The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dennis DeYoung album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Type = studio
Artist = Dennis DeYoung


Released = 1996
Recorded = 1996
The White Room, Chicago, Illinois
Genre = Pop/Ballads
Length = 60:00
Label =
Producer = Dennis DeYoung
Reviews =
Last album = "10 on Broadway"
(1994)
This album = "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
(1996)
Next album = "Ultimate Collection"
(1999)

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a recording of music written by Dennis DeYoung for his musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The musical was performed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville to very positive reviews. [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117912144.html?categoryid=33&cs=1| Variety Review]

This recording was commercially released directly by DeYoung and is an early version of the score, with DeYoung performing all of the male parts and his sister-in-law Dawn Marie performing the female parts.

Several songs are related to Styx and solo DeYoung releases. "Beneath the Moon" is a re-worked version of the song by the same name from DeYoung's 1988 "Boomchild" album. "Paradise" was later lyrically altered and re-recorded by Styx and released as a studio track on Styx's "Return to Paradise" double live album. In addition, "While There's Still Time" was likewise re-recorded and included on Styx's "Brave New World" album.

Track listing

All songs written by Dennis DeYoung

# "Who Will Love this Child" - 4:22
# "King of Fools" - 4:37
# "Hey Quasimodo" - 3:28
# "By the Grace of God" - 1:53
# "When I Dance for You" - 3:53
# "Ave Maria" - 4:32
# "Alms for the Beggarman" - 4:06
# "Paradise" - 3:15
# "Bless Me Father" - 3:14
# "With Every Heartbeat" - 5:29
# "Beneath the Moon" - 4:16
# "While There's Still Time" - 3:59
# "This I Pray" - 3:40
# "Esmerelda" - 328
# "The Confrontation" - 3:32
# "Sanctuary" - 1:37
# "With Every Heartbeat (Reprise)" - 2:57

Personnel

All music performed and arranged by Dennis DeYoung and Ed Tossing

Lead vocals by Dennis DeYoung and Dawn Marie

Backing vocals by Suzanne DeYoung, CarieeAnn DeYoung, Gary Loizzo, and Forbes Candlish