Freudiana

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Freudiana
Studio album by Eric Woolfson
Released	1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Rock
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Alan Parsons

Freudiana was the first album credited to Eric Woolfson as a solo artist, marking his final project with former collaborator Alan Parsons, who is credited as producer. (It is listed as 'by Eric Woolfson', although since Parsons wrote one of the songs, and is still producing - and the session musicians are all Project regulars - the album can be considered an Alan Parsons Project work.) After recording the album, Woolfson worked with Brian Brolly to adapt the album into a stage musical. As befits the title, all of the songs on the album are references to theories of Sigmund Freud.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Nirvana Principle"
2. "Freudiana"
3. "I Am a Mirror"
4. "Little Hans"
5. "Dora"
6. "Funny You Should Say That"
7. "You're On Your Own"
8. "Far Away From Home"
9. "Let Yourself Go"
10. "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" (instrumental)
11. "The Ring"
12. "Sects Therapy"
13. "No One Can Love You Better Than Me"
14. "Don't Let the Moment Pass"
15. "Upper Me"
16. "Freudiana" (instrumental)
17. "Destiny"
18. "There But For the Grace of God"

[edit] Credits

• Bass: Laurie Cottle
• Drums/Percussion: Stuart Elliott
• Guitars: Ian Bairnson
• Keyboards: Eric Woolfson
• Synths/Saxes: Richard Cottle
• Additional Keyboards: Alan Parsons
• Vocals: Eric Woolfson, Leo Sayer, Graham Dye, The Flying Pickets, Kiki Dee, Eric Stewart, Frankie Howerd, Marti Webb, Gary Howard, Chris Rainbow, John Miles
• Orchestras Arranged and Conducted by Andrew Powell

[edit] Stage Musical Version

Freudiana premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria on December 19, 1990. It was produced by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. Until April 18, 1992 it played for 380 performances before 320,000 people.

Stage director was Peter Weck. The German songtexts were by Lida Winiewicz und Brian Brolly. Erik was played by Ulrich Tukur.