Cher's Musical History - The 80s

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1980

"Black Rose"
Casablanca

Produced by James Newton Howard

Never Should've Started (Howard/Paich/Foster/Carter)
Julie (Taupin/Chapman)
Take It From The Boys (Bayer Sager/Roberts)
We'll All Fly Home (Vastano/Poncia)

88 Degrees (Brown)
You Know It (Dudek)
Young And Pretty Willis/Gernstein)
Fast Company (Mollin/Mollin)

CD currently available with different cover art in Europe

"Bad Love" appears on "Foxes" soundtrack (Casablanca)

1982

"I Paralyze"
Columbia

Produced by David Wolpert and John Farrar

Rudy (Morali/Belolo/Frederiksen/Epstein/Hunter/Maierhoffer)
Games (Farber/Melamed)
I Paralyze (Farrar/Kipner)
When The Love Is Gone (Child)
Say What's On Your Mind (Gottschalk)

Back On The Street Again (Bugatti/Musker/Waite)
Walk With Me (Wolfert/Child)
The Book Of Love (Child)
Touch And Go (Fuller)
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Smotherman/Burnette)

CD reissued by Varese Sarabande

Billboard® review for week ending 6/19/82

Don't let the punky sun glasses on the cover fool you: this time around Cher stays very much within an Olivia Newton-John/Sheena Easton pop context, with a collection of songs she can easily include in her Las Vegas shows. Cher has her detractors, but her musical ability cannot be denied and she handles the A/C material here with aplomb if not sensitivity.

1982 Singles: "Rudy", "I Paralyze", "Dead Ringer For Love" - With Meatloaf from "Dead Ringer" (Epic)

1987

"Cher"
Geffen

Produced by Michael Bolton, Desmond Child, Jon Bon Jovi,
Richie Sambora, Peter Asher and Jon Lind

I Found Someone (Bolton/Mangold)
We All Sleep Alone (Bon Jovi/Sambora/Child)
Bang-Bang (Bono)
Main Man (Child)
Give Our Love A Fighting Chance (Child/Warren)
Perfection (Child/Warren)
Dangerous Times (Pomerantz/Bruno/Schwartz)
Skin Deep (Lind/Goldenberg)
Working Girl (Child/Bolton)
Hard Enough Getting Over You (Bolton/James)

Billboard® review for week ending 11/14/87

Cher is back in the grooves after a protracted period of concentration on acting. Two natural attention-getters here: the Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora/Desmond Child-penned and -produced "We All Sleep Alone" and demimetal remake of Cher's '60s hit "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)."

1987 Single: "I Found Someone"

1988

1988 Singles: "We All Sleep Alone", "Bang-Bang" "Skin Deep" (also released as 12" dance mix), "Main Man"

1989

"Heart Of Stone"
Geffen

Produced by Peter Asher, Michael Bolton, Desmond Child,
Jon Lind, Diane Warren and Guy Roche

If I Could Turn Back Time (Warren)
Just Like Jesse James (Child/Warren)
You Wouldn't Know Love (Bolton/Warren)
Heart Of Stone (Hill/Sinfield)
Still In Love With You (Bolton/Halligan)
Love On A Rooftop (Child/Warren)
Emotional Fire (Child/Bolton/Warren)
All Because Of You (Lind/Schfrin)
Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore? (Bon Jovi/Sambora/Child/Warren)
Starting Over (Bolton/Cain)
Kiss To Kiss (Lind/D'Astugues/Galdston)
After All (Love Theme from "Chances Are") Duet With Peter Cetera (Snow/Pitchford)

The cover artwork was changed shortly after release

1989 Singles: "After All" with Peter Cetera (from "Chances Are" Soundtrack), "If I Could Turn Back Time", also released as a 12" picture disc

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