Music... The Air That I Breathe

The album comprises seven newly recorded songs and five previously released duets that have not been included in a Richard album before. Of the seven newly recorded songs, two are brand new and five are covers. The brand new songs are "Falling for You" and "PS Please".{{cite web |title=Music... The Air That I Breathe |url=https://www.cliffrichard.org/latest-album/ |website=cliffrichard.org |access-date=4 October 2020}}

"Falling for You", written by Chris Eaton and Alexander Brown, was released on 29 September 2020 as the first lead single from the album.Discussion of new single from the 4:37 mark.{{YouTube|HrR2p1p585A|"Cliff Richard on Zoe Ball Breakfast Show"}}{{YouTube|DYqfCBPykcI|"Falling for You"}} The second single, "Older", a cover of the Ben Platt song, was released on the 15 October 2020.{{YouTube|E8Judb4B-Fc|"Older"}} A third single "PS Please", featuring Mark Knopfler" on lead guitar, contains a posthumous lyric of snippets of letters a father had written to his daughter, to open on her 17th and 23rd birthdays."PS Please" discussed from the 3:45 mark. {{cite web |title=Sir Cliff Richard Interview On Cliff Richard Radio 30/10/2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ2rIyvtDxo |publisher=Cliff Richard Radio YouTube channel |access-date=21 November 2020}}

The duets included were recorded between 2009 and 2020 and feature artists including Albert Hammond, Sheila Walsh, the Bellamy Brothers, Bonnie Tyler, and the Piano Guys.

Taken from online sources and the physical sleeve cover:{{cite web |title=Music... The Air That I Breathe - Cliff Richard |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/falling-for-you/1532436998?i=1532436999 |website=music.apple.com}}{{cite web |title=Music... The Air That I Breathe |url=https://store.warnermusic.com.au/products/music-the-air-that-i-breathe-cd |website=warnermusic.com.au |access-date=4 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Older (Sheet Music) |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0195050_D6 |website=musicnotes.com |access-date=20 October 2020}}{{cite AV media |people=Cliff Richard |date=2020 |title=Music... The Air That I Breathe |medium=CD |url=https://www.discogs.com/Cliff-Music--The-Air-That-I-Breathe/release/16137539 |access-date=13 November 2020}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Falling for You

| writer1 = {{hlist|Chris Eaton|Alexander James Brown}}

| extra1 = Larry Klein

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = The Air That I Breathe

| note2 = with Albert Hammond

| writer2 = {{hlist|Albert Hammond|Mike Hazlewood}}

| extra2 = Albert Hammond

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = Here Comes the Sun

| writer3 = George Harrison

| extra3 = Klein

| length3 = 3:02

| title4 = It Is Well Inside My Soul

| note4 = with Sheila Walsh

| writer4 = Horatio Spafford{{Ref label|live_note_a1|a|}}

| extra4 = John Hartley

| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Older

| writer5 = {{hlist|Ben Platt|Michael Pollack|Nate Cyphert}}

| extra5 = Klein

| length5 = 3:45

| title6 = PS Please

| note6 = featuring Mark Knopfler

| writer6 = {{hlist|Matt Prime|Seye Adelekan|Tim Woodcock}}

| extra6 = Rupert Christie

| length6 = 3:36

| title7 = Where or When

| writer7 = {{hlist|Richard Rodgers|Lorenz Hart}}

| extra7 = Klein

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = I Could Be Persuaded

| note8 = with The Bellamy Brothers

| writer8 = {{hlist|Bellamy Brothers|Don Schlitz}}

| extra8 = {{hlist||Bellamy Brothers|Cliff Richard}}

| length8 = 3:54

| title9 = Too Much Heaven

| writer9 = {{hlist|Robin Gibb|Barry Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}

| extra9 = Klein

| length9 = 5:13

| title10 = Taking Control

| note10 = with Bonnie Tyler

| writer10 = Steve Womack

| extra10 = David Mackay

| length10 = 3:36

| title11 = Let It Be Me

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gilbert Bécaud|Mann Curtis|Pierre Delanoë}}

| extra11 = Klein

| length11 = 3:18

| title12 = (It's Gonna Be) Okay

| note12 = with the Piano Guys

| writer12 = {{hlist|Andy Grammer|Dave Bassett}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Steven Sharp Nelson|Al van der Beek}}

| length12 = 3:32

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Notes:

• a {{Note|live_note_g1}} Adapted by Ian Morgan Cron and Jess Clayton Cates{{YouTube|lt3DPhvBR9M|"It is Well"}}

All tracks produced by Larry Klein, except as follows:

• "The Air That I Breathe" produced by Albert Hammond
• "It Is Well Inside My Soul" produced by John Hartley
• "PS Please" produced by Rupert Christie
• "I Could Be Persuaded" produced by the Bellamy Brothers and Cliff Richard
• "Taking Control" produced by David Mackay
• "(It's Gonna Be) Okay" produced by Al van der Beek and Steven Sharp Nelson

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