Emperor Theme /Chinese Street Scene /Me Oh My/I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You)/Little Princess/This Was My Special Day/I'm In Love With You/There's Gotta Be A Way/Ballet: (Rubies, Emeralds, Sapphires, Diamonds)/Dance Of The Warriors/Friends/Dragon Dance/Genie With The Light Brown Lamp/Make Every Day A Carnival Day/Widow Twankey's Song/I'm Feeling Oh So Lovely/I've Said Too Many Things/Evening Comes/ Havin' Fun
A period curiosity from Cliff & The Shads, Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp contains the UK No. 6 hit single I Could Easily Fall from Cliff and the No. 17 instrumental Genie With The Light Brown Lamp from The Shadows. The remaining tracks are for committed fans only.(UK:13)
"Not that the songs are especially memorable in themselves; indeed, one doubts whether any Best of Cliff-style compilation has ever so much as glanced at Widow Twankey Song, Make Every Day A Carnival Day, or There's Gotta Be A Way, while the heavy proportion of orchestral instrumentals essentially renders Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp an outsized EP for fans of Richard himself."
"It's a lightweight offering, as twee as it is sweet, and something of an embarrassment if listened to as part of Richard's overall canon. Remember that it was never intended as more than a souvenir of a heavily attended and, at the time, much-loved series of shows. However, it at least becomes an appealing period piece."
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