Sweet Inspiration

Studio album by Cilla Black

Released

3 July 1970

Recorded

1969/1970

Genre

Pop, Soul

Label

Parlophone/EMI
PCS7103 (stereo)

Producer

George Martin

Cilla Black chronology

Surround Yourself with Cilla
(1969)

Sweet Inspiration
(1970)

Images
(1971)

Sweet Inspiration is the title of Cilla Black's fifth solo studio album released in 1970 by Parlophone Records. The album peaked at number 42 in the UK Albums Chart in July 1970 .^[1]

Re-Release

On September 7, 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A digital booklet containing original album artwork, detailed track information and rare photographs will be available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side one

"Sweet Inspiration" (John Cameron)
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon)
"The April Fools" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
"I Can't Go on Living Without You" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
"From Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
"Across the Universe" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Side B

"Black Paper Roses" (Belle Gonzalez)
"Mysterious People (Det Gatfulla Folket)" (Olle Adolphson, Hal Shaper)
"Dear Madame" (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens)
"Oh Pleasure Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)
"Little Pleasure Acre" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
"For Once in My Life" (Orlando Murden, Ron Miller)
"Rule Britannia" (Thomas Augustine Arne)

Credits

Personnel

Lead Vocals by Cilla Black
Produced by George Martin
Album Cover Photograph by Caroline Arber

Chart positions

Chart (1970)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	42

References

↑ Chartstats.com Cilla Black Sweet Inspiration UK Album Chart

External links

Cilla Black

Studio albums	Cilla (1965) Is It Love? (1965) Cilla Sings a Rainbow (1966) Sher-oo! (1968) Surround Yourself with Cilla (1969) Sweet Inspiration (1970) Images (1971) Day by Day with Cilla (1973) In My Life (1974) It Makes Me Feel Good (1976) Modern Priscilla (1978) Especially For You (1980) Surprisingly Cilla (1985) Cilla's World (1990) Through The Years (1993) Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs (2003) Cilla All Mixed Up (2009)

Compilation albums	The Best of Cilla Black (1968) The Definitive Collection (A Life in Music) (2009) Completely Cilla: 1963-1973 (2012) The Very Best of Cilla Black (2013)

Songs	"Love of the Loved" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "You're My World" "It's for You" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Alfie" "For No-one" "Step Inside Love" "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)"

Related	Discography

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