Wanted (Cliff Richard album)

Infobox Album | Name = Wanted
Type = Album
Artist = Cliff Richard


Released = flagicon|United Kingdom 5 November 2001
Recorded = January - April 2001, Wilmer Studios
Genre = Pop, rock
Length =
Label = Papillion
Producer = Alan Tarney
Reviews =
Last album = "The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits"
(2000)
This album = "Wanted"
(2001)
Next album = "Cliff in the 90's"
(2002)
Misc = Singles
Name = Wanted
Type = Studio
single 1 = Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World
single 1 date = 3 December 2001
single 2 = Let Me Be The One
single 2 date = 1 April 2002

"Wanted" is the 70th studio album by British singer Cliff Richard, released by Papillion on 5 November 2001 in the UK. This album was produced by Alan Tarney who had previously worked with Richard on the hits including "We Don't Talk Anymore", "Dreamin", "Wired For Sound" and "Some People". The two had not worked together since the 1989 album "Stronger". The album reached #11 in the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for 11 weeks. [ [http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=1388 Chart information for Wanted] ]

The album is primarily made up of cover songs, including songs by artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Tina Turner. At the time of release the official website for the album explained that it consisted of "hits Cliff's always Wanted to record." [ [http://www.sir-cliff.com/wanted.html Official site for Wanted album] ]

The inspiration for the album came when Richard was sent a copy of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's recording of "Over the Rainbow" combined with "What a Wonderful World" weeks into the year 2000. He knew immediately he wanted to record it. [From preface in Wanted CD booklet]

Two singles were released from this album, the first being the song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World" which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 6 weeks. The second single release was one of the three original songs on the album, "Let Me Be The One", which came in at #29. The two other original songs were, "Do You Wonder" and "This Love You Will Never Forget".

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