The album features Richard singing popular traditional Christmas songs, his Christmas hits from recent years and two original songs.

Each song was filmed on a different set in front of an audience.

Curiously, the release of Together with Cliff Richard was postponed in Australia until the 1992 Christmas season, despite Richard touring Australia late in 1991 (with his From a Distance tour) and including numerous songs from the Christmas album in the repertoire.

EMI Australia instead allowed the previous year's From a Distance: The Event album to receive attention (as it had not yet charted) and released a new five-CD box set, The Cliff Richard Collection, made up of previously released material.

When Together with Cliff Richard was eventually released in late 1992, momentum from the tour had since passed and the album did not chart.