Monday 14 November 2016

More Hits By Cliff – CLIFF RICHARD*****

It’ll Be Me/The Next Time/Bachelor Boy/Summer Holiday/Dancing Shoes/Lucky Lips/Its All In The Game/Don’t Talk To Him/I’m The Lonely One/Constantly/On The Beach/A Matter Of Moments/The Twelfth Of Never/I Could Easily Fall

Cliff''s second compilation of hit singles More Hits covered the period from late 1962 to the end of 1964 during which time he was an almost constant presence in the UK top ten. (UK:20)

"An unexpected highlight has to be It'll Be Me a song I'd never heard before. A great rock number with a stinging vocal delivery full of desire and raunch. Bachelor Boy is more familiar fare, the kind of cheesy song Paul McCartney would have sung in 1975. Forward onto? Well, the title track from the hugely fun Summer Holiday film. You'll know this song, it's part of the national consciousness. Cliff by now has developed a smooth vocal delivery that's pure class."

"On The Beach is a Shadows backed guitar number, excellent pre-Beatles rock and pop. The guitar work and the rhythm section truly excel."

"Summer Holiday is one of the great holiday songs of the century, it makes one want to pack up and go on a wonderful holiday." "Most of Cliffs earlier songs were very catchy tunes, very easy listening."

"Don’t Talk To Him is one of his best and Hank's licks are really tasteful, this one came out at the height of The Beatles popularity, hence the vocal harmonising."

"I was never a Cliff Richard fan, being a huge Elvis fan, but I have to say he did make some good music and Constantly is one of my favourites, so romantic."

"Cliff could always put a love song over well. The Twelfth Of Never is a good example."

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