Gold (Cher album)

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Gold
Gold cover
Compilation album by Cher
Released March 1, 2005
Recorded 1964-2001
Genre Pop/Rock, Soft rock, Dance, Disco, Country
Label Hip-O Records
Producer Mike Ragogna
Professional reviews
Cher chronology
Live! The Farewell Tour
(2003) / (2004)		 Gold
(2005)		 Cher's Forthcoming album
(2008)

Gold is a compilation of Cher's greatest hits released in 2005. The album was only released two years after the multi-platinum The Very Best of Cher, yet it was well received by critics, and All Music Guide gave it four-and-a-half out of five.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

  1. "I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)
  2. "Baby Don't Go" (Sonny & Cher)
  3. "All I Really Want to Do"
  4. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Original version)
  5. "Alfie"
  6. "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)
  7. "You Better Sit Down Kids"
  8. "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"
  9. "The Way of Love"
  10. "All I Ever Need Is You" (Sonny & Cher)
  11. "Living in a House Divided"
  12. "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" (Sonny & Cher)
  13. "Half-Breed"
  14. "Dark Lady"
  15. "Train of Thought"
  16. "Take Me Home" (Extended version)

[edit] Disc 2

  1. "I Found Someone"
  2. "We All Sleep Alone"
  3. "After All" (Love theme from Chances Are) (with Peter Cetera)
  4. "If I Could Turn Back Time"
  5. "Just Like Jesse James"
  6. "Heart of Stone" (Remix)
  7. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
  8. "Love and Understanding"
  9. "Save Up All Your Tears"
  10. "Love Hurts"
  11. "One by One" (Junior Vasquez Vocal Edit)
  12. "Believe"
  13. "Strong Enough"
  14. "All or Nothing"
  15. "Song for the Lonely"
  16. "A Different Kind of Love Song (Rodney Jerkins Main Mix, faster version)"

[edit] Reviews

“ 2005's Gold is basically an expanded version of 2003's The Very Best of Cher, running to 32 tracks instead of 21. It retails for about the same price, and unless you don't want the extra 11 songs, supplants that album as the best career-spanning collection on the market. And what a career she had. Starting in the mid-'60s with the girl group-styled pop of Sonny & Cher and her solo folk-rock work all the way through to the dance-pop sensation of 1999's "Believe," she has never stayed put for long and that makes for a very interesting collection. The first disc collects songs recorded with Sonny, her early folk-rock hit "All I Really Want to Do," and her solo work from the '70s, including an extended version of her 1979 disco hit "Take Me Home." The second disc combines her '80s rock babe persona and her dance diva work at the end of the century, and includes remixed versions of "Heart of Stone" and "One by One." Both discs are solid listens, though the second disc does rely a bit much on her work for Warner Bros., which is simply not as distinctive as the rest. As long as complaints are being lodged, it would have been nice to have photos in the booklet from all through her career instead of just a handful from her recent diva/mannequin phase. The lack of any real rarities or collector's items makes the disc a little dull for hardcore Cher fanatics too. Still, this is a disc that will certainly please the fans who want a sampling of her career and don't really want rarities or surprises. ”

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Estonian Albums Chart 49

[edit] References

  1. ^ AMG review
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Cher
Studio albums
All I Really Want to Do (1965) · The Sonny Side of Cher (1966) · Chér (1966) · With Love, Cher (1967) · Backstage (1968) · 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) · Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971) · Foxy Lady (1972) · Bittersweet White Light (1973) · Half-Breed (1973) · Dark Lady (1974) · Stars (1975) · I'd Rather Believe in You (1976) · Cherished (1977) · Take Me Home (1979) · Prisoner (1979) · Black Rose (1980) · I Paralyze (1982) · Cher (1987) · Heart of Stone (1989) · Love Hurts (1991) · It's a Man's World (1995/96) · Believe (1998) · not.com.mercial (2000) · Living Proof (2001/02) · Cher's Forthcoming album (2008)
Compilations
Cher sing The Hits (1967) · Cher's Golden Greats (1968) · Greatest Hits (1974) · Bang Bang & Other Hits (1992) · Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 (1992) · The Casablanca Years (1994) · If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits (1999) · The Greatest Hits (1999) · Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection (1999) · Half Breed/Dark Lady (1999) · The Millenium Collection (2000) · The Way of Love: The Cher Collection (2000) · The Very Best of Cher (2003) · Gold (2005) · The Best of Cher: The Imperial Recordings 1965-1968 (2007)
Soundtracks
Alfie (1966) · Chastity OST (1969) · Roller Boogie (1979) · Foxes (1980) · Mask (1985)  · Chances Are (1989) · Days of Thunder (1990) · Mermaids OST (1990) · Walk on the Moon (1999) · Stuck on You (2003)
Other albums
Live Albums & Videos
Cher Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage (1992) · Live in Concert (1999) · VH1 Divas 1999 (1999) · VH1 Divas 2002 (2002) · Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003) · Live! The Farewell Tour (2003/04) · Live at the Mirage(DVD release) (2005)
Music Video & Others
Cherfitness - A New Attitude (1991) · Cher - The Video Collection (1992) · Cherfitness - Body Confidence (1992) · The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (2004)
Tours
Two the Hard Way Tour (1978) · Take Me Home Tour (1979/81) · Live in Montecarlo (1980) · A Celebration at Caesar's Palace (1983)  · Heart of Stone Tour (1989/90) · Love Hurts Tour (1991/92) · Do You Believe? Tour (1999/2000) · Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002/05)  · Cher at the Colosseum (2008)
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