Cilla Black - Cilla (Remaster) (2017)
BAND/ARTIST: Cilla Black
- Title: Cilla
- Year Of Release: 2017/1965
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop, Soul
- Quality: FLAC 16/44100 +booklet
- Total Time: 00:41:58
- Total Size: 262 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Cilla Black's debut LP was an entertaining if uneven venture into pop-soul, along lines similar to what Dusty Springfield, Beryl Marsden, et al. were doing at the time, though -- not surprisingly -- her work isn't remotely in the same league with Springfield. Black has passion for the music, and evidently had learned the nuances necessary to make the attempt, but she sounds strained and mannered on a lot of this album, and simply lacks Springfield's range or her easy, naturalistic feel for the sounds she's reaching for. No one is going to complain of what they hear -- her performance of "Baby It's You" recalls the Beatles more than the Shirelles, but John Lennon did a credible job with the song, and she gives a respectable rendition of "Dancing in the Street"; she even throws herself with enough abandon into the one original by George Martin here to make it more than a space-filler, though not by too much. She also acquits herself well on another new song, "I'm Not Alone Anymore," where she's better than the material or the arrangement, but much of the rest is simply too routine -- "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" is an interesting but ultimately stiff exercise in overdubbing with herself; and Steve Marriott and the Small Faces had it all over Black on "Every Little Bit Hurts." Strangely enough, her version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "This Empty Place" is at the other end of the spectrum, a brilliant showcase for her range and one of the best of Black's early tracks, easily worthy of release at least as a single B-side. And she follows that up with a beautifully soulful rendition of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." Nothing here is as satisfying as Black's singles of the same era, though her fans will obviously enjoy the album.
© Bruce Eder
Tracklist:
1-1 Cilla Black - Goin' out of My Head (2002 Remaster)
1-2 Cilla Black - Every Little Bit Hurts (2003 Remaster)
1-3 Cilla Black - Baby It's You (1993 Remaster)
1-4 Cilla Black - Dancing in the Street (2003 Remaster)
1-5 Cilla Black - Come to Me (2003 Remaster)
1-6 Cilla Black - Ol' Man River (2003 Remaster)
1-7 Cilla Black - One Little Voice (2002 Remaster)
1-8 Cilla Black - I'm Not Alone Anymore (2009 Remaster)
1-9 Cilla Black - Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It (1993 Remaster)
1-10 Cilla Black;The Sounds Incorporated - Love Letters (with the Sounds Incorporated) (2003 Remaster)
1-11 Cilla Black - This Empty Place (1993 Remaster)
1-12 Cilla Black - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (2003 Remaster)
1-13 Cilla Black - A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Take 2)
1-14 Cilla Black - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) (Alternate Take)
1-15 Cilla Black - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
1-16 Cilla Black - Some Things You Never Get Used To
© Bruce Eder
Tracklist:
1-1 Cilla Black - Goin' out of My Head (2002 Remaster)
1-2 Cilla Black - Every Little Bit Hurts (2003 Remaster)
1-3 Cilla Black - Baby It's You (1993 Remaster)
1-4 Cilla Black - Dancing in the Street (2003 Remaster)
1-5 Cilla Black - Come to Me (2003 Remaster)
1-6 Cilla Black - Ol' Man River (2003 Remaster)
1-7 Cilla Black - One Little Voice (2002 Remaster)
1-8 Cilla Black - I'm Not Alone Anymore (2009 Remaster)
1-9 Cilla Black - Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It (1993 Remaster)
1-10 Cilla Black;The Sounds Incorporated - Love Letters (with the Sounds Incorporated) (2003 Remaster)
1-11 Cilla Black - This Empty Place (1993 Remaster)
1-12 Cilla Black - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (2003 Remaster)
1-13 Cilla Black - A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Take 2)
1-14 Cilla Black - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) (Alternate Take)
1-15 Cilla Black - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
1-16 Cilla Black - Some Things You Never Get Used To
Year 2017 | Soul | Pop | FLAC / APE
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