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Cher - Essential Collection Audio CD

A fair review of the Cher "Essential Collection" 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: Essential Collection
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-12-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: All I Really Want To Do 2: Where Do You Go 3: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 4: Alfie - from the movie Alfie 5: You Better Sit Down Kids 6: The Way Of Love 7: Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves 8: All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher 9: Living In A House Divided 10: Don't Hide Your Love 11: Half-Breed 12: A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Sonny & Cher 13: Dark Lady 14: Train Of Thought 15: I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife 16: Take Me Home 17: Wasn't It Good 18: Hell On Wheels 19: Bad Love 20: Young And Pretty - Black Rose 21: Dead Ringer For Love - Meat Loaf & Cher 22: Rudy 23: I Got You Babe (live) - Sonny & Cher

Great CD, Excellent Songs
The songs are great and Cher makes you feel as if she singing to you. I just absolutely love this CD. My favorites are Bad Love, Hell on Wheels, Wasn't it good. Those songs add more dance and fun to this album.

I recommend this album to your Cher collection if you are big Cher fan as I am. .


response to order review
sorry i could not respond sooner but am grateful for the purchase. item came in on time in perfect condition. ERIC.


Cher: The Essential Collection (2001)
This album features 23 of Cher's essential hits, most of which include her 60s and 70s hits. In 2001, Cher released her next album, which of course, turned out to be another compilation entitled, THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION. This album is just as proficient sounding as THE WAY OF LOVE-THE CHER COLLECTION. Read on and find out more.

ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO
From the album ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO (1965). I've said it a million times, but it does not hurt for me to say it again: Cher's first hit single ever to be released from Cher's first ever studio recorded album. This is one hell of a Cher classic.

WHERE DO YOU GO
From the album THE SONNY SIDE OF CHER (1966). Great.

BANG BANG (MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN)
From the album THE SONNY SIDE OF CHER (1966). I've also said this about a million times: A classic Cher song, where it's 1987 re-recording kicks much more a** than this version.

ALFIE
From the album CHER (1966). Not bad.

YOU BETTER SIT DOWN KIDS
From the album WITH LOVE, CHER (1968). Not bad.

THE WAY OF LOVE
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). Not bad.

GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES
From the album GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES (1971). Cher's very first #1 hit single is just outstandingly incredible. I cannot believe that after all these years, 34 years to be exact, that this song is still a huge hit for Cher.

ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU (Performed by Sonny & Cher)
From Sonny & Cher's album ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU (1972). Not bad.

LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED
From the album FOXY LADY (1972). Not bad.

DON'T HIDE YOUR LOVE
From the album FOXY LADY (1972). Not bad.

HALF-BREED
From the album HALF-BREED (1973). Cher's second #1 hit sounds just as great as "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves". This is another classic Cher song that everybody from my parents' generation up to mine should recognize today.

A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE (Performed by Sonny & Cher)
From Sonny & Cher album ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU (1972). Not bad.

DARK LADY
From the album HALF-BREED (1973). Cher's final #1 hit single for the next 25 years to come. This song just fantastic and still so after 22 years of it being released as a single.

TRAIN OF THOUGHT
From the album HALF-BREED (1973). Not bad.

I SAW A MAN AND HE DANCE WITH HIS WIFE
From the album DARK LADY (1974). Not bad.

TAKE ME HOME
From the album TAKE ME HOME (1979). Just an awesome Disco tune when Cher was still going through her Disco era. This is a song that should get everyone up and dancing. The sound and beats are just right for dancing.

WASN'T IT GOOD
From the album TAKE ME HOME (1979). Not bad.

HELL ON WHEELS
From the album PRISONER (1979). Not bad.

BAD LOVE
Previously unreleased. Not bad.

YOUNG AND PRETTY
From the album BLACK ROSE (1980). This is when Cher fronted the short-lived rock band, Black Rose. This isn't a Cher solo song, really, and the band's self-titled album is not a Cher solo album, but it is not a bad song.

DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE (performed by Cher & Meat Loaf)
From Meat Loaf's album DEAD RINGER (1981). This is a great duet between Cher & Meat. Meat Loaf is one hell of a rocker.

RUDY
From the album I PARALYZE. Yes, finally! A song from Cher's I PARALYZE album is featured on a greatest hits compilation. I knew no one could resist that album. This is a great song.

I GOT YOU BABE (Live) (Performed by Sonny & Cher)
Original version from the album LOOK AT US (1965). This song will always hold a special place within all of our hearts, since: 1) It'll help us remind ourselves of the once great Sonny Bono and 2) It was Sonny & Cher's signature & #1 hit single.

Picking up a copy of this album will be the best move you could ever make. So, take my advice and please by a copy of this album. Trust me when I say that you will not regret it. BELIEVE me.


Not exactly a comprehensive Cher collection...
This one doesn't even stretch that far, instead highlighting Cher's pre-and-post disco years of the 1970's. Most Cher collections(and there are many, many of 'em!)peter out somewhere between 1987 and 1993. Still, it contains non-hits(but fun ones)like "Hell on Wheels"(from "Roller Boogie")and "Bad Love"(from "Foxes"), plus songs with Black Rose(her metal period)and Meatloaf! Cher's throaty voice and non-expressive delivery bring out the campy side of the lyrics. She would later become a rock-lite belter and actually gain some much-needed vocal range, but that's a DIFFERENT collection! A-.


This Is It - Essentially
The CD captures 4 decades of Cher's voice. If you could only afford one Cher CD then Essential Collection would be the one to buy. It is packed with a load of songs that even the "warm" Cher fans will love. The "hot" Cher fans will be in heaven! There is no reason not to buy the Essential Collection.


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