''Green Light'' is the 21st studio album by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

, released in September 1978. Richard had seen a dip in popularity in the early 1970s until his 1976 album ''

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'' gave him major success. This comeback kept him regularly in the charts until the mid-1980s. Of this period's release, only the 1978 ''

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'' gospel album and ''Green Light'' failed to make the top ten. The latter, with full commercial expectations, was a particular disappointment, only reaching No.25 in the album chart and lacking any hit singles. These included "Please Remember Me" and "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore". This was the second year since 1958 that this had happened. A third and final release, the title track "

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" gave him a chart entry, but only crept to No.57. Despite the commercial failure, ''Green Light'' was well received by critics.

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said it is "Richard at his most commercial and appealing and deserved to be more widely heard - particularly in the US". Probably the most well-known song on the album is "Count Me Out", which was later released as the B-side to his 1979 single " We Don't Talk Anymore", the song that revived his career by selling more than any other. Another ballad, "Never Even Thought" whose orchestration builds to a dramatic crescendo, was first released by

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in 1975 on his album ''

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'' and also covered by

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in 1978. He later added new instrumentation for his remix album ''My Kinda Life'' in 1992. Since his 1977 ''

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'' album, Richard had released two more - a

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album, ''

'' and a compilation album '' 40 Golden Greats'', which had reached No.1 in November 1977. Soon after this, he also released a live album, '' Thank You Very Much'', which celebrated 20 years of he and

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in the music business. The title track was covered in 1979 by

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on her album ''Yvonne''. His album was remastered and reissued on Compact disc in July 2002.

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Personnel

*Cliff Richard - vocals *

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- guitar, bass, keyboards and backing vocals *

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and

Tim Renwick Timothy John Pearson Renwick (born 7 August 1949) is an English guitarist. He is best known for his association with Al Stewart in his early career and for his long-standing role as lead guitarist for the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. His single ...

- guitar *Alan Jones - bass * Duncan Mackay and Graham Todd - keyboards *

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and

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- drums *John Perry, Stuart Calver and Tony Rivers - backing vocals *

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- string arrangement *

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