Believe (CD)

When Cherilyn Sarkasian reinvented herself as the more photogenic half of '60s pop duo Sonny & Cher, no one could guess it would be merely the first step in an ongoing artistic redefinition that would continue for decades. After the smash success of Sonny & Cher's '60s recordings and '70s TV show, the pair split. Cher continued to score pop hits on her own, such as "Half Breed" and "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" in the '70s, before switching into disco mode for "Take Me Home." In the '80s, she became an acclaimed actress, with lead roles in such well received films as MASK, MERMAIDS, and MOONSTRUCK (the latter earning her an Oscar). Incredibly, she followed this by returning to the pop charts in the late '80s with "If I Could Turn Back Time" and becoming a Madonna-like dance-pop diva in the late '90s with the megahit "Believe."

• Category:  Music  »  Pop Vocal  »  Contemp. Pop Vocals
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Label: Warner Bros. Records
• UPC: 093624712121
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106412823
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #13143 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #417 in Pop Vocal (See Top 100 Pop Vocal Bestsellers)
• #145 in Contemp. Pop Vocals (See Top 100 Contemp. Pop Vocals Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Cher (vocals); Mark Taylor (guitar, keyboards, programming); Eddie Martinez, Marlon Graves, Adam Phillips (guitar); Chris Anderson (piano); Tom Salta (keyboards, programming); John Brunkvist (keyboards); Winston Blissett (bass); Matthias Heilbronn, Jeffrey Bernstein (programming); Sylvia Mason James, Hamish Stewart, Paul Barry, Audrey Wheeler, James Williams, Ada Dyer, Tracy Ackerman (background vocals).

Producers: Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling, Junior Vasquez, Todd Terry.

Engineers: Bill Klatt, Fabio, Marc Goodman.

Recorded at Dreamhouse Studios, London, England and Soundworks, New York, New York.

"Believe" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording. BELIEVE was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "Believe" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year.

One of pop's true reigning divas returns to the fore with BELIEVE, a strikingly modern set of compositions. From the electronic vocal manipulation of the opening title track to the traditional inflections of "Dov'e L'Amore" BELIEVE is a highly original, highly personal statement, setting timeless emotions to cutting-edge musical themes. "Takin' Back My Heart" is a headstrong tale of emotional self- empowerment, while Cher shares a little territory with Madonna on the synth-driven throb of "Taxi Taxi." The album's closer, "We All Sleep Alone" steps a little further back, building layers upon a vintage disco beat in an epic that would make Donna Summer proud. BELIEVE finds Cher staying on top of pop music's edge, as effortlessly and as earnestly as ever.

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