''Together with Cliff Richard'' is a

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, released in November 1991. The album features Richard singing popular traditional

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songs, his Christmas hits from recent years and two original songs. The album reached number 10 in the

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and number two in New Zealand. The singles differed between regions. In the UK, " We Should Be Together" reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in the week of Christmas. It was followed by "This New Year", released just in time for the new year and made number 30. In Europe and New Zealand, Richard's cover of the 1950s

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of the album with the same title was also released at the same time, featuring all 12 tracks from the album plus Richard's 1960 Christmas hit " I Love You". Each song was filmed on a different set in front of an audience.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from

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. *Keith Bessey – engineer *Dave Bishop – brass, alto sax, soprano sax, tenor sax *John Clark – guitar *Mickey Clark – background vocals *Paul Dunne – guitar *Andrew Greasly – assistant, strings, violin *Mark Griffiths – bass *Graham Jarvis – drums, percussion *Gerry Kitchingham – engineer, remixing *Peter May – drums, percussion *Mae McKenna – vocals *Paul Moessl – arranger, conductor, drum programming, keyboards, producer *Sonia Jones Morgan – vocals *Mick Mullins – vocals *Keith Murrell – vocals *

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– vocals, background vocals *Nigel Perrin – vocals, voices * Craig Pruess – arranger, keyboards, producer, programming *James Rainbird – choir/chorus *

– primary artist, producer, vocal arrangement, vocals, background vocals *

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– drums, percussion * Tony Rivers & The Castaways – arranger, vocal arrangement, vocals, background vocals *Ben Robbins – engineer, remixing *

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– vocals *Steve Stroud – bass *Anthony "Packrat" Thompson – vocals, background vocals * Derek Watkins – brass, cornet

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Postponed Australian release

Curiously, the release of ''Together with Cliff Richard'' was postponed in Australia until the 1992 Christmas season, despite Richard touring Australia late in 1991 (with his ''From a Distance'' tour) and including numerous songs from the Christmas album in the repertoire. EMI Australia instead allowed the previous year's '' From a Distance: The Event'' album to receive attention (as it had not yet charted) and released a new five-CD box set, ''The Cliff Richard Collection'', made up of previously released material. Both sets did finally chart briefly at the end of the tour, reaching number 21 and number 25 respectively. When ''Together with Cliff Richard'' was eventually released in late 1992, momentum from the tour had since passed and the album did not chart.

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