''Modern Priscilla'' is the tenth solo

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by English singer

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and her last to be completed before the end of her 15-year contract with the

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group. The release of this album with its two singles completed the long-term partnership with the recording giant. For her final project EMI drafted in producer Mike Hurst who at the time was producing the successful Rock 'n' Roll-revival group

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. Hurst initially was drafted in to produce a recording session for Black's standalone single release "I Wanted to Call It Off". The

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tinged single from July 1977 was a sign of things to come as for the album project Hurst further exploited this genre. The album notably featured three songs by songwriters Dominic Bugatti and

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who had written "Woman in Love" for

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and "(The World Is Full of) Married Men" for

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. The latter song was also recorded by

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Re-release

On 7 September 2009,

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released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. The re-issue featured all of the album's original recordings plus rare bonus tracks. A

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containing original

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, detailed track information and rare photographs was also made available from

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with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side one # "Silly Boy" (Dominic Bugatti,

) # "The Other Woman" (

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, Steve O'Donnell, Colin Horton-Jennings) # "Me and the Elephant" (Barry Whiteland) # "Keep Your Mind on Love" (Kenny Lynch, Steve O'Donnell, Colin Horton-Jennings) # "Putting it Down to the Way I Feel" (Ken Gold) # "Sugar Daddy" (Miller) Side two # "Opening Night" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) # "Brooklyn" (Lesty Pedroski) # "I Couldn't Make My Mind Up" ( Mike Hurst) # "Heart Get Ready for Love" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) # "Love Lines" (Kenny Lynch, Steve O'Donnell, Colin Horton-Jennings) # "Platform Rocker" (Sandy St. John, Mark Gibbons) Extra tracks on re-release # "

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" # "If I Could Put You in My Song" # "When You Walk in the Room" # "I Wanted to Call It Off" # "Songs" # "Silly Boy (Paul Hulme Mix)"

Credits

Personnel * Lead vocals by

* Produced by Mike Hurst * Arranged by

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* Album cover & design by Cream

References

External links

CillaBlack.com Discography – ''Modern Priscilla''

EMI Music Official Site
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Cilla Black - ''Modern Priscilla'' (1978) album review, credits & releases
at

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at

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as stream on

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