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Cliff Richard - 21 Today (1961)

Track listing:
  1. Happy Birthday To You 1:35
  2. Forty Days To Come Back Home 2:47
  3. Catch Me 2:29
  4. How Wonderful To Know 2:39
  5. Tough Enough 2:16
  6. 50 Tears For Every Kiss 2:31
  7. The Night Is So Lonely 2:44
  8. Poor Boy 2:59
  9. Y'arriva 3:36
  10. Outsider 2:43
  11. Tea For Two 2:17
  12. To Prove My Love For You 1:52
  13. Without You 2:07
  14. A Mighty Lonely Man 2:15
  15. My Blue Heaven 2:28
  16. Shame On You 2:08

Notes

Not many albums are titled after their release date, but October 14, 1961, was a significant date whichever way you look at it, as Cliff Richard finally advanced into adulthood. He could drink alcohol. He could vote. He could drive a car. He could even have sex. And the fact that he was already the single most popular and successful solo pop star Britain had (or would) ever produced did not diminish the significance of the event. His fifth album even opens with a distinctly stylized Shadows version of "Happy Birthday To You," over which Cliff, the band and sundry friends revel in his new found freedom... "we should get the young ladies a drink," says someone and, perhaps, we should be grateful that the track fades out quickly after.