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Cher - Half Breed Audio CD

A fair review of the Cher "Half Breed" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cher reviews here, or go back to the Cher tabs.

Cher Band: Cher
Title: Half Breed
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-01-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves 2: Don't Hide Your Love 3: First Time 4: Let Me Down Easy 5: Half-Breed 6: Dark Lady 7: Carousel Man 8: Song for You 9: Train of Thought [*] 10: Way of Love [*]

Cher becomes Cher...

It is a fine representation of Cher at 25 going solo and coming of age. This compilation should not be confused with the 1973 album "Half-breed". However, during this period of 1971-75 she did maintain a business relationship with exhusband Sony Bono, mainly revamping the "Sony and Cher Comedy Hour" for TV. This disc includes her first solo #1 hit, 1971's "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. "Half-Breed"(1973) her second number one, along with the #1 "Dark Lady"(same album) are also included. So this disc scores well with hits but I like her rendition of Leon Russell's "Song For You". You'll take notice that Cher's distictive voice, her striking figure,(remember the showing the belly-button controversy)and the glitzy costumes blossomed at this time. So this disc serves well for what was to come!
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Amazon.com: WRONG
Chances are this is **NOT** what you're looking for- while Amazon says in their info box: "Original Release Date: 1973", it's simply not true:

This is **NOT** a re-issue of Cher's 1973 release "Half-Breed". .
This is **NOT** an "Import". . .

I purchased this CD in a discount bin years ago. This is a poorly produced, sub-standard collection of early Cher recordings pretending to be something it's not. The audio quality on this disc is significantly worse that the original albums, the volume is inconsistent and some of the songs are actually edited versions rather than the originals. Even the cover looks, well, weird.

For clarity, Amazon. com lists the following as Cher product titled Half Breed (links are to Amazon product page for each):
* "Half-Breed": the original 1973 LP (Note that the 1973 original album has a hyphen in its title): Half-Breed
* "Half Breed": the 1999 import CD which contains both the "Half-Breed" & "Dark Lady" albums: Half Breed/Dark Lady
* "Half Breed": the 1995 budget CD you are looking at now: Half Breed
* or the 2007 re-release of the same: Half Breed.


Half Breed Cher CD
I love these songs. This is the Cher of the 1970s. These are the ones
that cemented her as a Voice to be Reckoned with. I grew up with Sonny and Cher. I had every Cher album. She is one of a kind.
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Cher: Half-Breed (1973)
This album does a good deal of matching up with that of 1971's GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES album. In 1973, after releasing her seventh album, FOXY LADY, the year before, which did not chart too well, Cher released her eighth album entitled, HALF-BREED, an album should be recognized today by many Cher fans.

GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). This song was not re-released as single. It was just included here to fulfill the album space. Still a classic song.

DON'T HIDE YOUR LOVE
Not bad.

LET ME DOWN EASY
Not bad.

HALF-BREED
The first single from the album, as well as the album's title track. This is one hell of a song. Just think that I was not too crazy about this song when I first heard it. The was also Cher's second #1 hit song, as well as being the second of three story songs.

DARK LADY
The second single from the album. This song was Cher's third & final #1 hit for the next 25 years, as well as being the third of three story songs. Great song.

CAROUSEL MAN
Not bad.

A SONG FOR YOU
Great.

TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
Not bad.

THE WAY OF LOVE
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). Again, just filling the album space. Not a bad song.

First off, the cover amazon. com is showing us is not the original cover. The original cover featured Cher sitting on a hoarse in the western surburbs. This is a pretty good album and every Cher fan should have a copy.


different
This is not the same cover as the album. I use to own the album called "Half Breed". These are not the same songs that were on the original album. This CD is very good, but if you want what you had when you had the album this is not it. The exact songs from the album are not available on one CD.


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