Freudiana

Freudiana is a rock opera, originally intended to be the 11th album by The Alan Parsons Project, but by release time 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. 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Woolfson, except where noted.

1. "The Nirvana Principle" – 3:44
2. "Freudiana" – 6:20
3. "I Am a Mirror" – 4:06
4. "Little Hans" – 3:15
5. "Dora" – 3:51
6. "Funny You Should Say That" – 4:36
7. "You're On Your Own" – 3:54
8. "Far Away From Home" – 3:11
9. "Let Yourself Go" – 5:26
10. "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" (Alan Parsons) – 3:13
11. "The Ring" – 4:22
12. "Sects Therapy" – 3:40
13. "No One Can Love You Better Than Me" – 5:40
14. "Don't Let the Moment Pass" – 3:40
15. "Upper Me" – 5:16
16. "Freudiana" – 3:43
17. "Destiny" – 0:51
18. "There But For the Grace of God" – 5:56

Personnel

• Eric Woolfson – keyboards, lead vocal on tracks 2, 5, 9, and 13, executive producer
• Alan Parsons – producer, additional keyboards, engineer
• Laurie Cottle – bass
• Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion
• Ian Bairnson – guitar
• Richard Cottle – synthesizer, saxophone
• Leo Sayer – lead vocal on track 3
• Graham Dye – lead vocal on track 4
• The Flying Pickets – lead vocals on tracks 6, and 8
• Kiki Dee – lead vocal on tracks 7, and 13
• Eric Stewart – lead vocal on tracks 11, and 15
• Frankie Howerd – lead vocal on track 12
• Marti Webb – lead vocal on tracks 13, and 14
• Gary Howard – lead vocal on track 13
• Chris Rainbow – lead vocal on track 17
• John Miles – lead vocal on track 18
• Andrew Powell – arrangements, conductor
• Tony Richards – engineer

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 song texts were by Lida Winiewicz. Erik was played by Ulrich Tukur.

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