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With the Love Songs compilation having just returned Cliff Richard to the top of the U.K. chart and I'm No Hero having maintained the quality of his last couple of studio records, hopes were high for Wired for Sound, his first new LP of the 1980s. And, for the most part, the album lived up to those expectations. One might cringe a little at the lyrics to the title track -- the man's a musician; of course he likes listening to music. There really was no need to write a song about the fact. "'Cos I Love That Rock 'n' Roll" betrays a similar sense of built-in redundancy. Elsewhere, though, Wired for Sound continues driving into fresh (for Cliff Richard) territory, even as songs like "Say You Don't Mind," "Summer Rain," and "Young Love" restate the moody balladic parameters that he always stalked. Certainly nobody could have expected him to cover a Wreckless Eric number, but "Broken Doll" (from Eric's Big Smash album) sounds great in his hands, and one can only regret that Richard never got the chance to handle "Whole Wide World" as well -- according to Wreckless, he wanted to, but only if he could change some of the lyrics. The writer rightly refused. Alan Tarney's production is sharp and, this being the early '80s, bang up to date -- an attribute that does, sadly, tend to date the album just a little today. But it's still an enjoyable outing, one signaling that Richard's creative star remained firmly in the ascendant.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Writer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Judy Mackenzie, Writer - Dave Cooke, Writer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums - Eric Goulden, Writer - Walter Hacon, Writer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Chris Eaton, Writer - Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - John Clark, Guitar - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Chris Eaton, Composer - Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer, Keyboards - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Engineer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Little, Engineer - Graham Jarvis, Drums
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
William Miller, Writer - James Sheppard, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Mark Griffiths, Bass - John Clark, Guitar - Graham Jarvis, Drums - Tony Rivers, Vocals - Graham Todd, Keyboards
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Kidd, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Mark Griffiths, Bass - John Clark, Guitar - Graham Jarvis, Drums - Tony Rivers, Vocals - Graham Todd, Keyboards
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Writer - Alan Tarney, Producer, Writer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Synthesizer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Synthesizer - Sue Shifrin, Writer - Ashley Howe, Engineer
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
With the Love Songs compilation having just returned Cliff Richard to the top of the U.K. chart and I'm No Hero having maintained the quality of his last couple of studio records, hopes were high for Wired for Sound, his first new LP of the 1980s. And, for the most part, the album lived up to those expectations. One might cringe a little at the lyrics to the title track -- the man's a musician; of course he likes listening to music. There really was no need to write a song about the fact. "'Cos I Love That Rock 'n' Roll" betrays a similar sense of built-in redundancy. Elsewhere, though, Wired for Sound continues driving into fresh (for Cliff Richard) territory, even as songs like "Say You Don't Mind," "Summer Rain," and "Young Love" restate the moody balladic parameters that he always stalked. Certainly nobody could have expected him to cover a Wreckless Eric number, but "Broken Doll" (from Eric's Big Smash album) sounds great in his hands, and one can only regret that Richard never got the chance to handle "Whole Wide World" as well -- according to Wreckless, he wanted to, but only if he could change some of the lyrics. The writer rightly refused. Alan Tarney's production is sharp and, this being the early '80s, bang up to date -- an attribute that does, sadly, tend to date the album just a little today. But it's still an enjoyable outing, one signaling that Richard's creative star remained firmly in the ascendant.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:45
- Main artists: Cliff Richard
- Composer: Chris Eaton
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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