Love Songs (Cliff Richard album)

Love Songs
Compilation album by Cliff Richard
Released	July 1981
Genre	Soft rock
Label	EMI
Producer	Various
Cliff Richard chronology

Love Songs was a compilation album of ballads by Cliff Richard released by EMI in 1981. The album spent five weeks at the top of the UK album charts in 1981 and two weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1982.

The compilation spans a 20-year period, from "Theme for a Dream" (1960) through to "A Little in Love" (1980).

Track listing

"Miss You Nights"
"Constantly"
"Up in the World"
"Carrie"
"A Voice in the Wilderness"
"The Twelfth of Never"
"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)"
"The Day I Met Marie"
"Can't Take the Hurt Anymore"
"A Little in Love"
"The Minute You're Gone"
"Visions"
"When Two Worlds Drift Apart"
"The Next Time"
"It's All in the Game"
"Don't Talk to Him"
"When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart"
"Theme for a Dream"
"Fall in Love with You"
"We Don't Talk Anymore"

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[1]	1
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1981/1982)	Position
United Kingdom 1981 (OCC)[4]	7
Australia 1982 (Kent Music Report)[5]	28

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
Australia (ARIA)[7]	3× Platinum	150,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)[8]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Note: Although the New Zealand reference only shows the certification of Love Songs to be Gold, it was later certified Platinum.[9]

References

"Cliff Richard | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"Charts.nz – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". Hung Medien.
UK 1981 Best Selling Albums
"Top 100 National Albums 1982 - Australia". Retrieved 27 December 2016.
"British album certifications – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Love Songs in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (12 June 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. A/NZ–4. ISSN 0006-2510.
"New Zealand album certifications – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". Recorded Music NZ.
Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006. Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.

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[OCC-1] "Cliff Richard | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970–1992-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[ac_New_Zealand__Cliff_Richard-3] "Charts.nz – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". Hung Medien.

[4] UK 1981 Best Selling Albums

[5] "Top 100 National Albums 1982 - Australia". Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[UKCert-6] "British album certifications – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Love Songs in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[Inc.1982-7] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (12 June 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. A/NZ–4. ISSN 0006-2510.

[NZCert-8] "New Zealand album certifications – Cliff Richard – Love Songs". Recorded Music NZ.

[The_Complete_New_Zealand_Music_Charts_1966-2006-9] Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006. Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.