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 enlarge | Artist: Cher
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 18861
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000364302
UPC: 602498643549
EAN: 0602498643549
ASIN: B0007OY442
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Never played. Ships out next day with free upgrade to first class shipping! j
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Disc 1
| • | I Got You Babe - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | Baby Don't Go - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | All I Really Want to Do - Cher, Dylan, Bob | | • | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | Alfie - Cher, Bacharach, Burt | | • | The Beat Goes On - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | You Better Sit Down Kids - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves - Cher, Stone, Robert | | • | The Way of Love - Cher, Stone, Robert | | • | All I Ever Need Is You - Cher, Reeves, Eddie | | • | Living in a House Divided - Cher, Bahler, Tom | | • | A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Cher, Bono, Sonny | | • | Half-Breed - Cher, Capps, Al | | • | Dark Lady - Cher, Durrill, John | | • | Train of Thought - Cher, O'Day, Alan | | • | Take Me Home - Cher, Allter, Michele |
Disc 2
| • | I Found Someone - Cher, Bolton, Michael | | • | We All Sleep Alone | | • | After All (Love Theme from Chances Are) - Cher, Snow, Tom | | • | If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher, Warren, Diane | | • | Just Like Jessie James - Cher, Child, Desmond | | • | Heart of Stone - Cher, Hill, Andy | | • | The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Cher, Clark, Rudy | | • | Love and Understanding - Cher, Warren, Diane | | • | Save Up All Your Tears - Cher, Child, Desmond | | • | Love Hurts - Cher, Bryant, Boudleaux | | • | One by One - Cher, Griffiths, Anthony | | • | Believe - Cher, Higgins, Brian | | • | Strong Enough - Cher, Barry, Paul | | • | All or Nothing - Cher, Barry, Paul | | • | Song for the Lonely - Cher, Barry, Paul | | • | A Different Kind of Love Song - Cher, Lewis, Michelle |
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 100 Star Digital Masterpiece - the best CHER collection EVER July 28, 2005
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
Wow. Well this has been a very long time coming. Of course, two CDs won't cover Cher's releases and for the insane Cher fans - well, you will have to wait for the box set. This GOLD CD, however, is a gem. I have NEVER heard ALFIE sound like this I had to play it 5X in a row and then it rocks right into this amazing remaster of THE BEAT GOES ON - I didn't know how my speakers picked up this clarity.
Geffen somehow secured the rights to these recordings to RE-RELEASE them after Cher's multi-platinum THE VERY BEST OF CHER that coincided with the winding up of her outrageously successful Farewell Tour. The European version of her hits was a 2 disk affair that had a lot of wonderful Cher hits.
THIS CD has most of Cher's top 40s but most importantly it is chronological and so there is a beauty in hearing the vocal changes stylistically, artistically and age encumbering that have made Cher one of the greatest vocalists of all time. She deserves this type of treatment. The songs are remastered so amazingly you will wonder why we had to hear them in their previous versions - is is THAT GOOD!
The clarity is amazing. Buy this for yourself and a friend. Everyone secretly (and not so secretly) loves Cher.
Cher is amazing.
Turn Back The Time July 31, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I honestly look at divas today, I really seem to see a whole lot when it comes to artyists that trry to sound exactly the same as one or another. Yet, with so many manufactured acts like Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Beyonce', and others, it is just too easy to forget about the real legends that have maintained the test of time. Cher is arguably one of those few. For over forty years, she has came back again and again to re-conjure herself for a whole new generation. Nevertheless, it has continued to work for so many. While she hasn't been able to have a actual reflective collection of her music, now there actually is one to truly believe in.
Cher: Gold, Universal's answer to Sony's Essential packages, is a double album reflection of Cher and her longtime career. The album arguably remains more definitive than many could imagine. There are just so many Cher classics to be showcased here including If I Could Turn Back Time, Half-Breed, I Got You Babe, I Found Someone, Believe and others. This shows her career from Warner Brothers, Geffen, Universal, and other labels. There are just so many greats to offer. Yet, while there are just so many sides to be offered here. There is always a con from each hits package. The album overshadows a few gems Cher has made her own including Love One Another, It's A Man's World, as well as other classics from her days with Sonny Bono.
All in all, Cher: Gold is truly as definitive as Cher has made her statements in music for years. It is just a shame she isn't recording any great music anymore. Nevertheless, her music will continue to turn back time. This is truly the best from someone who still sings for the lonely.
Album Cover: B
Mastering: A-
Songs: B+
Price: A-
Overall: B+
 Fools Gold September 1, 2005
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
"Gold" or not, there should have been at least one track from the long ignored mid-70's Warner albums. This recycling of what has already been made widely available, especially in the last few years, and is still in print, is criminal. As it stands, even the cover photo is not new, or even previously unseen. Cher is loved & relentlessly collected by this writer, but the grotesque marketing ploy of this release just bites.
Other writers have marveled in that Geffen has included tracks from a seemingly wide array of labels. Kids, Geffen is part of UMG [Universal Music Group] which has access to, and/or licensing arrangements with all the labels/companies of her past.
What would have been truly marvelous is a collection that includes those rarities that have fans spending tons of money on eBay, etc. Where is the legendary, albeit admittedly embarrassing, Bonnie Jo Mason single "Ringo I Love You?" Where are the two post-Sonny Warner/Spector singles? Where is the long-overlooked "Stars," the pop-confection "I'd Rather Believe in You," the southern/R&B influenced "Two the Hard Way" or the abysmal "Cherished" from 1975-77? "Black Rose?" Even a couple of non-album sountrack selections would be nice. Let's talk about variety.
Be warned, by one who cares: folks, this collection is nothing more than fool's gold.
 Almost golden October 29, 2005
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
In theory, this is an excellent Cher compilation. The cover is lovely (and the first from Universal's 'Gold' series to deviate from their uniform aesthetic) and the tracklisting is a satisfactory overview of Cher's career. It certainly tops the domestic release of 'The Very Best of Cher' which was a skin-and-bones effort intended to offer the essential Cher songs and little else. Australia, Canada and parts of Europe, however, ended up with a far more interesting 2CD package. With a CD-busting length of 42 tracks, this deluxe release of 'The Very Best of Cher' leaves 'Gold' for dead. Although the two vary slightly on the earlier inclusions (you won't find Cher's brash reading of 'Alfie' on 'The Very Best of Cher', nor the iconic 'You Better Sit Down Kids' and 'Living In A House Divided) every song on 'Gold' appears on 'The Very Best of Cher' along with a healthy smattering of oft-forgotten cuts. Neither compilation addresses Cher's Warner albums from the mid-seventies, a shame considering 'Stars' and 'I'd Rather Believe In You' contain some of her best ever recordings, but at least 'The Very Best of Cher' makes more of an attempt to bridge the gap. 'Rudy' from 1982's 'I Paralyze' is a welcome inclusion, as is her otherwise unavailable on a Cher album disco cut 'Bad Love'. The Meat Loaf duet 'Dead Ringer For Love', a staple of Cher's hilarious/fabulous eighties schlock rock period, is also included, as is a cut from Cher's 1994 'not.com.mercial' CD which was sold exclusively through her website a few years back. There are also five songs from Cher's latest studio release 'Living Proof' which might seem slightly excessive, but the songs are frighteningly fun so the decision is justified.
Although the un-chronological sequencing on 'The Very Best of Cher' is rather frustrating - in that respect, 'Gold' is a more effective compilation - on content alone there is no contest. For the casual fan, the 2CD 'The Very Best of Cher' will be the only Cher album they ever need to own. For hardcores, it remains the most satisfying compilation and even offers a couple of rarities that make it a worthy purchase. Had Universal included a couple of unavailable tracks from Cher's mid-seventies period it would have scored extra brownie points, but as it stands 'Gold' is a fairly redundant release for the Cher connossieur and casual fans alike. The 2CD import version of 'The Very Best of Cher' is available here at Amazon. It may be twice the price but it is a far better investment.
Cher Gold tarnished October 30, 2005
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love Cher. I have been a fan of hers for 34 years. All of these greatest hits cds are the same ol,same ol'. I like to see a cd of her earlier recordings as Bonnie Jo Mason ,"RINGO,I LOVE YOU". Her covers with Sonny as Caesar and Cleo,"Do You Want To Dance", "LOVE IS STRANGE" and " LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL"> Plus I know there are many,many unreleased Sonny and Cher songs hiding in both ATCO and MCA vaults.Probably more songs with her other record labels. Yes, I'd like to see her late 70's LPS of "STARS"<"I'D RATHER BELIEVE IN YOU","CHERISHED" and "ALLMAN & WOMAN:TWO THE HARD WAY" released. I can't keeep buying the same songs over and over.Making writers and record companies richer.
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