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{{short description|2007 studio album by Cliff Richard}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Love... The Album
| type = studio
| artist = [[Cliff Richard]]
| cover = love_the_album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 12 November 2007
| recorded = 1963–2007
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[easy listening]]
| length = 57:50 (CD version), 56:45 (Digital download version)
| label = [[EMI Records]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Michael Omartian]]|[[Norrie Paramor]]|[[Bruce Welch]]|Cliff Richard|[[Richard Anthony Hewson|Richard Hewson]]|[[Craig Pruess]]|Monroe Jones|Paul Moessl|[[Alan Tarney]]}}
| prev_title = [[Two's Company The Duets]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years In Music)]]
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Love... The Album
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[When I Need You]]
| single1date = 29 October 2007
}}
}}

'''''Love... The Album''''' is a hybrid compilation/studio album by [[British people|British]] singer [[Cliff Richard]], released by [[EMI]] on 12 November 2007 in the UK. The five new studio tracks were produced by [[Michael Omartian]]. It reached No. 13 in the UK Albums Chart.<ref name="ukocc"/>

There are two versions of this album, the CD version and the digital download version. The difference is on track 12, the CD version is "For Life" whilst the digital download version is "My Pretty One".

The five new recordings on the album are cover songs: "[[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]" (originally by [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]), "[[If You're Not The One]]" (originally by [[Daniel Bedingfield]]), "[[When I Need You]]" (originally recorded by [[Leo Sayer]]), "[[When You Say Nothing at All]]" (originally by [[Keith Whitley]]) and "[[All Out of Love]]" (originally by [[Air Supply]]). The album launched only one single, a cover of Leo Sayer's "[[When I Need You#Cliff Richard version|When I Need You]]" which reached no. 38 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="ukocc"/>

==Background==
On 30 October 2007, before releasing the CD version of ''Love... the Album'', EMI and the Cliff Richard Organisation decided that for 2 weeks, if there is a high enough demand for the digital download version of the album (which was 400 copies), then the price will drop from £7.99 to £3.99. For each album being downloaded, the price of the album drops by 1 pence.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7069262.stm BBC News - Cliff fans 'control album cost']</ref>

During the two-week period, Richard said:
{{cquote|As artists we face a stark choice. We either keep one step ahead of the technology which is changing our industry so radically - or we throw our hands and quit. Personally I'm not for quitting! <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lovecliffrichard.com/ |title="Love Cliff Richard" website |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920033833/http://lovecliffrichard.com/ |archive-date=20 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

On 8 November 2007, it was announced that the £3.99 price tag for the album has been secured and that all people who have downloaded it during the two-week period would all pay £3.99 instead of the original price. All copies downloaded contributed to the first week of the UK Albums Chart.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7085341.stm BBC News - Sir Cliff fans secure £3.99 album]</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = CD version (EMI 5093702)
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = [[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)|Mick Jones]]|[[Lou Gramm]]}}
| extra1 = [[Michael Omartian]]
| length1 = 4:15

| title2 = [[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Charles G. Dawes]]|[[Carl Sigman]]}}
| extra2 = [[Norrie Paramor]]
| length2 = 3:13

| title3 = [[Miss You Nights]]
| writer3 = [[Dave Townsend]]
| extra3 = [[Bruce Welch]]
| length3 = 3:56

| title4 = [[If You're Not the One]]
| writer4 = [[Daniel Bedingfield]]
| extra4 = Omartian
| length4 = 4:30

| title5 = [[L'edera (song)|Constantly]]
| writer5 = {{hlist|Saverio Seracini|Vincenzo D'Acquisto}}
| extra5 = Paramor
| length5 = 2:39

| title6 = [[The Best of Me (David Foster song)|The Best of Me]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Jeremy Lubbock]]|[[David Foster]]|[[Richard Marx]]}}
| extra6 = Cliff Richard
| length6 = 4:11

| title7 = [[When I Need You]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|[[Carole Bayer Sager]]|[[Albert Hammond]]}}
| extra7 = Omartian
| length7 = 4:14

| title8 = [[True Love Ways]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|[[Norman Petty]]|[[Buddy Holly]]}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Richard|[[Richard Anthony Hewson|Richard Hewson]]}}
| length8 = 3:18

| title9 = [[The Twelfth of Never]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Jerry Livingston]]|[[Paul Francis Webster]]}}
| extra9 = Paramor
| length9 = 2:44

| title10 = [[When You Say Nothing at All]]
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Paul Overstreet]]|[[Don Schlitz]]}}
| extra10 = Omartian
| length10 = 3:30

| title11 = [[Ocean Deep]]
| writer11 = {{hlist|Rod Trott|Jon Sweet}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|[[Craig Pruess]]|Richard}}
| length11 = 5:19

| title12 = [[Something's Goin' On|For Life]]
| writer12 = {{hlist|Chris Eaton|Bobby Huff}}
| extra12 = Monroe Jones
| length12 = 5:01

| title13 = [[All Out of Love]]
| writer13 = {{hlist|[[Graham Russell]]|[[Clive Davis]]}}
| extra13 = Omartian
| length13 = 3:23

| title14 = [[I Still Believe in You (Cliff Richard song)|I Still Believe in You]]
| writer14 = {{hlist|[[David Pomeranz]]|[[Dean Pitchford]]}}
| extra14 = Paul Moessl
| length14 = 3:45

| title15 = [[Some People (Cliff Richard song)|Some People]]
| writer15 = [[Alan Tarney]]
| extra15 = Tarney
| length15 = 3:52
}}
===Digital download version===

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! width="320" |Title !! Time
|-
| 1. || '''"Waiting for a Girl Like You"''' Writers: Foreigner, L. Gramm, M. Jones Producer: M. Omartian || 4:15
|-
| 2. || '''"It's All in the Game"''' Writers: C. Dawes, G. Sigman Producer: N. Paramor || 3:13
|-
| 3. || '''"Miss You Nights"''' Writer: D. Townsend Producer: B. Welch || 3:56
|-
| 4. || '''"If You're Not the One"''' Writer: D. Bedingfield Producer: M. Omartian || 4:30
|-
| 5. || '''"Constantly"''' Writers: S. Seracini, V. D'Acquisto Producer: N. Paramor || 2:39
|-
| 6. || '''"The Best of Me"''' Writers: J. Lubbock, D. Foster, R. Marx Producer: C. Richard || 4:11
|-
| 7. || '''"When I Need You"''' Writers: C. Bayer Sager, A. Hammond Producer: M. Omartian || 4:14
|-
| 8. || '''"True Love Ways"''' Writers: N. Petty, B. Holly Producers: C. Richard, R. Hewson || 3:18
|-
| 9. || '''"The Twelfth of Never"''' Writers: J. Livingstone, F. Webster Producer: N. Paramor || 2:44
|-
| 10. || '''"When You Say Nothing at All"''' Writers: P. Overstreet, D. Schlitz Producer: M. Omartian || 3:30
|-
| 11. || '''"[[Ocean Deep]]"''' Writers: R. Trott, J.Sweet Producers: C. Pruess || 5:19
|-
| 12. || '''"[[My Pretty One]]"''' Writer: A. Tarney Producer: A. Tarney || 3:56
|-
| 13. || '''"All Out of Love"''' Writers: G. Russell, C. Davis Producer: M. Omartian || 3:23
|-
| 14. || '''"[[I Still Believe in You (Cliff Richard song)|I Still Believe in You]]"''' Writers: D. Pomeranz, Pitchford Producer: P. Moessl || 3:45
|-
| 15. || '''"[[Some People (Cliff Richard song)|Some People]]"''' Writer: A. Tarney Producer: A. Tarney || 3:52
|-
|}

==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Chart (2007−08)
!scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|28|artist=Cliff Richard|album=Love... The Album|rowheader=true|refname=nz}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|13|artist=Cliff Richard|rowheader=true|refname=ukocc}}
|-
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position
|-
|United Kingdom ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2007 |publisher=officialcharts.com |accessdate=2016-04-10}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|95
|}
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===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=United Kingdom |artist=Cliff Richard|title=Love - The Album |type=album |award=Gold |relyear=2007 |certyear=2013 |refname=UKCert|id=3996-3620-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cliff Richard}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cliff Richard albums]]
[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Michael Omartian]]
[[Category:EMI Records albums]]

Love... The Album - Revision history

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