along with a second single "Could It Be Forever". The single stalled at No.37, but the album was generally favorably received and sold well, reaching No.15 on the Billboard 200. In the United Kingdom, where the Partridge Family was just beginning to catch on (the TV series did not start to air there until December 1971), Cherish was released in March 1972. It was decided to release "Could It Be Forever" and "Cherish" as a Double A-side, which quickly rose to No.2, with "Could It Be Forever" receiving the majority of airplay on radio stations. The album also took off. It climbed to No.2 and remained in the Top 40 for 43 weeks. This marked the start of a 3-year period in which Cassidy became one of the biggest record-sellers and a pre-eminent teen idol in the U.K. and Australia (where "Cherish" hit No.1) at the same time as his sales in the U.S. were falling. In March 1973 (following two successful singles from Cassidy's second album Rock Me Baby) the UK fan-favorite "I Am a Clown" with its memorable spoken introduction was belatedly issued as a single, and reached No.3. Cherish was deleted from catalogs in the late 1970s, and for many years remained available only via second-hand markets. The album was finally remastered and issued on CD through Arista in 2000, and remains in print. The reputation of Cherish is largely positive, with Allmusic's Lindsay Planer describing the album as " Overall...an admirable first time out and, above all, [it] continues to display the vocalist's theatrical sensibilities and performance style.". Track listing "Being Together" (Tony Romeo) – 2:53 "I Just Wanna Make You Happy" (Wes Farrell, Bobby Hart) – 2:18 "Could It Be Forever" (Wes Farrell, Danny Janssen) – 2:16 "Blind Hope" (Adam Miller) – 3:14 "I Lost My Chance" (Adam Miller) – 2:38 "My First Night Alone Without You" (Kin Vassy) – 3:34 "We Could Never Be Friends ('Cause We've Been Lovers Too Long)" (Tony Romeo) – 2:50 "Where Is the Morning" (Adam Miller) – 2:53 "I Am a Clown" (Tony Romeo) – 4:35 "Cherish" (Terry Kirkman) – 3:46 "Ricky's Tune" (David Cassidy) – 3:24 Personnel David Cassidy – Vocals Hal Blaine – Drums Mike Melvoin – Piano, strings & horn arrangements Max Bennett, Reinie Press – Bass Louis Shelton, Tommy Tedesco, Larry Carlton, Dennis Budimir – Guitar The Love Generation – Backing vocals (arranged by John