In My Life (Cilla Black album)

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In My Life
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Studio album by
Released7 June 1974
Recorded1973/1974 at Abbey Road Studios, London and Morgan Studios, London
Genre Soft rock, adult contemporary
Label EMI
Producer David Mackay
Cilla Black chronology
Day by Day with Cilla
(1973)
In My Life
(1974)
It Makes Me Feel Good
(1976)
Singles from In My Life
  1. "Baby We Can't Go Wrong"
    Released: January 1974
  2. "I'll Have to Say I Love You, in a Song"
    Released: May 1974

In My Life is the title of Cilla Black's eighth solo studio album released in 1974 by EMI. The album was her first to be produced by Australian producer David Mackay who had notched up chart hits for Cliff Richard and The New Seekers.

Contents

Mackay's remit for the project was to develop a new sound for Black which would keep her music in tune with the current pop market. He wanted to move away from her trademark power-ballad orchestrations and produce a soft rock record in the vein of "Step Inside Love" which he considered to be her finest work. [1]

The lead single "Baby We Can't Go Wrong" reached #36 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also used as the opening theme tune to season 7 of Black's BBC TV variety show Cilla.

Re-Release

On 7 September 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue featured all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A digital booklet containing original album artwork, detailed track information and rare photographs was made available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Flashback" (O'Day, Wayne) - 3:19
  2. "I'll Have to Say I Love You, in a Song" (Jim Croce) - 2:36
  3. "Everything I Own" (David Gates) - 3:05
  4. "Baby We Can't Go Wrong" (Dunning) - 2:53
  5. "Someone" (Cole, Wolfe) - 2:48
  6. "Daydreamer" (Dempsey) - 2:12

Side two

  1. "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:30
  2. "Never Run Out (Of You)" (Ashby, Colwell, Colwell) - 2:25
  3. "Let Him In" (Benson) - 2:21
  4. "The Air That I Breathe" (Hammond, Hazlewood) - 3:45
  5. "Like a Song" (Park) - 2:23
  6. "I Believed It All" (Un Sorriso E Poi Perdonami) (Black, Bigazzi, Bela) - 2:52

Personnel

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References

  1. "CillaBlack.com - Interview with David Mackay". Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

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