'Something's Goin' On' is the 32nd studio album by British singer Cliff Richard, released by Decca on 25 October 2004 in the UK. The album reached #7 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified "Gold" by the BPI.[3][4]
| Something's Goin' On | ||||
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| Released | 25 October 2004 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, Easy listening | |||
| Length | 56:06 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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| Singles from Something's Goin' On | ||||
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.png) German release on Edel Records label. | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| hitl-reviews.de |   [1] |
| The Big Issue |  [1] |
| The Guardian |  [2] |
This album was Richard's first with Decca and was recorded in Nashville, Franklin and Miami in the United States. Reviews of the album were positive. Music Week rated this as "Album of the Week as it contained a well-rounded package."[1]
Three singles were released from this album, the first being the title song Somethin' Is Goin' On which reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.
The second single release was a song written by Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees called I Cannot Give You My Love which reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 4 weeks. Barry Gibb also appears as a guest on the album as a guitarist and sings backing vocals in the track, his brother Maurice Gibb also featured as keyboardist on the album.
The final single release was What Car which reached #12 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.
The album has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.[citation needed]
International release
editThe album was released as "For Life" on the Edel Records label in 2005 for the European market. It had a revised track-listing including four of the five additional tracks released as B-sides on the singles. These four tracks were recorded during the same series of recording sessions for the rest of the album.
Track listing
edit| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thousand Miles to Go" Writers: S. Mandile, D. Matkovsky, B. White Producers: D. Huff, S. Mandile |
4:25 |
| 2. | "Somethin' is Goin' On" Writers: M. Hummon, D. Mullen, S. Mandile Producer: T. Sims |
4:24 |
| 3. | "I Will Not Be a Mistake" Writers: G. Burr, H. Darling, W. Robinson Producers: D. Huff, S. Mandile |
3:57 |
| 4. | "Simplicity" Writers: B. Farrell, C. Wiseman, D. Matkovsky Producer: T. Sims |
4:13 |
| 5. | "Sometimes Love" Writers: D. Poythress, B. White Producer: T. Bruce |
3:07 |
| 6. | "I Cannot Give You My Love" Writers; B. Gibb, A. Gibb Producer: B. Gibb |
5:03 |
| 7. | "The Day That I Stop Loving You" Writers: B. Huff, D. Brown, J. Kimball Producer: M. Omartian |
4:06 |
| 8. | "What Car?" Writers: T. Bruce, D. Mullen, G. Burr Producer: T. Bruce |
3:31 |
| 9. | "How Did She Get Here?" Writers: S. Mandile, G. Burr, D. Brown Producer: T. Bruce |
4:13 |
| 10. | "Field of Love" Writers: W. Robinson, J. Kimball, T. Sims Producer: T. Sims |
5:06 |
| 11. | "For Life" Writers: C. Eaton, B. Huff guitar Duane Eddy.Producer: M. Jones |
5:00 |
| 12. | "I Don't Wanna Lose You" Writers: C. Eaton, J. Hartley Producer: T. Bruce |
4:43 |
| 13. | "Faithful One" Writers: C. Eaton, B. White Producer: T. Sims, M. Omartian |
4:18 |
B-Sides
edit| # | Title | Time |
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| 1. | "How Many Sleeps" Writers: Barry Gibb, David English Producers: B. Gibb |
4:06 |
| 2. | "She's All Mine" Writers: C. Eaton, Ralph Van Mannenn Producer: Trey Bruce |
3:55 |
| 3. | "Slow Down" Writers: C. Eaton, Gary Burr, Darrell Brown Producers: Michael Omartian |
4:12 |
| 4. | "Diamonds On A Chain" Writers: Don Poythress, Brian White Producers: Monroe Jones |
3:13 |
| 5. | "Sentimental Journey" (from Listen to Cliff!, 1961) Writers: Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer Producers: Norrie Paramor |
2:07 |
Personnel
edit- Cliff Richard - vocals
- Barry Gibb - vocals and guitar (on "I Cannot Give You My Love" only)
- Maurice Gibb - keyboards
- Hal Roland - keyboards
- Alan Kendall - guitar
- George Perry - bass
- Steve Rucker - drums
- Gustav Lescano - harmonica
- John Merchant - engineer
Charts
edit| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] | 23 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 67 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 7 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Official site for Something's Goin' On album
- ^ [1] The Guardian, 22 October 2004
- ^ "Cliff Richard UK Chart History". www.OfficialCharts.com.
- ^ Chart information for Something's Goin' On
- ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Cliff Richard – Something's Goin' On". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard – Something's Goin' On" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.