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''Green Light'' is a 1978 album by Cliff Richard. It was his 31st studio album. == Background == Cliff Richard had seen a dip in popularity in the early 1970s until his 1976 album ''I'm Nearly Famous'' gave him major success. This comeback kept Richard regularly in the charts until the mid-1980s. Of the albums released during this period, ''Green Light'' was the only one which failed to make the top 10. It proved to be a particular disappointment in only reaching No.25 in the album charts and failed to provide any high charting singles.〔(Chartstats.com - ''Green Light'' Chart details )〕 The lead single, "Please Remember Me" failed to chart at all, as did the follow-up, "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore". This left Richard without a hit single in 1978, only the second year since 1958 that this had happened. A third and final release, the title track "Green Light" finally gave him a chart entry in early 1979, but only managed to creep up to No.57.〔(Chartstats.com - "Green Light" single )〕 Despite this, the album was well received by critics. Allmusic stating that this was "Richard at his most commercial and appealing and deserved to be more widely heard - particularly in the US".〔(Allmusic.com - Album review )〕 Probably the most well-known song on the album however was "Count Me Out", which was later released as the B-side to Richard's 1979 single "We Don't Talk Anymore", which was the song that got his revival back on track by becoming the biggest selling single of his career.〔(Cliff Richard songs.com - "Count Me Out" )〕 Since his 1977 ''Every Face Tells a Story'' album, Richard had released two other albums - a Christian music album, ''Small Corners'' and a compilation album ''40 Golden Greats'', which had reached No.1 in November 1977.〔(Chartstats.com - 40 Golden Greats album )〕 Soon after this, he also released a live album, ''Thank You Very Much'', which celebrated 20 years of Cliff Richard in the music business. ''Green Light'' was remastered and re-issued on Compact disc in July 2002.〔(CD Universe.com - Re-issue information )〕〔(Sir Cliff.com - 2002 Re-releases )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green Light (Cliff Richard album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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