The Very Best of Cilla Black (1983 album)

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The Very Best of Cilla Black
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Compilation album by
Released16 January 1983
Recorded1963–1974
Genre Pop, adult contemporary
Label EMI Records
EMTV 38
Producer George Martin, David Mackay
Cilla Black chronology
The Best of Cilla Black
(1968)
The Very Best of Cilla Black
(1983)
Love, Cilla
(1993)

The Very Best of Cilla Black was a TV advertised compilation album by English singer Cilla Black, originally released in 1983 by EMI Records UK on vinyl LP and Cassette to mark her 20th anniversary in show business. The album reached No. 20 [1] on the UK Albums Chart in 1983. The album was certified Silver by the BPI on 28 January 1983. [2] The album was later re-issued on EMI's budget label Music for Pleasure. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Love of the Loved"
  2. "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
  3. "You're My World"
  4. "It's for You"
  5. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
  6. "I've Been Wrong Before"
  7. "Love's Just a Broken Heart"
  8. "Alfie"
  9. "Don't Answer Me"
  10. "A Fool Am I"

Side 2

  1. "What Good Am I?"
  2. "I Only Live to Love You"
  3. "Step Inside Love"
  4. "Where Is Tomorrow?"
  5. "Surround Yourself with Sorrow"
  6. "Conversations"
  7. "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind"
  8. "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)"
  9. "Baby We Can't Go Wrong"
  10. "Liverpool Lullaby"

Credits

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 51
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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