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Cliff Richard - I'm No Hero Audio CD

A fair review of the Cliff Richard "I'm No Hero" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cliff Richard reviews here, or go back to the Cliff Richard tabs.

Cliff Richard Band: Cliff Richard
Title: I'm No Hero
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-07-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Take Another Look 2: Anything I Can Do 3: Little in Love 4: Here (So Doggone Blue) 5: Give a Little Bit More 6: In the Night 7: I'm No Hero 8: Dreamin' 9: Heart Will Break 10: Everyman 11: Dynamite [*] 12: Keep On Looking [*]

Yes You Are Cliff
His musical talent really shines on this album. Cliff Richard might not have been in the ring in real life but his voice could fight off competitors. For years it was only available as an expensive import. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to purchase this one with two bonus tracks. From the liner notes, it appears the bonus tracks were released on the UK version's back side of the singles, Dreamin and A Little in Love. This became Cliff's biggest selling album ever in 1980. The remastering isn't perfect there is a little hiss but overall clean.


Now available for the US market
Hopefully that will mean other Cliff Richard albums will follow. I don't see it listed on Amazon yet, but the US version of this album was released 05/07/2007.


Cliff's Energetic Best
From the first sound of electric guitar to the end note this is an album full of great songs great vocals and great production provided here by Alan Tarney who kicked off the Eighties for Cliff with this one I'm No Hero as well as providing two hit singles A Little In Love and Dreamin' .


An extraordinary voice.
Cliff sounds so lush when he sings high. One of Cliff's best albums and that's saying a lot! Throughout this album, Cliff and songwriter/producer Alan Tarney capitalize on gorgeous hooks, fantastic mixes - a superb blend of guitar and synthesizer - and brilliant songs! Cliff sustains throughout rich, creamy, aching vocals - powerful, lingering, perfectly rounded high-pitched and intense. Zestful, exuberant and intense, Cliff varies from vibrant ("Give A Little Bit More") to lush and gorgeous ("A Little In Love", "Here (So Doggone Blue)" to aching and passionnate ("Dreamin'", "Anything That I Can Do") to heart-wrenching ("A Heart Will Break". . . Cliff sounds gruff and husky in this one. . . wonderful) and even haunting ("In The Night", "Everyman"- you won't believe the fabulous groaning and wailing noises he makes in this one. . . . oooooh. The title track, "I'm No Hero" is just a stunner with strong hits of rock and roll/rockabilly - a real classic. The vocal quality Cliff sustains throughout this album is utterly staggering. You just don't find the harsh sounds and poor-quality notes that often blight the songs of today's chart artists. NO! This is consistent! AND. . . all the instrumentalists are classy. Alan Tarney (who basically wrote practically all of this) really could get the most out of Cliff vocally. The bonus tracks are also stunning. Although purists might not see the re-working of 1959 R&R classic "Dynamite" with a very synthy eighties sound, that voice is so oily and sensual it could make you want to swoon. "Keep On Looking", has the same perfect, sophisticated, catchy high-pitched sound. Buy this and see for yourself just HOW good Cliff is and if you get the chance, go and see him live as he is utterly sensational!.


Cliff at his best!
A few years ago I started looking for it on CD, but was told it was out of print, and felt very disappointed. I've never heard a better album by Cliff than this one. So when I saw that it has been re-released, I just had to have it. Please get this one--it's a classic!.


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