'Surprisingly Cilla' is the title of Cilla
Black's twelfth solo studio album. It was a spin-off from her British TV show
'Surprise, Surprise' and built around its theme tune. The album was conceived
primarily as a marketing ploy which would capitalise on the runaway success of
the TV show. Towerbell selected the song material to fit in with the remit of
the show as it was to be the prime vehicle to promote it. Cilla was notably
re-united for this project with her former EMI producer David Mackay but unlike
their previous collaborations the producer and artist were not given any
creative control. Although Cilla heavily promoted the album and its two singles
they failed to chart. The ill-fated project then vanished into obscurity some
months after release as Towerbell Records shutdown.
- Surprise! Surprise! (Kate Robbins)
- I Know Him So Well (Benny Anderson/Tim
Rice)
- You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) (Umberto
Bindi/Carl Sigman/Gino Paoli)
- One More Night (Phil Collins)
- There's A Need In Me (D. Chanter)
- Conversations (Roger Greenaway/Roger
Cook/Jerry Lordan)
- Step Inside Love (John Lennon/Paul
McCartney)
- We're In This Love Together (Roger Murrah/Keith
Stegal)
- I See Forever In Your Eyes (B. McDill)
- That's Already Taken (A. Corrie)
- Put Your Heart Where Your Love Is (A.
Palomibi/D. Henson)
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Phil
Spector/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil)
Credits:
Lead Vocals by Cilla Black
Produced by David Mackay
Arranged by David Mackay, Allan Rogers & David Cullen
Keyboards by Allan Rogers, Danny Schogger & David Mackay
Bass by Paul Townsend Guitars by Tim Renwick
Drums by Graham Jarvis & Tom Nichol
Sax by Andy Mackintosh
Album Cover Photograph by Ian Hooton
Formats:
TOWLP14 (LP)
ZCTOW14 (Cassette)
Re-Releases:
An attempt was made in 2003 to re-issue the album on CD but it was then
discovered that the master tapes for the project were lost. The re-issue project
was therefore abandoned.
