Green Light (Cliff Richard album)
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Green Light is a 1978 album by Cliff Richard
. It was his 31st studio album.
gave him major success. This comeback kept Richard regularly in the charts until the mid 1980s. Of the albums released during this period, Green Light was the only one which failed to make the top 10. It proved to be a particular disappointment in only reaching No.25 in the album charts and failed to provide any high charting singles. The lead single, "Please Remember Me" failed to chart at all, as did the follow-up, "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore". This left Richard without a hit single in 1978, only the second year since 1958 that this had happened. A third and final release, the title track "Green Light" finally gave him a chart entry in early 1979, but only managed to creep up to No.57.
Despite this, the album was well received by critics. Allmusic stating that this was "Richard at his most commercial and appealing and deserved to be more widely heard - particularly in the US". Probably the most well-known song on the album however was "Count Me Out", which was later released as the B-side to Richard's 1979 single "We Don't Talk Anymore
", which was the song that got his revival back on track by becoming the biggest selling single of his career.
Since his 1977 Every Face Tells a Story
album, Richard had released two other albums - a Christian music
album, Small Corners and a compilation album 40 Golden Greats, which had reached No.1 in November 1977. Soon after this, he also released a live album, Thank You Very Much, which celebrated 20 years of Cliff Richard in the music business.
Green Light was remastered and re-issued on Compact disc in July 2002.
Side Two
Bonus tracks (2002 re-issue):
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
. It was his 31st studio album.
Background
Cliff Richard had seen a dip in popularity in the early 1970s until his 1976 album I'm Nearly FamousI'm Nearly Famous
I'm Nearly Famous is a 1976 album by Cliff Richard.The album was released in May 1976 and was seen very much as a comeback. The album is today considered one of his finest works and is held as the album which brought about Cliff Richard's revival as a major chart act in the late 1970s and early...
gave him major success. This comeback kept Richard regularly in the charts until the mid 1980s. Of the albums released during this period, Green Light was the only one which failed to make the top 10. It proved to be a particular disappointment in only reaching No.25 in the album charts and failed to provide any high charting singles. The lead single, "Please Remember Me" failed to chart at all, as did the follow-up, "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore". This left Richard without a hit single in 1978, only the second year since 1958 that this had happened. A third and final release, the title track "Green Light" finally gave him a chart entry in early 1979, but only managed to creep up to No.57.
Despite this, the album was well received by critics. Allmusic stating that this was "Richard at his most commercial and appealing and deserved to be more widely heard - particularly in the US". Probably the most well-known song on the album however was "Count Me Out", which was later released as the B-side to Richard's 1979 single "We Don't Talk Anymore
We Don't Talk Anymore
"We Don't Talk Anymore" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard that reached number one in the UK singles chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks...
", which was the song that got his revival back on track by becoming the biggest selling single of his career.
Since his 1977 Every Face Tells a Story
Every Face Tells a Story
"Every Face Tells a Story", written by Peter Sills, Don Black and Michael Allison, is a song recorded by Australian pop and country singer Olivia Newton-John on her 1976 album Don't Stop Believin.-Chart performance:...
album, Richard had released two other albums - a Christian music
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
album, Small Corners and a compilation album 40 Golden Greats, which had reached No.1 in November 1977. Soon after this, he also released a live album, Thank You Very Much, which celebrated 20 years of Cliff Richard in the music business.
Green Light was remastered and re-issued on Compact disc in July 2002.
Track listing
Side One- "Green Light" (Alan TarneyAlan TarneyAlan Tarney is an English songwriter, record producer and bass guitarist. He was born in Workington, Cumberland, England, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spencer.- Career :Tarney was part of the huge influx of British...
) 4:05 - "Under Lock and Key" (Terry BrittenTerry BrittenTerry Britten is a prolific English singer-songwriter, who has written songs for Tina Turner and Sir Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo, Michael Jackson and many others.-Career:...
) 3:34 - "She's a Gipsy" (Bryant, Dempsey) 4:14
- "Count Me Out" (Terry Britten, Bruce WelchBruce WelchBruce Welch OBE, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer, best known as a member of The Shadows.-Biography:...
) 4:15 - "Please Remember Me" (Dave LogginsDave LogginsDavid Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
, Woodley) 3:20 - "Never Even Thought" (Murray HeadMurray HeadMurray Seafield Saint-George Head is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok" and his album Say It Ain't So...
) 4:16
Side Two
- "Free My Soul" (Terry Britten) 3:56
- "Start All Over Again" (Terry Britten, B.A. Robertson) 4:02
- "While She's Young" (Terry Britten) 2:50
- "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore" (Laurie Andrew) 3:52
- "Ease Along" (Trevor Spencer, Alan Tarney) 4:29
Bonus tracks (2002 re-issue):
- "Please Don't Tease" (Peter Chester, Bruce Welch) 4:47
- "Needing a Friend" (Cliff RichardCliff RichardSir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
, Gary Isherwood) 2:57 - "Imagine Love" (Jerry LordanJerry LordanJerry Lordan , born Jeremiah Patrick Lordan in Paddington, west London, was an English songwriter, composer and singer.-Career:...
, Alan Tarney) 4:20
Chart history
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| 28 July 1978 | "Please Remember Me" | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 November 1978 | "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore" | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 February 1979 | "Green Light" | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 29 September 1978 | Green Light | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||