Sher-oo!

{{Infobox album

| name = Sher-oo!

| type = Album

| cover = Sher-oo!.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 April 1968{{cite magazine|date=16 March 1968|title=Cilla...Tour, film and new album|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1968/Disc-&-Music-Echo-1968-03-16.pdf|magazine=Disc and Music Echo|page=8|access-date=17 May 2024}}

| recorded = 1967/1968 at EMI Studios, London

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop, Merseybeat, soul

| length =

| label = Parlophone/EMI

| producer = George Martin

| prev_title = Cilla Sings a Rainbow

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = The Best of Cilla Black

| next_year = 1968

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sher-oo!

| type = studio

| single1 = Step Inside Love

| single1date = March 1968

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30769|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sher-oo! – review|accessdate=2011-07-14|work=Allmusic.com}}

}}

Sher-oo! is Cilla Black's third solo studio album, released on 1 April 1968 by Parlophone Records. The album reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web |title=Cilla Black: Artist Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10866/cilla-black/ |publisher=Official Charts |accessdate=15 May 2020}} The album's Paul McCartney-penned lead single "Step Inside Love" reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the opening theme tune to the first four series of the BBC TV variety show Cilla. The album was re-issued in the 1970s with different cover art and re-titled Step Inside Love, on the EMI Music For Pleasure (MFP) label.

Re-release

On September 7, 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A digital booklet containing original album artwork, detailed track information and rare photographs will be available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side One

"What the World Needs Now is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
"Suddenly You Love Me" (Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Lorenzo Pilat, Peter Callander)
"This is the First Time" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
"Follow the Path of the Stars" (Doug Flett, Guy Fletcher)
"Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin)
"Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" (Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene, Cornelius Grant)

Side Two

"Yo Yo" (Joe South)
"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
"Step Inside Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
"A Man and A Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme)" (Francis Lai, Pierre Barouh, Jerry Keller)
"I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You" (Bobby Willis, Clive Westlake)
"Follow Me" (Paddy Roberts)

Credits

Personnel

Lead vocals by Cilla Black
Produced by George Martin
Arranged and conducted by Mike Vickers
Album cover photograph by John Kelly

Chart positions

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Chart (1968)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|UK Albums Chart

|align="center"|7

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20091001204350/http://cillablack.com/music-sheroo.htm CillaBlack.com Discography – Sher-oo!
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081107213819/http://www.emimusic.co.uk/ EMI Music Official Site]
{{IMDb name|0085226|Cilla Black}}