Cilla Sings a Rainbow

Cilla Sings a Rainbow
Studio album by
Cilla Black
Released18 April 1966
Recorded1965–1966
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenrePop, merseybeat, soul
LabelParlophone/EMI
ProducerGeorge Martin
Cilla Black chronology
Cilla
(1965) 		Cilla Sings a Rainbow
(1966) 		Sher-oo!
(1968)
Singles from Cilla Sings a Rainbow
  1. "Love's Just a Broken Heart"
    Released: January 1966
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Cilla Sings a Rainbow is Cilla Black's second solo studio album, released on 18 April 1966 by Parlophone Records. The album reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] surpassing the No. 5 peak of her previous album and becoming her highest charting studio album.

Re-release

A mono sound edition of this album was re-issued on CD in 2002 by EMI Records with Cilla.[4]

On 7 September 2009, EMI Records release 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. "Love's Just a Broken Heart (L’amour est ce qu’il est)" (Mort Shuman, Kenny Lynch, Michele Vendome)
  2. "A Lover's Concerto" (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell)
  3. "Make it Easy on Yourself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
  4. "One, Two, Three" (John Madara, David White, Leonard Borisoff)
  5. "(There's) No Place to Hide" (Roger Atkins, Helen Miller)
  6. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman)
  7. "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney)

Side two

  1. "Sing a Rainbow" (Arthur Hamilton)
  2. "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy)
  3. "The Real Thing" (Joshie Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  4. "Everything I Touch Turns to Tears" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell)
  5. "In a Woman's Eyes" (Bobby Russell, Martha Sharp)
  6. "My Love Come Home" (Gene Colonnello, Conrad, Mario Panzeri)

Personnel

Accompaniment

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 4

References

  1. ^ "Cilla Sings A Rainbow review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (28 May 1966). "Cilla Black: Cilla Sings A Rainbow" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 272. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ Official Charts Cilla Black Cilla Sings a Rainbow UK Album Chart
  4. ^ Allmusic entry for 2on1 CD re-issue

Further reading

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