''The Songs That Got Away'' is an album by English

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. The songs selected for this album were allegedly based on an idea by Brightman's then husband

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. His idea was to incorporate songs which were mostly from

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productions that were either unsuccessful, never made it across to the other side of the

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, were cut from its respective show, or forgotten by time. All songs were produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber with the exception of "Dreamers". It was produced by its original composer

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. Album

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were written by

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Track listing

* Track 2, "I Am Going to Like It Here", was only on CD issues.

Charts

References

1989 albums Sarah Brightman albums Albums produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber {{1980s-album-stub