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... 50 Albums |
31 |
| Belgium Flanders Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... 50 Albums |
36 |
| Canada Top Albums | 43 |
| Finland Albums Top 40 | 12 |
| France Albums Chart | 72 |
| Germany Media Control Albums Top 100 | 17 |
| Dutch Album Top 100 MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
38 |
| Norway Albums Top 40 | 3 |
| Swedish Album Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
2 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Heatseekers Albums |
5 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Classical Crossover Albums |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top 200 Albums |
71 |