Jump to content

Living Proof (Cher album): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Reverted edits by 90.216.223.177 (talk) to last version by 181.27.190.67
Rescuing 2 sources, flagging 0 as dead, and archiving 5 sources. #IABot
Line 33: Line 33:
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r581732}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r581732}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/rArchive.aspx?itype=1 Blender review]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/rArchive.aspx?itype=1 Blender review] {{wayback|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/rArchive.aspx?itype=1 |date=20061218053951 }}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|author=Jim Farber |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,251442,00.html |title=Living Proof Review |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |date=2002-03-15 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
|rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|author=Jim Farber |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,251442,00.html |title=Living Proof Review |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |date=2002-03-15 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
Line 191: Line 191:
{{albumchart|Austria|19|artist=Cher|album=Living Proof|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}
{{albumchart|Austria|19|artist=Cher|album=Living Proof|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}
|-
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="CanadianCharts">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020720105556/http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_120601_ALBUMS.html|title=Canadian Albums|work=''[[Jam!]]'' [[Canadian Online Explorer|Canoe]]|accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref>
|align="left"|[[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="CanadianCharts">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_120601_ALBUMS.html |title=Canadian Albums |work=''[[Jam!]]'' [[Canadian Online Explorer|Canoe]] |accessdate=May 3, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20041213021419/http://jam.canoe.ca:80/JamMusicCharts/prev_120601_ALBUMS.html |archivedate=December 13, 2004 }}</ref>
|align="center"|64
|align="center"|64
|-
|-

Revision as of 08:35, 13 January 2016

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blender[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
entertainment.ie[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

Living Proof is the 24th studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released in November 2001 in Europe by WEA Records. In the United States, the album was released on February 26, 2002 by Warner Bros. Records where it debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 82,000 copies. The album has sold 520,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan[7] and more than 1 million copies worldwide.[8]

Album information

The lead single in Europe and Australia was "The Music's No Good Without You", while the United States received "Song for the Lonely". "The Music's No Good Without You" received major success in the UK, becoming a top ten hit, making Cher one of the few artists to have a top 10 hit in 5 consecutive decades. "Song for the Lonely" peaked at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (one of four songs from the album to top the U.S. dance chart). "Alive Again" and "A Different Kind of Love Song" were follow-up singles. "A Different Kind of Love Song topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play and chart on the Hot 100 at #105. Despite not being released as a single "When the Money's Gone" charted on the Hot 100 at #112.

The third American single was "When the Money's Gone"/"Love One Another", earning Cher a Grammy nomination - Best Dance Recording for "Love One Another". She lost the award to Kylie Minogue's song "Come into My World".

Shortly after the release of the album Cher won many awards including Bambi Best International Pop Act Award in Germany, Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year Award and the Artist Achievement Award for her contribution to music at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards. Living Proof became her eighth consecutive album to be certified at least Gold in the United Kingdom.

In Australia, prior to the release of the album, earlier unedited versions of "Alive Again", "Rain Rain" and "Love So High" were released on CD as a sampler for promotional use only. These versions have been positively received by Cher fans, and have spread through forums and file sharing networks. The scarce sampler CD also included "The Music's No Good Without You" and "A Different Kind of Love Song".

The tracklist varied in certain parts of the world. "You Take It All", "The Look" and "When You Walk Away" were available on the European, Japanese and American versions respectively.

Track listing

Original version

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Music's No Good Without You"Cher, James Thomas, Mark Taylor, Paul Barry4:42
2."Alive Again"Nick Bracegirdle, Ray Hedges, Tracy Ackerman4:19
3."Song for the Lonely"Taylor, Barry, Steve Torch4:01
4."A Different Kind of Love Song"Johan Aberg, Michelle Lewis, Sigurd Rosnes3:51
5."Rain, Rain"Shelly Peiken, Guy Roche3:34
6."Love So High"John Capek, Marc Jordan4:33
7."Body to Body, Heart to Heart"Diane Warren3:58
8."Love Is a Lonely Place Without You"Taylor, Barry, Torch3:53
9."Real Love"Cher, Tor Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Hallgeir Rustan3:54
10."Love One Another"Billy Steinberg, Marie-Claire Cremers, Rick Nowels3:44
11."You Take It All"Stuart McLennan, Bracegirdle, Brian Higgins4:53
12."When the Money's Gone"Bruce Roberts, Donna Weiss3:44
13."The Look" (Japanese bonus track)Taylor, Barry4:24

American version

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Song for the Lonely"Taylor, Barry, Torch4:02
2."A Different Kind of Love Song"Aberg, Lewis, Rosnes3:52
3."Alive Again"Bracegirdle, Hedges, Ackerman4:19
4."The Music's No Good Without You"Cher, Thomas, Taylor, Barry4:42
5."Rain, Rain"Roche, Peiken3:34
6."Real Love"Cher, Rustan, Eriksen, Hermansen3:54
7."Love So High"Capek, Jordan4:33
8."Body to Body, Heart to Heart"Warren3:58
9."Love Is a Lonely Place Without You"Taylor, Barry, Torch3:53
10."Love One Another"Steinberg, Cremers, Nowels3:44
11."When You Walk Away"Warren4:21
12."When the Money's Gone"Roberts, Weiss3:44

American Reissue

In the United States, later pressings of the album contained the radio edit versions of "Song for the Lonely" (3:23) and "A Different Kind of Love Song" (3:33). It is unclear exactly when this happened, but the only way to identify the reissue is by looking at the CD's matrix which reads "RE-1".

Credits

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label
Japan November 6, 2001 CD Standard WEA
Australia November 12, 2001
United Kingdom November 19, 2001
France November 20, 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
Germany November 23, 2001
Canada November 27, 2001 CD
United States February 26, 2002
  • CD
  • digital download
 Warner Bros.

References

  1. ^ Living Proof at AllMusic
  2. ^ Blender review Template:Wayback
  3. ^ Jim Farber (2002-03-15). "Living Proof Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Cher - Living Proof". entertainment.ie. 2001-11-22. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  5. ^ Barry Walters (2002-02-28). "Living Proof". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-11-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Sal Cinquemani (2002-01-21). "Cher: Living Proof". Slant Magazine. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ a b Lipshutz, Jason (2012-12-03). "Cher's Next Album Due Out in Late March". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  8. ^ a b Rahman, Ray (2012-12-04). "Cher announces release date for new album". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-07-31. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "The ARIA Report: Top 100 Albums" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Cher – Living Proof" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  11. ^ "Canadian Albums". Jam! Canoe. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved May 3, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  13. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  14. ^ "Lescharts.com – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "Cher - Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  16. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2002. 2. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  17. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  19. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  21. ^ "2001 Albumes". PROMUSICAE. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  22. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Cher – Living Proof". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  24. ^ "Cher | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  25. ^ "Cher Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  26. ^ "The Year in Music: 2002" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  27. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cher; 'Living Proof')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  28. ^ Cher Living Proof in Spanish Charts
  29. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
  30. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Living Proof')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  31. ^ "British album certifications – Cher – Living Proof". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Living Proof in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  32. ^ "American album certifications – Cher – Living Proof". Recording Industry Association of America.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Living_Proof_(Cher_album)&oldid=699598961"