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One more in that sorry procession of steadfastly middle-of-the-road albums that Cliff Richard was turning out during the late '60s and early '70s, Help It Along was indeed helped along by the title track, a modest U.K. Top 30 hit late in 1973. But hopes that it might capitalize on the Top Five success of "Power to All Our Friends" earlier in the year were quickly dashed. The problem does not lie with Richard himself. The voice is good, the emotions are apparent, the overall mood of the album is pleasant. But he remained so firmly out of step with absolutely anything else happening on the British scene at that time that even the token rockers sounded horribly out of date, while the rest of the album was simply empty noise. Even a fair stab at James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" failed to set the toes twitching, while remakes of "Silvery Rain" and "Jesus," which didn't do anything the first time around, just compounded the album's desperation. One more record like this and Richard might well have been finished.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - John Tebelak, Writer - Stephen Schwartz, Writer - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar, Writer - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Conductor, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Pierre Darjean, Writer - Michel Hamburger, Writer - Cliff Hall, Keyboards - Patrick Halling, Violin, Leader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Writer - Brian Bennett, Conductor - Richard Lush, Engineer - The Brian Bennett Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Writer, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Conductor, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Cliff Hall, Keyboards - Patrick Halling, Violin, Leader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - JAMES TAYLOR, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Guitar, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Cliff Hall, Keyboards - Pat Halling, Bandleader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Writer, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Ray Stevens, Writer - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Christopher Neil, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Guitar, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Conductor, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Cliff Hall, Keyboards - Pat Halling, Bandleader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Traditional, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Traditional, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Guitar, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Roger Quested, Engineer - Barrie Guard, Conductor, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Cliff Hall, Keyboards - Pat Halling, Bandleader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Doug Flett, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Brian Bennett, Conductor - Kevin Peek, Guitar - Guy Fletcher, Writer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - The Brian Bennett Orchestra, Orchestra - Cliff Hall, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Christopher Neil, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, Guitar, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer, Arranger - Barrie Guard, Conductor, Arranger, Percussion - Anna Peacock, Backing Vocals - Jean Hawker, Backing Vocals - Pat Halling, Bandleader
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Mike Hawker, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Brian Bennett, Writer - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Barrie Guard, Percussion
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Hawkshaw, Writer - Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - David Mackay, Producer - Barrie Guard, Percussion - Dougie Wright, Writer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar - Alan Tarney, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Keith Bessey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Kevin Peek, Guitar - Tony Cole, Writer - David Mackay, Producer - Barrie Guard, Percussion
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
One more in that sorry procession of steadfastly middle-of-the-road albums that Cliff Richard was turning out during the late '60s and early '70s, Help It Along was indeed helped along by the title track, a modest U.K. Top 30 hit late in 1973. But hopes that it might capitalize on the Top Five success of "Power to All Our Friends" earlier in the year were quickly dashed. The problem does not lie with Richard himself. The voice is good, the emotions are apparent, the overall mood of the album is pleasant. But he remained so firmly out of step with absolutely anything else happening on the British scene at that time that even the token rockers sounded horribly out of date, while the rest of the album was simply empty noise. Even a fair stab at James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" failed to set the toes twitching, while remakes of "Silvery Rain" and "Jesus," which didn't do anything the first time around, just compounded the album's desperation. One more record like this and Richard might well have been finished.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:51
- Main artists: Cliff Richard
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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