Stars (Cher album)

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Stars
Studio album by Cher
Released	May 1975
Recorded	1974/75
Genre	Rock/Pop
Length	40:11
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Jimmy Webb
Professional reviews
Allmusic () [1]
Cher chronology
Greatest Hits (1974) Stars (1975) I'd Rather Believe in You (1976)
Singles from Stars
"These Days" Released: 1975 "Geronimo's Cadillac" Released: 1975
Alternate cover
Cover of the fan-made CD

Stars is the twelfth studio album by American singer Cher, released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was one in a string of commercial flops for Cher in the 1970s failed to chart. The album is by-and-large a covers album.

[edit] Album information

Stars was released in 1975. It was the first record for Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Jimmy Webb. The album was also her very first without Sonny's influence as it followed Cher's Divorce with Sonny and the dissolution of her relationship with David Geffen. The album reviews were good, but sales were below expectations despite promotion. ^[2]

Two singles, "These Days" and "Geronimo's Cadillac", were released to promote the album's release. Both songs did not enter the charts. To help sales, Cher performed material from the album on the "The Carol Burnett Show" and "The Flip Wilson Show". The songs performed were "Love Hurts", Just This One Time" and "Geronimo's Cadillac"^[2].

In early 1975, Cher began recording with Phil Spector. These sessions beget the songs "A Woman's Story," and the previously recorded song by The Ronettes, "Baby, I Love You." However, due to Spector's expensive use of studio time, the album was eventually shelved. These songs were released as singles but were unsuccessful; these releases are now considered hard-to-find rarities. Cher then turned to Jimmy Webb to record this album.

The album is considered by many of Cher's fans to be one of the greatest recordings in her career, and there are fan-created petitions for Warner Bros. Records to release the album onto CD format. The album remains unreleased to this date on anything post-vinyl, and there are no announced plans to release the album onto CD or iTunes.

[edit] Track listing

Side A

1. "Love Enough" (Tim Moore) – 3:05
2. "Bell Bottom Blues" (Eric Clapton) – 4:04
3. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 4:07
4. "Mr. Soul" (Neil Young) – 3:03
5. "Just This One Time" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:42

Side B

1. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Michael Martin Murphey, Charles Quarta) – 2:58
2. "The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall" (Jimmy Cliff ) – 3:17
3. "Love Hurts" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:46
4. "Rock and Roll Doctor" (Lowell George, Fred Martin) – 3:05
5. "Stars" (Janis Ian) – 5:11

[edit] Credits

Personnel

• Cher - lead vocals

Production

• Jimmy Webb - record producer, musical arranger, conducted
• John Haeny - recorded and mixed
• Gary Webb - arrangement assistance

Design

• Bill King - photography cover
• Norman Seeff - photography back

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] References

1. ^ "Stars Review". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ezadqj2bojda. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Info about the album". TvParty.com. http://www.tvparty.com/cherecords.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 

[edit] External links

• Official Cher site
• Warner official site
• The Cher Scholar on "Stars"
• Cher at the Internet Movie Database