I Know Them So Well – The Best of Tim Rice (released as Any Dream Will Do – The Best of Tim Rice in some countries) is a compilation album by English songwriter Tim Rice, released in 1994 by PolyGram and MCA Records. It contains some of Rice's best known co-written songs as a lyricist, for musical theatre, films, as well as pop songs, being sung by various artists, including the UK number one singles "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" by Julie Covington, "I Know Him So Well" by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, and "Any Dream Will Do" by Jason Donovan, plus the US number one single "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, Rice's only US number one single to date.
The compilation's liner notes contain information and thoughts, personally written by Rice, about each individual track—both positive and negative. According to Rice in the liner notes, at the point of writing he had been working with Elton John on songs for the "forthcoming" 1994 film The Lion King, and so none of the tracks from that film are included on this compilation.
The Australian version of the compilation contains a slightly altered track listing, including contributions from artists such as Kate Ceberano, John Farnham and Jon Stevens.
Track listing Standard version
Note Some versions of the compilation omit "The World Is Stone".
Australian version
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.
Producers Tim Rice – "I Know Him So Well", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Everything's Alright" / "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "One Night in Bangkok", "The Second Time", "The Least of My Troubles", "Song of the King", "Superstar" Andrew Lloyd Webber – "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Everything's Alright" / "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", "Superstar" David Land – "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran & David Richards – "The Golden Boy" Mike Batt – "Oh What a Circus", "A Winter's Tale" Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus – "I Know Him So Well", "One Night in Bangkok" Jannick Top & Serge Perathoner – "Ziggy" Stephen Short, Phil Ramone – "All Time High" Cyndi Lauper – The World Is Stone Nigel Wright – "Any Dream Will Do", "Close Every Door" Andrew Powell – "The Second Time" Stephen Oliver – "The Least of My Troubles" Norrie Paramor – "Song of the King" Chris Thomas – "The Legal Boys" Michel Berger – "Only the Very Best" Walter Afanasieff – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" David Hirschfelder – "Everything's Alright", "The Last Supper" [both Australian version only]
Additional personnel Justin Pressland – album coordinator
Charts + Chart performance for I Know Them So Well – The Best of Tim RiceChart (1994)PeakpositionUK Compilation Chart 2
Certifications
References
External links I Know Them So Well – The Best of Tim Rice at Discogs Any Dream Will Do – The Best of Tim Rice at Discogs