Dressed for the Occasion (Cliff Richard album)

Dressed for the Occasion
Live album by
Cliff Richard
Released9 May 1983 (1983-05-09)[1]
Recorded23 November 1982 (1982-11-23)
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London
GenrePop
LabelEMI
ProducerCliff Richard, Richard Hewson
Cliff Richard chronology
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
(1982) 		Dressed for the Occasion
(1983) 		Silver
(1983)
Singles from Dressed for the Occasion
  1. "True Love Ways"
    Released: 8 April 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Dressed for the Occasion is an album by English singer Cliff Richard, recorded live with the accompaniment of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1982. It was released in May 1983 on the EMI label and reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart and No. 30 in Australia.[3][4] It was certified Silver in the UK.[1]

"True Love Ways", a cover of the Buddy Holly original, was released in April 1983 as the lead single from the album and reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] No further singles were released from the album, however the album includes covers of two additional hit songs, being "Softly, as I Leave You", of which the original English version by Matt Monro reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart in 1962;[5] the other being "The Treasure of Love", of which Clyde McPhatter's original in 1956 reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Rhythm and Blues Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Top 100, but only No. 27 in the UK Singles Chart.[6][7][8]

The album also includes orchestral versions of several of Richard's hits since his 1976 renaissance, "Miss You Nights", "Devil Woman", "Green Light", "We Don't Talk Anymore" and "Carrie".

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  2. ^ Dressed for the Occasion at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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  5. ^ "Softly, as I Leave You - Matt Monro - UK Singles Chart". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 August 1956). Treasure of Love - Billboard Top 100 peak. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Treasure of Love - Billboard Top 100 chart run". song-database.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Treasure of Love - UK Singles Chart". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.