Take Me Home (album)

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Take Me Home
Take Me Home cover
Studio album by Cher
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Disco/Pop
Length 38:00
Label Casablanca Records
Producer Bob Esty and Ron Dante
Professional reviews
Cher chronology
Two the Hard Way
(1978)		 Take Me Home
(1979)		 Prisoner
(1979)
Singles from Take Me Home
  1. "Take Me Home"
  2. "Wasn't It Good"
  3. "It's Too Late To Love Me Now"

Take Me Home is the fifteenth album by American singer Cher, released in 1979 and was the first of three records Cher recorded for Casablanca Records. This marked the beginning of Cher's brief venture into disco music. The last song on the album - My Song (Too Far Gone) - however, is a ballad, about Cher's failed marriage with Gregg Allman.

The album brought Cher back to the charts, and sold over 1,000,000 copies reaching #25 on Billboard 200, and being certified Platinum in May 1979, the album sold around 6 million worldwide. It also spawned the minor Country Chart hit with 'Its Too Late (To Love Me Now)' which peaked at #87. The Title Track was also certified Gold by the RIAA that same year. The album itself has been released on CD in a double package with Cher's sixteenth album, Prisoner.

Contents

[edit] Original 1979 Track listing

Track listing

# Title Composers Time
01 Take Me Home Aller, Esty 06:45
02 Wasn't It Good Aller, Esty 04:20
03 Say The Word Aller, Esty 04:59
04 Happy Was The Day We Met Castro 04:00
05 Git Down (Guitar Groupie) Aller, Esty 03:44
06 Love & Pain Bear 03:25
07 Let This Be A Lesson To You Snow 03:17
08 It's Too Late (To Love Me Now) Bourke, Dobbins, Wilson 03:39
09 My Song (Too Far Gone) Cher, Hudson 03:54

[edit] Rerelease 1991 Track listing

Track listing

# Title Composers Time
01 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Bono 02:42
02 You Better Sit Down Kids Bono 03:41
03 Take Me Home Aller, Esty 06:45
04 Love & Pain Bear 03:25
05 Git Down (Guitar Groupie) Aller, Esty 03:44
06 Happy Was The Day We Met Castro 04:00
07 It's Too Late (To Love Me Now) Bourke, Dobbins, Wilson 03:39
08 Let This Be A Lesson To You Snow 03:17
09 My Song (Too Far Gone) Cher, Hudson 03:54

[edit] Credits

  • Vocals: Cher and Gene Simmons
  • Engineer: Larry Emerine and Richard Bowls
  • Guitar: Jay Graydon
  • Project Coordinator: Janice Soled
  • Compilation Producer: Wayne Olsen
  • Photography: Barry Levine

[edit] Promotion

Live in Montecarlo and A Celebration at Caesar's Palace were part of a tour that promoted her album, Take Me Home.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Billboard 200 25
Norwegian Albums Chart 42
Billboard Black Albums 32


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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 (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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