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Despite a very attractive budget price, The Singles Collection offers far more Cliff Richard, and far less information, than the casual listener is ever likely to need. The booklet is bare-bones chart fax 'n' figures, and the packaging is as minimal as a picture-sleeve 45. But that's precisely how it ought to be. This is a collection for the genuine specialist, someone who cares as much for the double A-sides and flipped B-sides that litter Richard's U.K. discography as for the export releases and withdrawn oddities, and wants them all wrapped up in one tidy collection. And while few people, including the man himself, would argue that every single 45 that Cliff Richard has ever released was a bona fide classic, there is still something impossibly awe-inspiring about seeing them all lined up like this. No less than 127 tracks are spread across six CDs, to represent 44 years during which Richard hasn't simply seen every one of his contemporaries fade and fall, he has presided over the entire history of rock & roll. Laid out in strict chronological order, from monster hit to minor ripple, from "Schoolboy Crush" (1958) to "Let Me Be the One" (2002), The Singles Collection traces the course of modern popular music like no other single-artist collection ever could -- and does so with such versatility that, sometimes, it's difficult to believe that it is all the work of just one man.
In terms of cultural resonance, it's the first disc, and the rock & rolling half decade that launched Richard's career, that hits the hardest; by the time the Beatles came along, Richard was already a hoary veteran (he was 24, the same age as John Lennon), his days of pink-jacketed rebellion far behind him, and onto his fourth movie, too. But there was barely a band in the land that hadn't cut its teeth on "Move It," the first truly British rock & roll record ever, nor a guitarist who didn't owe his or her first synchronized step 'n' twang to the example of Richard's guitarist, Hank Marvin. Here are 30 songs, almost every one a classic, that follow the process from ignition to absorption. Through the remainder of the '60s and into the '70s, Richard could neither do, nor hope to do, more than consolidate his fame, and by 1971-1972 (early disc three), he was clearly on his way out. The singles no longer charted automatically, and those hits that he did have were little more than jingles. But he turned it around, not simply seeking out a new direction but an entire new musical discipline, one that answered the one question rock & roll had always wondered about: what happens if you don't die before you get old? In Cliff Richard's case, you just keep going. This second patch of musical brilliance stretched from "(You Keep Me) Hanging On" in 1974, through "Devil Woman," "Miss You Nights," and "We Don't Talk Anymore," and on to the still-remarkable "Carrie" in 1980, by which time Richard was so firmly reestablished that the next two decades (and close to three discs) fly past in a sequence that might not be consistently great, but was consistently successful. And that is possibly the greatest achievement of them all. Few artists, after all, will ever be able to boast of half a century of regular hitmaking. And fewer still will remain so listenable (almost) throughout.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Drifters, Vocals - AARON SCHROEDER, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Recorder - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist - Sharon Silbert, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Produced by - The Drifters, Second Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Ian Samwell, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Malcolm Addey, RecordingEngineer - Ian Samwell, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1958, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Drifters, Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Recorder - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Johnny May, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist - Jim Gustard, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Drifters, Second Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Ian Samwell, Writer - Joseph Seener, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Drifters, Vocals - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Ian Samwell, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Drifters, Second Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Lionel Bart, Writer - Cliff Richard and the Drifters, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Bennett, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Guitar - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals - Hank Marvin, Guitar - Sid Tepper, Writer - Jet Harris, Bass - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Tony Meehan, Drums
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Alan Tarney, Producer, Bass - Trevor Spencer, Drums - Michael Boddicker, Synthesizer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ian Samwell, Writer - Nick Glennie-Smith, Synthesizer - Ashley Howe, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959, 2001 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Bunny Lewis, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1994 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Stuart Eltham, Engineer - Peter Bown, Engineer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Alan Kane, Engineer - Ian Samwell, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Pete Chester, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Bown, Engineer - Otis Blackwell, Writer - Keith Bessey, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Vocals, MainArtist - Alan Kane, Engineer - Waldense Hall, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mort Garson, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Instruments - Keith Bessey, Engineer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Earl Shuman, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals - Hank Marvin, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Ian Samwell, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Lordan, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Bennett, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Sid Tepper, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Ray Charles, Writer - Malcolm Addey, Recorder - Cliff Richard, Vocals - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Bennett, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Sid Tepper, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra - John Niles, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Bobby Freeman, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jack Clement, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Organ, Piano - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Philip Springer, Writer - Buddy Kaye, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Strings - The Norrie Paramor Strings, Strings
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Writer - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Produced by - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Brian Bennett, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Strings - The Norrie Paramor Strings, Strings
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Conductor, Producer, Arranger - Keith Bessey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Carl Sigman, Writer - Charles Dawes, Writer - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Produced by - The Shadows, Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Gordon Mills, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISQUE 2
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Brian Bennett, Drums - Saverio Seracini, Writer - Michael Julien , Writer - Vincenzo D'Acquisto, Writer - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Writer - Hank Marvin, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Arranger - Paul Francis Webster, Writer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Jerry Livingston, Writer - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Supervisor - John Rostill, Writer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals - Hank Marvin, Writer - Brian Bennett, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist - Ken Scott, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Stan Applebaum, Conductor, Arranger - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - The Jordanaires, Vocals, Background Vocals - The Anita Kerr Singers, Background Vocals - Bob Morgan, Producer - Jimmy Gateley, Writer - Mort Thomason, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Bennett, Writer - John Rostill, Bass - Bruce Welch, Guitar - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals - Hank Marvin, Guitar - Sid Tepper, Writer - Brian Bennett, Drums - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - Bob Morgan, Producer - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Strings - Mort Thomason, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Rudy Taylor, Writer - Stan Applebaum, Conductor, Arranger - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocals - Bob Morgan, Producer - Mort Thomason, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Piano - John Rostill, Bass - Bruce Welch, Guitar, Vocals - The Shadows, Vocals - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Guitar, Vocals - Brian Bennett, Drums - George Aber, Writer - Thomas Brown, Writer - Micky Jones, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Montgomery, Writer - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - The Jordanaires, Backing Vocals - Bob Morgan, Producer - John Talley, Writer - Mort Thomason, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Writer - MICK JAGGER, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966, 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Produced by - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Ferris, Writer - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor - Bernard Ebbinghouse Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernard Ebbinghouse And His Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - John Rostill, Writer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Instruments - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals - Hank Marvin, Writer - Brian Bennett, Writer - Richard Lush, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Conductor, Producer - John Rostill, Writer - Bruce Welch, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Hank Marvin, Writer - Brian Bennett, Writer - Richard Lush, Engineer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Don Everly, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor - Bernard Ebbinghouse Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Arranger - Neil Diamond, Writer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Writer - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2000 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Callander, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor - Bernard Ebbinghouse And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Federico Arduini, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bill Martin, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Phil Coulter, Writer - Breakaways, Vocals - John Paul Jones, Bass - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Cliff Richard, Writer, MainArtist - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra - James Collier, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - GIANCARLO BIGAZZI, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Sergio Endrigo, Writer - Bill Owen, Writer - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Chronique
Despite a very attractive budget price, The Singles Collection offers far more Cliff Richard, and far less information, than the casual listener is ever likely to need. The booklet is bare-bones chart fax 'n' figures, and the packaging is as minimal as a picture-sleeve 45. But that's precisely how it ought to be. This is a collection for the genuine specialist, someone who cares as much for the double A-sides and flipped B-sides that litter Richard's U.K. discography as for the export releases and withdrawn oddities, and wants them all wrapped up in one tidy collection. And while few people, including the man himself, would argue that every single 45 that Cliff Richard has ever released was a bona fide classic, there is still something impossibly awe-inspiring about seeing them all lined up like this. No less than 127 tracks are spread across six CDs, to represent 44 years during which Richard hasn't simply seen every one of his contemporaries fade and fall, he has presided over the entire history of rock & roll. Laid out in strict chronological order, from monster hit to minor ripple, from "Schoolboy Crush" (1958) to "Let Me Be the One" (2002), The Singles Collection traces the course of modern popular music like no other single-artist collection ever could -- and does so with such versatility that, sometimes, it's difficult to believe that it is all the work of just one man.
In terms of cultural resonance, it's the first disc, and the rock & rolling half decade that launched Richard's career, that hits the hardest; by the time the Beatles came along, Richard was already a hoary veteran (he was 24, the same age as John Lennon), his days of pink-jacketed rebellion far behind him, and onto his fourth movie, too. But there was barely a band in the land that hadn't cut its teeth on "Move It," the first truly British rock & roll record ever, nor a guitarist who didn't owe his or her first synchronized step 'n' twang to the example of Richard's guitarist, Hank Marvin. Here are 30 songs, almost every one a classic, that follow the process from ignition to absorption. Through the remainder of the '60s and into the '70s, Richard could neither do, nor hope to do, more than consolidate his fame, and by 1971-1972 (early disc three), he was clearly on his way out. The singles no longer charted automatically, and those hits that he did have were little more than jingles. But he turned it around, not simply seeking out a new direction but an entire new musical discipline, one that answered the one question rock & roll had always wondered about: what happens if you don't die before you get old? In Cliff Richard's case, you just keep going. This second patch of musical brilliance stretched from "(You Keep Me) Hanging On" in 1974, through "Devil Woman," "Miss You Nights," and "We Don't Talk Anymore," and on to the still-remarkable "Carrie" in 1980, by which time Richard was so firmly reestablished that the next two decades (and close to three discs) fly past in a sequence that might not be consistently great, but was consistently successful. And that is possibly the greatest achievement of them all. Few artists, after all, will ever be able to boast of half a century of regular hitmaking. And fewer still will remain so listenable (almost) throughout.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
À propos
- 6 disque(s) - 127 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 06:55:25
- Artistes principaux : Cliff Richard
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Parlophone UK
- Genre : Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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