Bold as Brass (album)
Bold as Brass is a studio album by Cliff Richard, of songs from the Great American Songbook.
Following his sold-out concerts around the world in 2009/10, he performed a series of six sold out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall during his 70th birthday week. Both the concerts and album received positive critical reviews and commercial success.
Track listing
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
- "(Up A) Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin)
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter)
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon)
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
- "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn)
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
- "Night and Day" (Porter)
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Hart)
- Bonus tracks included on the double disc edition:
- "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman)
- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter)
Album performance
In its first week in the UK charts 'as Brass debuted at #3 selling over 22,000 copies and has sold a total of 80,000 copies.
Chart positions
Concerts
| Bold as Brass |
| Tour by Cliff Richard |
| Start date |
October 11, 2010 |
| End date |
October 17, 2010 |
| Legs |
1 |
| Shows |
6 |
| Cliff Richard tour chronology |
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The six concerts accompanying the release of Bold as Brass centred on Richard's 70th birthday, on the 14th October, 2010. To celebrate this, Richard was accompanied by a swing band to perform tracks from his album of swing songs, as well as distinguished classics from his 52-year career. Performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, where he holds the record for playing the most sold out shows in one run (32), the concerts took over £2m at the box office.
Tour dates
| Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
Tickets available |
| October 11, 2010 |
London |
England |
Royal Albert Hall |
27,000 |
| October 12, 2010 |
| October 13, 2010 |
| October 15, 2010 |
| October 16, 2010 |
| October 17, 2010 |
Tour statistics
| Region |
Cities |
Venues |
Shows |
Tickets available |
| England |
1 |
1 |
6 |
27,000 |
References
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1950s:
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1960s:
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Me and My Shadows (1960) · Listen to Cliff! (1961) · 21 Today (1961) · The Young Ones (1961, soundtrack) · 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) · Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) · When in Spain (1963) · Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) · Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1964, stage show album) · Cliff Richard (1965) · Love Is Forever (1965) · When in Rome (1965) · Kinda Latin · Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) · Cinderella (1967, soundtrack) · Don't Stop Me Now (1967) · Good News (1967, gospel) · Cliff in Japan (1968, live) · Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) · Established 1958 (1968) · Sincerely Cliff (1969)
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1970s:
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Tracks and Grooves (1970) · All My Love (1970) · About the Man (1970, gospel) · His Land (1970, gospel) · Cliff: Live at the Talk of the Town (1970, live) · The 31st February Street (1974) · Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) · Help It Along (1974, gospel) · I'm Nearly Famous (1976) · Every Face Tells a Story (1977) · Green Light (1978) · Small Corners (1978, gospel) · Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) · Thank You Very Much (1979, live)
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1980s:
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1990s:
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From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) · Together with Cliff Richard (1991) · The Album (1993) · Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) · Heathcliff Live (1996, stage show album, live) · Real as I Wanna Be (1998)
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2000s:
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2010s:
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Bold as Brass (2010) · Soulicious (2011)
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| EPs (UK) |
Serious Charge · Expresso Bongo
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| Filmography |
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| Related articles |
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Book:Cliff Richard
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