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Living Proof is the twenty-fifth album by American singer-actress Cher, released in November 2001 in Europe and February 2002 in the United States by Warner Bros. Records and WEA Records. It debuted at #9 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart with sales of 114,000 copies in its first week.

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. "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 for "Love One Another". She lost the award to Kylie Minogue's song "Come into My World".

Cher won many awards including a World Music Award for Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year and Lifelong Contribution Award shortly after the release of the album. It 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."(This Is) A 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 re-release

Warner Bros. later re-released the album in the United States with the radio edit versions of "Song for the Lonely" (3:23) and "A Different Kind of Love Song" (3:33). There was no official announcement of this re-release. It has been dubbed the "Wal Mart" version of Living Proof, because that is the only place known to sell the re-issue.

Credits

Personnel

  • Cher – main vocals
  • Tracie Ackerman – backing vocalist
  • Clark Anderson – Backing vocalist
  • Sue Ann Carwell – Backing vocalist

Production

Design

  • Jeri Heiden – art direction
  • Barrie Goshko – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Kevyn Aucoin – make-up
  • Serena Radaeli – hair

Certifications, peaks and sales

Release history

All editions released by WEA and Warner Bros. Records.

Release format Country Release date
Regular album Japan November 6, 2001
Regular album United Kingdom November 19, 2001
Regular album France November 20, 2001
Regular album Germany November 23, 2001
Regular album Canada November 27, 2001
Regular album USA February 26, 2002

References

  1. ^ Living Proof at AllMusic
  2. ^ Blender review[dead link]
  3. ^ Jim Farber (2002-03-11). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  4. ^ "entertainement.ie review". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review [dead link]
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Cher - Living Proof - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Cher, Living Proof". charts.de. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Chart Stats - Cher - Living Proof". chartstats.com. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  9. ^ Living Proof at AllMusic
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cher; 'Living Proof')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference NEWZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Cher in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Living Proof in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  13. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
  14. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Living Proof')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "American album certifications – Cher – Living Proof". Recording Industry Association of America.
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