Cherished

This article is about the Cher album. For the 2005 film, see Cherished (film).

Cherished
Studio album by Cher
Released	September 1977
Recorded	April 1977 in the "Larrabee Sound Studio", North Hollywood, CA
Genre	Pop
Length	29:19
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Snuff Garrett, Al Capps
Cher chronology
I'd Rather Believe in You (1976) Cherished (1977) Two the Hard Way (1978)
Singles from Cherished
"Pirate" Released: 1977 "War Paint and Soft Feathers" Released: 1977

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
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Cherished is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher released in September 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. This album, like other several predecessors, was a commercial failure and failed to chart.

Album information

Cherished was released in the 1977 and was the last album produced by Snuff Garrett. The years 1975, 1976 and 1977 were very unsuccessful for her, despite the huge success of her TV show. The Cher Show was a top-10 rated show but the album wasn't much publicized. As a result, it sold very little, failed in the charts and was ignored by critics and fans. Also Cher was dissatisfaction with the final results of the album and in an interview, she said that she never enjoyed making this album. She only made it because of the contract deal with the Warner Bros.

The style of the record recalls her old hits like Dark Lady and Half Breed.^[2] "Cherished" is also Cher's first album without her name on the cover because the title of the album is a pun of the Cher name.^[3]

The first single released was "Pirate" which reached #93 in Billboard. This song was also used as a bonus track on some edition of the "I'd Rather Believe in You" album, being track number one in the Australian version, re-titled "Images". Though "Pirate was a small hit, was released as a second single "War Paint and Soft Feathers" but it didn't chart.

During these years, Cher's voice was changing constantly. On "Cherished" she sounded very deep.

The album has never been released on CD. The only CD's in circulation are bootlegs, with no official information as to a legitimate release.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pirate"	Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Gary Harju	3:06
2.	"He Was Beautiful"	Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd	2:51
3.	"War Paint and Soft Feathers"	Cloretta Kay Miller, Sandy Pinkard, Al Capps	3:01
4.	"Love the Devil Out of Ya"	Johnny Durrill, Doc Pomus	2:15
5.	"She Loves to Hear the Music"	Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager	3:10

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"L.A. Plane"	Gary Harju, Larry Herbstritt	3:38
2.	"Again"	Allen	2:30
3.	"Dixie"	Johnny Durrill, Sandy Pinkard	2:26
4.	"Send the Man Over"	Cliff Crofford, Snuff Garrett	3:47
5.	"Thunderstorm"	Johnny Durrill, Sandy Pinkard	2:35

Credits

Personnel

• Cher - lead vocals

Production

• Snuff Garrett - record producer
• Lenny Roberts - sound engineer
• Randy Tominaga - assistant engineer
• Tavi Mote - assistant engineer

Design

• Harry Langdon - photography

References

1. ^ Cherished at Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
2. ^ "Cherished Review". CherScholar.com. http://www.cherscholar.com/recordreview.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 
3. ^ "Cherished Review". TvParty.com. http://www.tvparty.com/cherecords2.html. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 

External links

• Cher at the Internet Movie Database