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Cilla Black's debut LP was an entertaining if uneven venture into pop-soul, along lines similar to what Dusty Springfield, Beryl Marsden, et al. were doing at the time, though -- not surprisingly -- her work isn't remotely in the same league with Springfield. Black has passion for the music, and evidently had learned the nuances necessary to make the attempt, but she sounds strained and mannered on a lot of this album, and simply lacks Springfield's range or her easy, naturalistic feel for the sounds she's reaching for. No one is going to complain of what they hear -- her performance of "Baby It's You" recalls the Beatles more than the Shirelles, but John Lennon did a credible job with the song, and she gives a respectable rendition of "Dancing in the Street"; she even throws herself with enough abandon into the one original by George Martin here to make it more than a space-filler, though not by too much. She also acquits herself well on another new song, "I'm Not Alone Anymore," where she's better than the material or the arrangement, but much of the rest is simply too routine -- "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" is an interesting but ultimately stiff exercise in overdubbing with herself; and Steve Marriott and the Small Faces had it all over Black on "Every Little Bit Hurts." Strangely enough, her version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "This Empty Place" is at the other end of the spectrum, a brilliant showcase for her range and one of the best of Black's early tracks, easily worthy of release at least as a single B-side. And she follows that up with a beautifully soulful rendition of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." Nothing here is as satisfying as Black's singles of the same era, though her fans will obviously enjoy the album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Teddy Randazzo, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Johnny Scott, Director - Robert Weinstein, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
ED COBB, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Johnny Scott, Accompaniment Director
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Burt Bacharach, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - BARNEY WILLIAMS, Writer - Mack David, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
William Stevenson, Writer - Marvin Gaye, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Johnny Scott, Conductor, Arranger - Ivy Jo Hunter, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer, Writer - Johnny Scott, Accompaniment Director - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerome Kern, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Writer - Johnnie Spence, Accompaniment Director
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Hal Shaper, Writer - Mario Coppola, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Elio Isola, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clive Westlake, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Kenny Lynch, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Doris Payne, Writer - Gregory Carroll, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Victor Young, Writer - Edward Heyman, Writer - The Sounds Incorporated, Instruments, FeaturedArtist
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cole Porter, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Accompaniment Director
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Thompson, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Carl Sigman, Writer - Gino Paoli, Writer - Umberto Bindi, Writer - Johnny Pearson, Accompaniment Director - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Lamont Dozier, Writer - Eddie Holland, Writer - Brian Holland, Writer
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Van McCoy, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Cilla Black's debut LP was an entertaining if uneven venture into pop-soul, along lines similar to what Dusty Springfield, Beryl Marsden, et al. were doing at the time, though -- not surprisingly -- her work isn't remotely in the same league with Springfield. Black has passion for the music, and evidently had learned the nuances necessary to make the attempt, but she sounds strained and mannered on a lot of this album, and simply lacks Springfield's range or her easy, naturalistic feel for the sounds she's reaching for. No one is going to complain of what they hear -- her performance of "Baby It's You" recalls the Beatles more than the Shirelles, but John Lennon did a credible job with the song, and she gives a respectable rendition of "Dancing in the Street"; she even throws herself with enough abandon into the one original by George Martin here to make it more than a space-filler, though not by too much. She also acquits herself well on another new song, "I'm Not Alone Anymore," where she's better than the material or the arrangement, but much of the rest is simply too routine -- "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" is an interesting but ultimately stiff exercise in overdubbing with herself; and Steve Marriott and the Small Faces had it all over Black on "Every Little Bit Hurts." Strangely enough, her version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "This Empty Place" is at the other end of the spectrum, a brilliant showcase for her range and one of the best of Black's early tracks, easily worthy of release at least as a single B-side. And she follows that up with a beautifully soulful rendition of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." Nothing here is as satisfying as Black's singles of the same era, though her fans will obviously enjoy the album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:50
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cilla Black
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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