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Released
  
23 May 1969

Release date
  
23 May 1969

Label
  
Parlophone

Artist
  
Cilla Black

Producer
  
George Martin

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Recorded
  
1968/1969 at Abbey Road Studios, London

Surround Yourself with Cilla (1969)
  
Sweet Inspiration (1970)

Genres
  
Pop music, Soul music, Beat music

Similar
  
Cilla Sings a Rainbow, Sher‑oo!, The Best of Cilla Black, It Makes Me Feel Good, Images

Surround Yourself with Cilla is the title of Cilla Black's fourth solo studio album released on 23 May 1969 by Parlophone Records. It was Cilla's first album to only be recorded and released in stereo sound format, and her first to fail to make the UK charts.

Contents

The album title was inspired by the lead single "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" which had previously reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. An Italian language version of this song "Quando Si Spezza Un Grande Amore", with Italian lyrics by Mogal, was also recorded for the Latin market, while a Swedish language version "Försök och sov på saken" was recorded by Anni-Frid Lyngstad prior to her international success with the group ABBA.

Re-Release

On 7 September 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. "Aquarius" (Galt McDermot, Gerome Ragni, Jim Rado)
  2. "Without Him" (Harry Nilsson)
  3. "Only Forever Will Do (Prigioniero del Mondo)" (Carlo Dinida, Don Black, Gillio Rapetti)
  4. "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
  5. "Forget Him" (Kenny Lynch, Mort Shuman)
  6. "It'll Never Happen Again" (Tim Hardin)

Side two

  1. "Think of Me (Siamo Qui)" (C. Fishman, Fred Bongusto)
  2. "I Am a Woman" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)
  3. "Words" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb)
  4. "Red Rubber Ball" (Bruce Woodley, Paul Simon)
  5. "Liverpool Lullaby" (Stan Kelly)
  6. "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" (Bill Martin, Phil Coulter)

Credits

Personnel

  • Lead Vocals by Cilla Black
  • Produced by George Martin
  • Album Cover Photograph by Francis Loney

    • Songs

    1Aquarius2:40
    2Without Him2:11
    3Only Forever Will Do (Prigioniero del mondo)3:09

    References

    Surround Yourself with Cilla Wikipedia
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