Cost of Living (Rick Wakeman album)

1983 studio album by Rick Wakeman

Cost of Living

Studio album by

Rick Wakeman

Released| 23 September 1983[1]
Recorded| 1982–83
Genre| Hard rock, progressive rock
Length| 36:09
Label| Charisma
Voiceprint (reissue)
Producer| Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman chronology
| Rock 'n' Roll Prophet
(1982)  | Cost of Living
(1983)  | G'olé!
(1983)

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Alternative cover

1991 reissue.

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Cost of Living is a progressive rock album released in 1983 by British keyboard player Rick Wakeman. Actor Robert Powell provided narration on the last track of the album.[3]

The track on the album called "Gone But Not Forgotten" was played at a memorial service for Countdown host Richard Whiteley shortly after his death. The voice at the very start of "Bedtime Stories" is that of Rick Wakeman's son (Benjamin). He was just three years old at the time of the recording.[4]

## Track listing

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All music by Rick Wakeman; all lyrics by Tim Rice

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Twij"| 1:20
2.| "Pandamonia"| 3:58
3.| "Gone But Not Forgotten"| 3:43
4.| "One For The Road"| 4:44
5.| "Bedtime Stories"| 4:23

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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6.| "Happening Man"| 3:35
7.| "Shakespeare Run"| 3:27
8.| "Monkey Nuts"| 3:26
9.| "Elegy - Written In A Country Churchyard"| 8:24

Rick's Perspective Notes "Another nearly album. It has too much variation within the music for me to be really happy about it and again I ended up in a studio that I really didn't like that was picked by the record company at the time and so I couldn't change. There's a mixture of great playing and some very poor playing as well. Most disappointing is the piano sound as the piano in the studio was cheap and nasty. There are a couple of classic tracks on the album though such as Happening Man which I would love to re-record one day."

## Personnel

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* Rick Wakeman – keyboards
* Hereward Kaye – vocals
* Jackie McAuley – guitar
* John Gustafson – bass
* Robert Powell – narration
* Tony Fernandez – drums, percussion

Technical

* Ken Thomas, Mike Stent – engineer

## References

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1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 25.
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ "RWCC > Rick Wakeman Discography". Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
4. ^ "RWCC > Rick Wakeman Discography". Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.

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Rick Wakeman

Studio albums|

* Piano Vibrations
* The Six Wives of Henry VIII
* The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
* No Earthly Connection
* Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record
* Rhapsodies
* 1984
* Rock 'n' Roll Prophet
* Cost of Living
* Silent Nights
* Country Airs
* The Family Album
* Time Machine
* Sea Airs
* Night Airs
* Classic Tracks
* Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits
* Light Up The Sky
* The Seven Wonders of the World
* Return to the Centre of the Earth
* Christmas Variations
* Out There
* Piano Portraits
* Piano Odyssey
* Christmas Portraits
* The Red Planet

Soundtracks|

* Lisztomania
* White Rock
* Phantom Power

Live|

* Journey to the Centre of the Earth
* Live at Hammersmith
* The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace

Related articles|

* Discography
* Yes
* Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
* Strawbs
* Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

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Tim Rice

Accolades

Theatre|

* The Likes of Us (1965/2005)
* Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968)
* Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
* Evita (1976)
* Blondel / Lute! (1983)
* Chess (1984)
* Cricket (1986)
* Tycoon (1992)
* Beauty and the Beast (1994)
* Heathcliff (1995)
* The Lion King (1997)
* King David (1997)
* Aida (1998)
* Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular (2003)
* Aladdin (2011)
* The Wizard of Oz (2011)
* From Here to Eternity (2013)
* Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas (2025)

Albums|

* Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
* Evita (1976)
* 1984 (1981)
* Cost of Living (1983)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (1999)
* Beauty and the Beast (2017)
* Aladdin (2019)
* The Lion King (2019)

Films|

* Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Evita (1996)
* Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
* The Road to El Dorado (2000)
* The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)
* Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
* Beauty and the Beast (2017)
* Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
* Aladdin (2019)
* The Lion King (2019)

Songs|

* "Any Dream Will Do"
* "Close Every Door"
* "Everything's Alright"
* "This Jesus Must Die"
* "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
* "Superstar"
* "Oh What a Circus"
* "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"
* "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
* "A Winter's Tale"
* "All Time High"
* "The Golden Boy"
* "One Jump Ahead"
* "A Whole New World"
* "Prince Ali"
* "Circle of Life"
* "I Just Can't Wait to Be King"
* "Be Prepared"
* "Hakuna Matata"
* "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
* "The Madness of King Scar"
* "You Must Love Me"
* "If I Can't Love Her"
* "A Change in Me"
* "How Does a Moment Last Forever"
* "Days in the Sun"
* "Evermore"

Other works|

* The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (1977)
* Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1979)
* Sixty-Six Books (2011)

Related articles|

* Elton John
* Andrew Lloyd Webber
* Alan Menken
* Elaine Paige

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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