Always Guaranteed

Always Guaranteed
Studio album by Cliff Richard
Released 14 September 1987
Recorded October November 1986; R.G. Jones Recording Studios, Wimbledon
Genre Pop
Label EMI
Producer Alan Tarney
Cliff Richard chronology
The Rock Connection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Private Collection: 1979–1988 (1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Always Guaranteed is an album by Cliff Richard which was released in 1987. It reached #5 on the UK Albums Chart and sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.[2][3] Four songs from the album were released as singles - "My Pretty One" (UK #6), "Some People" (UK #3) (Certified Silver in UK for 250,000 sales), "Remember Me" (UK #35) and "Two Hearts" (UK #34).

The album marked a strong chart comeback for Richard, giving him a second spell of success in the 1980s, which continued with "Mistletoe and Wine" as the single following on from "Two Hearts".

Track listing

# Song title Songwriter length
1 "One Night" Alan Tarney 4:31
2 "Once Upon a Time" Tarney 4:34
3 "Some People" Tarney 3:52
4 "Forever" Tarney 4:03
5 "Two Hearts" Tarney 4:10
6 "Under Your Spell" Chris Eaton 4:20
7 "This Time Now" Tarney 3:59
8 "My Pretty One" Tarney 3:58
9 "Remember Me" Tarney 3:54
10 "Always Guaranteed" Tarney 4:40
CD Re-issue: Bonus tracks
11 "Under the Gun" J. D. Martin, James Andrew Rushing 4:13
12 "Brave New World" Tarney 4:19
13 "Wild Geese" Jon Sweet, Rod Trott 4:39
14 "Love Ya" Richard 3:28
15 "One Time Lover Man" Richard 3:31
16 "Another Christmas Day" Richard 3:08
17 "Yesterday, Today, Forever" Richard 3:36
18 "Reunion of the Heart" Maldwyn Pope 4:24

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1987/88) Position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 5
Australia Albums (Australian Music Report)[5] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 9
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 21

Certifications

Country Provider(s) Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia[12] ARIA Platinum 70,000+
Austria[13] IFPI No Certificate 8,000+
Denmark IFPI Platinum 30,000+
Germany IFPI No Certificate 40,000+
New Zealand[14] RIANZ Gold 10,000+
Sweden IFPI No Certificate 5,000+
Switzerland[15] IFPI No Certificate 25,000+
UK[16] BPI Platinum 300,000+

References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/always-guaranteed-mw0000462218
  2. "BBC review". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. "UK charts archive". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. "Cliff Richard | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Cliff Richard – Always Guaranteed" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. "Charts.de: Cliff Richard (albums)". Media Control. Charts.de. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard – Always Guaranteed" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. "Charts.org.nz – Cliff Richard – Always Guaranteed". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Cliff Richard – Always Guaranteed". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Cliff Richard – Always Guaranteed". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. "Australian Certification (ARIA)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  13. "Austrian Certification (IFPI)". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  14. "New Zealand Certification (RIANZ)". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  15. "Swiss Certification (IFPI)". IFPI. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  16. "UK Certification (BPI)". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

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