Together with Cliff Richard

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Together with Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard Together with Cliff Richard album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 November 1991
Genre Christmas
Label EMI
Producer
Cliff Richard chronology
From a Distance: The Event
(1990)
Together with Cliff Richard
(1991)
The Album
(1993)
Singles from Together with Cliff Richard
  1. "Scarlet Ribbons"
    Released: 14 October 1991
    (Europe, New Zealand only)
  2. "We Should Be Together"
    Released: 25 November 1991
  3. "This New Year"
    Released: 30 December 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Together with Cliff Richard is a Christmas album by Cliff Richard, released in November 1991. The album features Richard singing popular traditional Christmas songs, his Christmas hits from recent years and two original songs.

Contents

The album reached number 10 in the UK Albums Chart and number two in New Zealand. The singles differed between regions. In the UK, "We Should Be Together" reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in the week of Christmas. It was followed by "This New Year", released just in time for the new year and made number 30. In Europe and New Zealand, Richard's cover of the 1950s standard "Scarlet Ribbons" was released as a single, reaching number 51 in Germany and number 19 in New Zealand. [2] [3] [4]

A companion video of the album with the same title was also released at the same time, featuring all 12 tracks from the album plus Richard's 1960 Christmas hit "I Love You". Each song was filmed on a different set in front of an audience.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"4:23
2."Venite (O Come All Ye Faithful)" John Francis Wade 4:41
3."We Should Be Together" Bruce Roberts 4:25
4."Mistletoe and Wine"4:05
5."Christmas Never Comes" Paul Field 3:59
6."Christmas Alphabet"
3:58
7."Saviour's Day" Chris Eaton 4:54
8."The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"4:19
9."Little Town" (not on vinyl)
  • Eaton
  • traditional
4:12
10."Scarlet Ribbons"3:47
11."Silent Night"5:47
12."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:13
13."This New Year"Eaton5:15

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [5]

Charts and certifications

Postponed Australian release

Curiously, the release of Together with Cliff Richard was postponed in Australia until the 1992 Christmas season, despite Richard touring Australia late in 1991 (with his From a Distance tour) and including numerous songs from the Christmas album in the repertoire. EMI Australia instead allowed the previous year's From a Distance: The Event album to receive attention (as it had not yet charted) and released a new five-CD box set, The Cliff Richard Collection, made up of previously released material. Both sets did finally chart briefly at the end of the tour, reaching number 21 and number 25 respectively. When Together with Cliff Richard was eventually released in late 1992, momentum from the tour had since passed and the album did not chart. [12]

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