{"id":7285,"date":"2024-10-08T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T18:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T20:54:53","slug":"new-cher-compilation-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2024\/10\/new-cher-compilation-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cher Compilation Albums"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cher and Warner Bros. records have released a sudden, new Cher compilation, likely to provide something for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame record bins.<\/p>\n

Like for the Christmas albums, there were alternate covers and I pooped-out at silver, red and blue copies. It turns out there are purple and gray covers as well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m already tired of this device. Probably this is because this comp isn\u2019t as good as the last official Best Of<\/em> comp of 2003 or last year’s Christmas<\/em> album where I gleefully bought multiple copies and also because I\u2019m over this devise already and will not be buying these multiple versions anymore unless years from now I see them in used CD or vinyl bins for a dollar.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Before we talk about the Forever<\/em> comps, there was also a new Sonny & Cher vinyl compilation released this summer, Now Playing,<\/em> a Rhino release covering the ATCO era with a sea blue vinyl record. Not only is the selection meagre, there\u2019s only a one paragraph liner note full of incorrect statements such as describing the songs as \u201ceasy-going tunes with cross-generational appeal.\u201d Do Sonny & Cher have cross generational appeal? Like Cher does? But I don\u2019t know many people beyond Boomers and Gen Xers who find Sonny all that appealing beyond an historical understanding of Cher. The liner note goes on to say the songs are \u201cfull of uplifting messages and harmonies\u201d Harmonies? I don\u2019t think Sonny & Cher are known for their harmonies. And \u201cWhat Now My Love\u201d is practically suicidal so…<\/p>\n

And I do not understand why the\u00a0 good people who made this have swapped out the hit \u201cJust You\u201d for the non-U.S. hit \u201cSing C\u2019est La Vie.\u201d Robrt Pela reminded me that \u201cSing C\u2019est La Vie\u201d might be there because it went to #1 in a some European countries.<\/p>\n

And why did \u201cI Walk on Guilded Splinters\u201d make it on here, a song I love but which seems completely out of place in this set. Cher was really exploring a new sound by the 3614 Jackson Highway<\/em> album. It really sticks out.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I don\u2019t like anything about this product, the packaging, the selections. Robrt again reminded me that this comp is not trying to be \u201can all-inclusive ATCO comp,\u201d but rather a sampling for new vinyl fans.<\/p>\n

By the way, Robrt Pela and I reviewed all the previous comps here<\/a> \u00a0and have added these latest three comps which puts us up to 150 comps now. Oy.<\/p>\n

Now on to the Forevers<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t