Overview

Always Guaranteed was released in 1987 and reached #5 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

. Four songs were released as singles - "My Pretty One" #6, "Some People" #3 (Certified Silver in UK for 250,000 sales), "Remember Me" #35 and "Two Hearts" #34.

The album marked a strong chart comeback for Richard, giving him a second spell of success in the 1980s, which continued with "Mistletoe and Wine

Mistletoe and Wine

"Mistletoe and Wine" is a popular single by Cliff Richard.Written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan, it was originally performed as part of the musical Scraps at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London in 1976...

" as the single following on from "Two Hearts".

All the singles collectively have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide and the album has passed sales of 2 million worldwide.

Track listing

#	Song title	Songwriter	length
1	One Night	Alan Tarney Alan Tarney Alan Tarney is an English songwriter, record producer and bass guitarist. He was born in Workington, Cumberland, England, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spencer.- Career :Tarney was part of the huge influx of British...	4:31
2	Once Upon a Time	Tarney	4:34
3	Some People	Tarney	3:52
4	Forever	Tarney	4:03
5	Two Hearts	Tarney	4:10
6	Under Your Spell	Chris Eaton	4:20
7	This Time Now	Tarney	3:59
8	My Pretty One	Tarney	3:58
9	Remember Me	Tarney	3:54
10	Always Guaranteed	Tarney	4:40
	CD Re-issue: Bonus tracks
11	Under the Gun	J.D. Martin, James Andrew Rushing	4:13
12	Brave New World	Tarney	4:19
13	Wild Geese	Jon Sweet, Rod Trott	4:39
14	Love Ya	Richard	3:28
15	One Time Lover Man	Richard	3:31
16	Another Christmas Day	Richard	3:08
17	Yesterday, Today, Forever	Richard	3:36
18	Reunion of the Heart	Maldwyn Pope	4:24

Chart positions

Chart (1987/88)	Position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	6
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	23
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	9
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	3
Swedish Albums Chart	49
Switzerland	21
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	5

Country	Provider(s)	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Australia	ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	Platinum	70,000+
Austria	IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	No Certificate	8,000+
Denmark	IFPI	Platinum	30,000+
Germany	IFPI	No Certificate	40,000+
New Zealand	RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	Gold	10,000+
Sweden	IFPI	No Certificate	5,000+
Switzerland	IFPI	No Certificate	25,000+
UK	BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	2x Platinum	750,000+