Jesus Christ Superstar
by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

tim rice isn't religious at all and webber is too big to say that he isn't, but doesn't talk about it. I suppose they think this is funny, "jesus christ superstar," "this jesus must die." lol, rice was knighted. the album was originally banned for blasphemy, anything by guys this huge to do such a thing gets my support. the last song on the album alludes to a verse which describes jesus's tomb as one in which no one was ever laid. taken by itself, it may be seen as a denial of the whole story. if they believed, they'd have probably used john 3:16, or anything else, to name the last track. they're brilliant guys. (Edited)

My rating is based on the original cast recording (the one with the brown cover and the gold logo. (Not sure if this is the same one.) Ian Gillan, possibly my favorite singer, is as good as he ever was, and Murray Head is just as amazing. Add to them a top-notch rock band and some truly inspired (no pun intended) music, and you have a great, unique album that makes my top 100 of all time. Doesn't quite hold up over four album sides; the last quarter is just okay, but there are enough classic songs and great performances to convert (okay, pun intended) any seventies rock fan. And you don't have to be religious to appreciate the music and the enthusiastic way in which the performers deliver its message. It's really more about the story than proselytism, anyway. (Edited)

From kcendsley1 07/13/2019 04:27 | #239426 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This was the first "rock opera" actually written by Broadway types and not by Pete Townshend. A huge uproar among Christian theologians actually raised awareness of the story that examined the human side of Christ and the plight of history's ultimate betrayer, Judas. As Judas is dying from a self-inflicted hanging, his final cries are: "My God, I've been used and you knew all the time. God, I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime. You're so bloody. Christ, you have murdered me." Very thought-provoking stuff in 1969. (Edited)

From Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2012 16:25 | #51777 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Awesome album. The American release had a brown cover and gold logo. Same album. (Edited)

One of my very favorite albums. Production is top notch. Gillan and Head are awesome in the lead roles. Yvonne Elliman does not get near the credit she deserves as Mary Magdalene. A must-hear. (Edited)