Greatest Love Classics


Greatest Love Classics is the thirty-eighth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in 1984 by EMI Records. Williams writes in the liner notes: "All through my life I have known and loved the great classic melodies and wished I could sing them. So when Tony Hiller and Nicky Graham contacted me with some of these melodies set to lyrics, they immediately caught my imagination."
Although the album did not make it onto the Billboard 200 chart in the US, it did enter the UK album chart on October 27, 1984, and reached #22 during its 10 weeks there. On November 12, 1984, it was awarded with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units as well as Gold certification for sales of 100,000 units in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.

Track listing

All titles arranged and adapted by Tony Hiller & Nicky Graham; all lyrics by Hiller & Graham; original concept by Hiller.

Side one

  1. "Romeo and Juliet" - 3:36
  2. "Love Made Me a Fool" - 3:28
  3. "Vino de Amor" - 3:35
  4. "A Different Light" - 3:55
  5. "Another Winter's Day" - 3:55
  6. "The Vision" - 2:31
  7. "Journey's End" - 3:28

Side two

  1. "A Twist of Fate" - 3:08
  2. "Home" - 4:16
  3. "Brave New World" - 2:46
  4. "She'll Never Know" - 3:01
  5. "In My World of Illusion" - 3:44
  6. "Words" - 4:31

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album:

Musicians

All tracks feature the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Raymond Cohen except "Another Winter's Day" featuring Stuart Calvert on piano and "Vino de Amor" featuring Carmelo Luggeri and Terry Taylor on guitars. John McCarthy directed the Ambrosian Opera Chorus on "Words". Also featured on various tracks are:
  • Geoffrey Eales - piano
  • Herbie Flowers - bass
  • Bob Jenkins - drums
  • Felix Krish - bass
  • Ian Lynn - piano
  • Barry Morgan - drums
  • Ronnie Price - piano
  • Paul Westwood - bass