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Cher - Not.com.mercial Audio CD

A fair review of the Cher "Not.com.mercial" 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: Not.com.mercial
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Media: Audio CD

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Heartfelt!!
While there, she penned a number of songs which made it onto this album, not. In the spring of 1994, Cher was invited to a writers retreat in France. com. mercial, so titled because her record label found it too deep and personal, and feared it wouldn't sell. Cher herself didn't feel too confident about her penmanship.

It was finally released as a download only in 2000, a few years after her worldwide smash hit album dance/electronica album "Believe".

Musically, it couldn't be more different. It harkens back to her rock/folk (and even a little country) roots in the sixties as half of the duo Sonny and Cher, with loads of acoustic guitar, and storytelling lyrics.

Opening cut "Still" has got to be the most beautiful Cher ballad ever, a stunning acoustic profession of undying love.

"Sisters of mercy" is an angry mid tempo rocker telling the tale of an experience she and her mother had at the hands of a Catholic orphanage. It's laced with harmonica/accordion.

The blues tinged "(The fall) Kurt's Blues" is her ode to Kurt Curbain, written shortly after he died.

"With or without you" is an organ driven, sixties sounding ballad, "Fit to fly", an upbeat lovely pop/rock tribute to American war veterans, and "Classified 1A", a beautiful piano ballad with a raspy/raw vocal delivery, and a Sonny Bono composition, one of the 2 songs Cher didn't write, the other being "Born with the hunger".

My favourite song is the stirring folky "Our lady of San Francisco", a heartfelt ballad about a brush with a homeless lady. My only gripe is that the song is too brief.

This is my favourite Cher album, and it sounds like what Sonny and Cher would be recording today, if they were still together.
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A Fantastic Album
As other reviewers have said, it is deeply personal and the lyrics are well written. This is one of Cher's best. 'Still' is my favourite, and 'Our Lady of San Francisco', 'With or Without You' and 'Fit to Fly' are also great. The only one I don't like on this album is 'Classified 1a'. This album is a great buy - and as it is rare, get it now, it's worth it!.


Heart Touching and Unappologetically Honest.
" The song just makes you stop and see that not all people have a roof over their heads, very many clothes on their backs, and Food in their stomachs. This CD needs no appology, especialy the song "Our Lady of San Fransisco. "These times that we live in have less value" is a very true line in the song. In closing I would just like to say Cher great work and please keep them comming your an awsome writer.


A great, highly personal album.
All but two of the songs ("Born With the Hunger" and "Classified 1A") were written by Cher, and there is only one bad song on the CD ("Disaster Cake"). I'll keep this simple: This is a good album. While there are conflicting reports on why this album was never widely released, the fact remains that it is a fine piece of work by Cher.

The crowning jewel of this collection is "Fit To Fly," a remarkable diatribe about how terribly America treats its war veterans. Other stellar tracks are "Still," "Born With the Hunger" and "Runnin'. " These recordings are mostly acoustic, so you won't hear anything resembling "Believe. " Buy this, Cher fans, and enjoy a deeply personal work by this astounding singer.


FAB-U-LOUS!
I got this cd and from the moment "Still" began, I fell in love with it. I'm a HUGE Cher fan. It is one of those cd's that one can listen to over and over and never get tired of it. If you want to hear great songs written by the greatest performer of all time then I highly recommend this album.


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