Digitally remastered two CD set containing a pair of albums by the British vocalist. To showcase Cilla's versatility as a recording artist, this set pairs her Surround Yourself With Cilla album, one of her top pop productions of the '60s, with It Makes Me Feel Good from her '70s soft rock recording era. The lead single from Cilla's classic George Martin produced 1969 album, Surround Yourself With Cilla, was the UK #3 hit 'Surround Yourself With Sorrow', with it's powerful pop theme continuing apace throughout the album. To great impact, Cilla took on some of the strongest pop anthems of the day which included the Gibb Brothers' 'Words' (Bee Gees), Bacharach & David's 'You'll Never Get To Heaven' (Dionne Warwick), Nilsson's 'Without Him', Paul Simon & Bruce Woodley's 'Red Rubber Ball' (The Cyrkle) and the dramatic 'Aquarius' from Cilla's favorite musical Hair. Her ninth studio album, It Makes Me Feel Good, was released in 1976 and was Cilla's second album to be produced by David Mackay who had previously worked with The New Seekers, Blue Mink and Cliff Richard. Recording sessions began in Los Angeles away from the pressure of Cilla's hectic British TV and concert schedule and this enabled Cilla to be more involved in the creative process than ever before. The album's only UK single, 'I'll Take A Tango' was featured on Cilla's BBC TV variety show Cilla. The bonus tracks for this CD release include Cilla's US-only single 'Fantasy', which was a #15 hit on America's Billboard Dance Music Singles Chart, alongside Cilla's opening theme songs to her two new TV series for 1976; BBC TV's Cilla and ITV's sitcom Cilla's World Of Comedy. The two albums are issued with a 32 page booklet richly illustrated with photographs and including an interview with Cilla.
1. Aquarius 2. Without Him 3. Only Forever Will Do 4. You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) 5. Forget Him 6. It'll Never Happen Again 7. Think of Me 8. I Am a Woman 9. Words 10. Red Rubber Ball 11. Liverpool Lullaby 12. Surround Yourself with Sorrow 13. London Bridge 14. Your Heart Is Free (Just Like the Wind) 15. Quando Si Spezza Un Grande Amore (Mono) 16. Surround Yourself with Sorrow (False Start) 17. Surround Yourself with Sorrow (Take 9 - 2009 Mix - Without Fade) 18. Aquarius (Mono) 19. Without Him (Mono) 20. Only Forever Will Do (Mono) 21. You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (Mono) 22. Forget Him (Mono) + 23. Think of Me (Mono) 24. Words (Mono) 25. Red Rubber Ball (Mono) 26. Liverpool Lullaby (Mono) 27. Surround Yourself with Sorrow (Mono) 28. Something About You 29. I'll Take a Tango 30. September Love Affair 31. Lay the Music Down 32. San Diego Serenade 33. Heartbeat 34. Running Out of World 35. To Know Him Is to Love Him 36. It Makes Me Feel Good 37. Lay It All Down 38. One Step from Your Arms 39. Lovin' Land 40. Fantasy 41. It's Now 42. I Believe (When I Fall in Love, It Will Be Forever) 43. Easy in Your Company 44. Little Things Mean a Lot 45. A Bad Case of Rock 'N' Roll 46. Slow Dance