Sweet Inspiration (Cilla Black album)

Sweet Inspiration
Studio album by Cilla Black
Released	3 July 1970
Recorded	1969/1970
Genre	Pop, Soul
Label	Parlophone/EMI PCS7103 (stereo)
Producer	George Martin
Cilla Black chronology
Surround Yourself with Cilla (1969) Sweet Inspiration (1970) Images (1971)

Sweet Inspiration is the title of Cilla Black's fifth solo studio album released in 1970 by Parlophone Records. The album peaked at number 42 in the UK Albums Chart in July 1970 .^[1]

Re-Release

On September 7, 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features 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 will be available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sweet Inspiration" (John Cameron)
2. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon)
3. "The April Fools" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
4. "I Can't Go on Living Without You" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
5. "From Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
6. "Across the Universe" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Side B

1. "Black Paper Roses" (Belle Gonzalez)
2. "Mysterious People (Det Gåtfulla Folket)" (Olle Adolphson, Hal Shaper)
3. "Dear Madame" (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens)
4. "Oh Pleasure Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)
5. "Little Pleasure Acre" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
6. "For Once in My Life" (Orlando Murden, Ron Miller)
7. "Rule Britannia" (Thomas Augustine Arne)

Personnel

• Cilla Black - lead vocals
• George Martin - producer
• Caroline Arber - album cover photography

Chart positions

References

1. ↑ Chartstats.com Cilla Black Sweet Inspiration UK Album Chart

Further reading

• Black, Cilla (2004). What's it All about?. United Kingdom: Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-189035-7. 

External links

• CillaBlack.com Discography – Sweet Inspiration
• EMI Music Official Site
• Cilla Black at the Internet Movie Database