Wired for Sound
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Wired for Sound is a 1981 album by Cliff Richard
. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK album charts in 1981, peaking at number 4 on release.
Two songs from the album - the title track and "Daddy's Home" - were also top ten hits, reaching number 4 and number 2, respectively. Globally the album has sold over 1.1m copies.
The video for the song was filmed in the centre of Milton Keynes
, the new town in Buckinghamshire
, and showed Cliff rolling along on rollerskates and listening to music on a Walkman
cassette player.
Daddy's Home was originally a US hit for Shep and the Limelights in 1961. The version included here was recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on May 1st 1981.
The album was remastered in 2001, and featured the following extra tracks, which are B-sides not related to the original album.
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK album charts in 1981, peaking at number 4 on release.
Two songs from the album - the title track and "Daddy's Home" - were also top ten hits, reaching number 4 and number 2, respectively. Globally the album has sold over 1.1m copies.
The video for the song was filmed in the centre of Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, the new town in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, and showed Cliff rolling along on rollerskates and listening to music on a Walkman
Walkman
Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones...
cassette player.
Daddy's Home was originally a US hit for Shep and the Limelights in 1961. The version included here was recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on May 1st 1981.
Track listing
- "Wired for Sound" (Alan TarneyAlan TarneyAlan 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...
/B A Robertson) - "Once in a while" (Alan Tarney)
- "Better Than I Know Myself" (Dave CookeDave CookeDave Cooke is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was an NDP member of the provincial legislature from 1977 to 1997, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.-Early career:...
/Judy MacKenzie) - "Oh No Don't Let Go" (Alan Tarney)
- "'Cos I Love That Rock 'N' Roll" (Alan Tarney)
- "Broken Doll" (Eric Goulden/Walter Hacon)
- "Lost in a Lonely World" (Chris EatonChris Eaton (UK musician)Christopher Neville Eaton is a British Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter. Prior to his solo career, he was a member of the 1980s bands Lyrix and the Mark Williamson Band....
) - "Summer Rain" (Chris Eaton)
- "Young Love" (Alan Tarney)
- "Say You Don't Mind" (Alan Tarney)
- "Daddy's Home" (James Sheppard/William Miller)
The album was remastered in 2001, and featured the following extra tracks, which are B-sides not related to the original album.
- "Shakin' All Over (live recording)" (Frederick Heath)
- "Hold On" (Alan Tarney)