Cher - Backstage '1968

Artist	Cher Related artists
Album name	Backstage
Country
Date	1968
Genre	Folk
Play time	00:37:08
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	235 mb (+3%rec.)
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Cher's fourth solo album feels like the end of the first chapter of Sonny &
Cher. There are photos of the pair on-stage and interesting liner notes by Sonny
Bono where Cher says to him matter-of-factly (in a transcribed phone
conversation) "you do your best and hope they like it." Problem is, a good
portion of the performances here lack that something special found on her hit
records. John B. Sebastian's sparkle is absent from the lackluster reading of
"Do You Believe in Magic?." It's a delightful arrangement with a vocal the
singer mailed in. The fun presence on her first solo hit, "All I Really Want to
Do," doesn't translate well when another Dylan composition, "Masters of War," is
put on the table. Perhaps the song was describing behind-the-scenes at the Bono
household? "Like a Rolling Stone" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" made it to
her second and third albums, clarifying that the folksinger icon was an
important ingredient in this phase of Cher's solo career. The counterculture
couple gone mainstream certainly could have found a gem from Mr. Zimmerman's
vast catalog that could have clicked on the charts. And speaking of clicking,
Miriam Makeba's "The Click Song" and Bob West's "Song Called Children" have the
emotion missing on the covers of Denny Laine's hit version of Milton Bennett and
Larry Banks' "Go Now" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe." This was right
before Rod Stewart got major airplay with the title, Mercury Records pushing the
Hardin classic for Stewart until a Boston DJ flipped the single over and made
"Maggie May" happen. Had Cher put some muscle into the popular tunes on this
album, it could have been huge. The world was ready to hear the beautiful melody
that is "Reason to Believe." She's great on Dr. John Creaux and Jessie Hill's "I
Wasn't Ready" but drops the ball on the fantastic composition "Take Me for a
Little While." Backstage is a mixed bag including some classy imports with their
foreign-language titles -- amusing takes on "Carnival," a song interpreted by
Miriam Makeba, and "The Impossible Dream." These pre-Snuff Garrett/Al Capps
recordings are an essential part of the Sonny & Cher repertoire -- the final one
before 3614 Jackson Highway leading up to the two-year gap ended with 1971's
Sonny & Cher Live.


Tracks:

 01. Cher - Go Now [04:03] 
 02. Cher - Carnival [03:31] 
 03. Cher - It All Adds Up Now [03:01] 
 04. Cher - Reason To Believe (Remastered 1990) [02:31] 
 05. Cher - Masters Of War [04:12] 
 06. Cher - Do You Believe In Magic [02:39] 
 07. Cher - I Wasn't Ready [03:03] 
 08. Cher - A House Is Not A Home [02:18] 
 09. Cher - Take Me For A Little While (Remastered 1990) [02:44] 
 10. Cher - The Impossible Dream [02:30] 
 11. Cher - The Click Song [02:58] 
 12. Cher - Song Called Children (Remastered 1990) [03:40]





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