Something's Goin' On

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Personnel: Tommy Sims (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Duane Eddy, George Marinelli, Alan Kendall, Michael Spriggs, Pat Buchanan, Tom Hemby, J.T. Corenflos (guitar); Steve Mandile (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Ripoll (acoustic guitar); George Cocchini, Jerry McPherson (electric guitar); Jonathan Yudkin (cello); The Nashville String Machine, Carl Gorodetzky (strings); DeMarco Johnson (harmonica); Doug Moffett, Jeff Coffin, Mark Douthit (saxophone); Mike Haynes (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jennifer Kummer (French horn); Barry Green (trombone); Doug Emery, Jeff Roach, Maurice Gibb, Michael Omartian, Tony Harrell (keyboards); Chuck Tilley (drums, percussion); Greg Morrow, Biff Watson, Dan Needham, John Hammond (drums); Ziggy Diaz, Richard Source Pena, Trey Bruce, Greg Bieck (programming); Andy Chrisman, Lisa Cochran, Susan Ashton, Wes Hightower, Barry Gibb, Marty Slayton, Michael Mellett (background vocals). Audio Mixers: F. Reid Shippen; John VanNest; Terry Christian . Recording information: Big One Three Studio, Nashville, TN; Blue Room, Nashville, TN; Middle Ear Studios, South Beach, Miami, FL; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Omnisound Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; Pocket Studio, Franklin, TN; Sound House Brentwood, TN; Sound Kitchen Studios, Franklin, TN; Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN; Starstruck, Nashville, TN; The Bennett House, Franklin, TN; The Hideout, Franklin, TN; The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN; Uncle Tom's Cabin, Franklin, TN. Editors: Brian Willis; Mark Hagen. Photographer: Colin Bell. Arranger: Michael Omartian. Released in 2004, Something's Goin' On was Cliff Richard's first studio album in over three years, and it continued the eclectic mood that characterized Wanted. Interestingly, however, it substituted that set's reliance on covers for a collection of brand-new original numbers, and while Richard again ran the gamut from upbeat rock & roll ("Sometimes Love") to melancholy soul and ballads ("Field of Love" is a gem), he twisted the expected format somewhat by traveling to Nashville for the recordings -- which is not to say it's anything approaching a country album, but the vibe is certainly there. The single "Somethin' Is Going On" was a well-chosen introduction to the set, although it is far from the best track here. Those honors belong to the opening "Thousand Miles to Go," with its Beatles-ish guitar twang and an irresistibly knockabout rhythm, the vastly entertaining (and oddly 10cc-ish) "What Car," and "How Did She Get Here," a big ballad that you wish Freddie Mercury could have gotten his hands on. But there's really nothing here that you'll wish he'd left on the cutting-room floor, and there are moments when the energy turns the clock back 20, even 30 years, to a time when all Cliff Richard albums had the potential to be this good. Of course, not all of them were -- but it's great to see him making up for lost time. ~ Dave Thompson