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album released in 1975 by British singer

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. Having seen a sales dip in the latter half of the 1960s, Bassey enjoyed a successful comeback in the 1970s, beginning with the single and album hits, "

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". This continued over the next few years with several high-selling albums and in 1975, her record label

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, released a collection of songs taken from this period, plus "

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" (which were featured on a 1960s album that had been re-released and a hit in 1971).Shirley Bassey on officialcharts.com
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" as well as featuring the hits " Fool on the Hill" and " Diamonds are Forever", which had not featured on any of her albums up to this point. This album was first released on CD in 1988 with bonus tracks and retitled as ''Shirley Bassey The Singles''.

Track listing

Side One # "

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" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:13 (Recorded in 1971) # " Diamonds Are Forever" ( John Barry, Don Black) – 2:41 (Recorded in 1971) # "

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) – 3:14 (Recorded in 1970) # "Make the World a Little Younger" (Terry Howell, L. O'Hara) – 3:31 (Recorded in 1973) # "

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) – 1:49 (Recorded in 1967) Side Two # "Never, Never, Never" (Tony Renis, Alberto Testa,

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) – 3:37 (Recorded in 1973) # "When You Smile" (William Salter, Ralph MacDonald) – 3:28 (Recorded in 1974) # "

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) – 4:27 (Recorded in 1972) # "Does Anybody Miss Me" (Les Reed, Johnny Worth) – 2:27 (Recorded in 1969) # "For All We Know" (Fred Karlin, Arthur James, Robb Wilson) – 2:43 (Recorded in 1971) Bonus tracks on CD re-issue: # " Goldfinger" (

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, Carlo Domida,

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) - 2:41 (Recorded in 1963) # "

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References

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