Joy to the world: Cliff Richard to release new Christmas album

If you're already dreading the sound of festive staples enjoying on a loop throughout outings to the excessive road, then your distress could quickly be compounded.

In a return to the musical frontline, 81-year-old Sir Cliff Richard has introduced he's to launch his first devoted Christmas album in almost twenty years.

The document, Christmas With Cliff, will convey collectively an “album of classics” together with It’s The Most Fantastic Time of the 12 months, Pleasure to the World, Jingle Bell Rock and extra.

New tracks will embody First Christmas, Six Days After Christmas (Blissful New 12 months), and Coronary heart of Christmas. The document will likely be launched on 25 November, that includes 13 tracks comprising Christmas classics and new festive songs.

Richard stated he had at all times cherished being in recording studios since time spent in 1958 in Studio Two, Abbey Street, well-known for its use by artists together with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Oasis and Adele.

“I recorded this album in Standards Studios in Miami, Florida – 4,427 miles away from Abbey Street – and as soon as once more I felt that I used to be in a world of my very own,” stated the singer, who labored with two producers, Sam Hollander and Chris Walden.

“They guided me via the well-known Christmas songs and freed me to sing them my method. They'd differing approaches to the songs that I requested them to provide for me, and so they gave this album the dynamics that I had hoped for.”

“This album is not only mine, it belongs to all of us concerned in creating it, and I hope that we add a bit of one thing particular to your Christmas season.”

The discharge comes within the custom of Richard’s earlier festive hits, together with Mistletoe And Wine, which was the Christmas No 1 within the 1988 singles’ chart.

Saviour’s Day took the title two years later in 1990, based on the Official Charts Firm. In 1960, together with his backing band, the Shadows, the track I Love You was the Christmas No 1.

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