Sweet Inspiration (Cilla Black album)
Appearance
Sweet Inspiration | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 3 July 1970 | |||
Recorded | 1969/1970 at Abbey Road Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop, Soul | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI PCS7103 (stereo) | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Cilla Black chronology | ||||
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Sweet Inspiration is Cilla Black's fifth solo studio album, released in 1970 by Parlophone Records. The album peaked at number 42 in the UK Albums Chart in July 1970.[1]
Re-release
[edit]On September 7, 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A digital booklet containing original album artwork, detailed track information and rare photographs will be available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
- "Sweet Inspiration" (John Cameron)
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon)
- "The April Fools" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "I Can't Go on Living Without You" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
- "From Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
- "Across the Universe" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Side B
- "Black Paper Roses" (Belle Gonzalez)
- "Mysterious People (Det Gåtfulla Folket)" (Olle Adolphson, Hal Shaper)
- "Dear Madame" (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens)
- "Oh Pleasure Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)
- "Little Pleasure Acre" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
- "For Once in My Life" (Orlando Murden, Ron Miller)
- "Rule Britannia" (Thomas Augustine Arne)
Personnel
[edit]- Cilla Black - lead vocals
- George Martin - producer
- Caroline Arber - album cover photography
Charts
[edit]Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 42 |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Black, Cilla (2004). What's it All about?. United Kingdom: Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-189035-7.