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Cliff Richard - Love...The Album

Daniel Bedingfield’s track "If You’re Not The One" creeps up on you and suddenly slaps you with Abba-inspired synthesizers and a spoken-word intro. Ouch! Four more nails in the coffin include old-time classic "When I Need You", a butchering of Air Supply’s "All Out Of Love", Foreigner’s "Waiting For A Girl Like You" and Ronan Keating’s sokkie-treffer "When You Say Nothing At All".
After so many years in the business, why would he need to do covers? Surely he has oodles of B-sides on vinyls he can zhuzh up for the 2000s. Covers are reserved for emerging Pop Idols and Japanese karaoke, not over-the-hill pap 'icons'.

"Miss You Nights" is an original Cliff hit, but has been covered by Westlife previously. Shame, aren’t there enough songs to go around? The rest of the album supposedly has "10 of your favourite love songs." Well if these are your favourite, your musical knowledge is sorely lacking.

So why should you buy this CD for Valentine’s Day? Well, it makes a fantastic coaster for your wine glass.

-Sam Brighton
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