In My Life (Cilla Black album)

In My Life
Studio album by Cilla Black
Released	7 June 1974
Recorded	1973/1974
Genre	Soft rock, adult contemporary
Label	EMI
Producer	David Mackay
Cilla Black chronology
Day by Day with Cilla (1973) In My Life (1974) It Makes Me Feel Good (1976)
Singles from In My Life
"Baby We Can't Go Wrong" Released: January 1974 "I'll Have to Say I Love You, in a Song" Released: May 1974

In My Life is the title of Cilla Black's eighth solo studio album released in 1974 by EMI. The album was her first to be produced by Australian producer David Mackay who had notched up chart hits for Cliff Richard and The New Seekers.

Mackay's remit for the project was to develop a new sound for Black which would keep her music in tune with the current pop market. He wanted to move away from her trademark power-ballad orchestrations and produce a soft rock record in the vein of "Step Inside Love" which he considered to be her finest work.^[1]

The lead single "Baby We Can't Go Wrong" reached #36 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also used as the opening theme tune to season 7 of Black's BBC TV variety show Cilla.

Re-Release

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. "Flashback"
2. "I'll Have to Say I Love You, in a Song"
3. "Everything I Own"
4. "Baby We Can't Go Wrong"
5. "Someone"
6. "Daydreamer"

Side B

1. "In My Life"
2. "Never Run Out (Of You)"
3. "Let Him In"
4. "The Air That I Breathe"
5. "Like a Song"
6. "I Believed It All" (Un Sorriso E Poi Perdonami)

Credits

Personnel

• Lead Vocals - Cilla Black
• Produced and arranged by David Mackay
• Engineered by Roger Quested and Tony Clark
• Drums - Trevor Spencer, Barrie Guard
• Percussion - Ray Cooper, Barrie Guard
• Bass - Alan Tarney
• Pianography - Cliff Hall, Dave MacRae
• Guitars - Terry Britten, Kevin Peek
• Steel Guitar - Gordon Huntley
• Moog synthesizer - David Mackay
• Backing Vocals - Terry Britten, Alan Tarney, David Mackay, The Breakaways, Anna Peacock
• Orchestration led by Pat Halling
• Album Cover Photograph by John Kelly

References

1. ↑ CillaBlack.com - Interview with David Mackay

External links

• CillaBlack.com Discography – In My Life
• EMI Music Official Site
• Cilla Black at the Internet Movie Database

Further reading

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