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Encyclopedia > Cher (1987 album)
Cher
Album cover
Album by Cher
Released 1987
Recorded ?
Genre Rock
Length ?
Label Geffen Records
Producer(s) ?
Professional reviews
Cher chronology
I Paralyze
(1982)
Cher
(1987)
Heart of Stone
(1989)

Cher is a self-titled album was released in 1987, after a number of less successful albums. It helped put Cher back into the charts and the limelight again. It was the first commercial success of her rock music era, after previously having performed mostly pop songs, she had now moved into the genre of radio friendly rock that was popular at the time. A number of well known people composed and/or produced songs on the album, including Diane Warren, Desmond Child, Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton, and Richie Sambora. Image File history File links Chercher. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Image:CherCher Photo Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of half Armenian, Scots Irish, and 1/16th Cherokee descent. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Geffen Records was founded by David Geffen in 1975 (after having founded Asylum Records in the 1970s). ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Image:CherCher Photo Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of half Armenian, Scots Irish, and 1/16th Cherokee descent. ... Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cher Performing at VH1 Divas Live 1999 Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of half Armenian, Scots Irish, and 1/16th Cherokee descent. ... Diane Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys, California) is an American pop music songwriter. ... Desmond Child (born 28 October 1953, Miami, Florida, USA) has worked as a music performer and songwriter. ... Jon Bon Jovi Portrait by T.HO 2004 Jon Bon Jovi (born March 2, 1962) is an Italian American singer, composer, musician (Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Keyboard) of the rock band Bon Jovi, and Hollywood actor. ... Michael Bolton on his album cover Michael Bolton, (born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Connecticut on February 26, 1954) is an American Pop, Rock and Adult contemporary singer-songwriter known for his soft rock ballads and gravelly singing voice. ... Richie Sambora (born Richard Stephen Sambora on July 11, 1959 in Woodbridge, New Jersey) is best known as the lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, handles harmony and background vocals, and joins frontman Jon Bon Jovi in writing most of the bands songs over the course of their twenty year...


Track Listing

  1. I Found Someone (Bolton/Mangold)
  2. We All Sleep Alone (Bon Jovi/Sambora/Child)
  3. Bang Bang (Bono)
  4. Main Man (Child)
  5. Give Our Love a Fightin' Chance (Child/Warren)
  6. Perfection (Child/Warren)
  7. Dangerous Times (Pomerantz/Bruno/Schwartz)
  8. Skin Deep (Lind/Goldenberg)
  9. Working Girl (Child/Bolton)
  10. Hard Enough Getting Over You (Bolton/James)

Singles

  • I Found Someone
  • We All Sleep Alone
  • Main Man
  • Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
  • Skin Deep

Credits

  • John Kalodner / John Kalodner
  • Mastered by Greg Fulginiti @ Artisan Sound Recorders

  Results from FactBites:
 
CHER BIOGRAPHY (1052 words)
The exotically attired Cher continued for a season with her own variety show, Cher and re-teamed with her former husband in The Sonny and Cher Show from 1976-77.
In 1987 Cher starred in The Witches of Eastwick, Suspect and Moonstruck, for which she won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award as Best Actress.
Cher began working as a session singer in an attempt to finance an acting career.
Relationships with Cher (1812 words)
Cher had demonstrated her considerable comedic talents in the various skits she performed on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, and while she was highly regarded in this arena, her ambition to develop a movie career was at first not taken seriously.
The album was written after a retreat to a poetry class in France; it was rejected by record labels and Cher chose to sell it on her Web site, with limited success.
Among her many achievements, Cher is the only recording artist in history to score #1 hits in four successive decades and she also holds the Billboard record for the longest time span --34 years-- between her first #1 hit in 1965 and her most recent #1 in 1999.
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