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On Cher's second solo record, 1966's The Sonny Side of Cher, Sonny Bono tinkers with the folk-rock formula that had made her previous album such a delight and ruins everything, leaving the album as nothing more than a chuckle-inducing curiosity, just the kind of silly record casual listeners might expect from the duo. While there are still good covers of Dylan ("Like a Rolling Stone") and a couple of Bob Lind tunes ("Elusive Butterfly" and "Come to Your Window"), for some reason Bono thought it would be a good idea to graft his Spectorized folk-rock sound onto MOR pop tunes like "It's Not Unusual," "Our Day Will Come," and "The Girl from Ipanema." Cher sounds game but uncommitted, the arrangements are over the top (check "Old Man River" for the best example), and it just doesn't work. The only track that has any real zest is the Bono-written novelty "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)," the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but also a song with no real heart. The album is doomed by its lack of heart and inability to rise above the formulaic.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Charles Aznavour, Composer - Oscar Brown, Arranger, Work Arranger - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Chauvigny, Composer - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Composer, Producer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Mort Garson, Composer - Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Bob Hilliard, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Bob Lind, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Bob Dylan, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Bob Lind, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Norman Gimbel, Author - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Gordon Mills, Composer - Leslie Reed, Composer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Merchant, Composer - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Cher, MainArtist - SONNY BONO, Producer - Georges Moustaki, ComposerLyricist - Harold Battiste, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Ross, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Levine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marguerite Angèle Monnot, Composer
℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
On Cher's second solo record, 1966's The Sonny Side of Cher, Sonny Bono tinkers with the folk-rock formula that had made her previous album such a delight and ruins everything, leaving the album as nothing more than a chuckle-inducing curiosity, just the kind of silly record casual listeners might expect from the duo. While there are still good covers of Dylan ("Like a Rolling Stone") and a couple of Bob Lind tunes ("Elusive Butterfly" and "Come to Your Window"), for some reason Bono thought it would be a good idea to graft his Spectorized folk-rock sound onto MOR pop tunes like "It's Not Unusual," "Our Day Will Come," and "The Girl from Ipanema." Cher sounds game but uncommitted, the arrangements are over the top (check "Old Man River" for the best example), and it just doesn't work. The only track that has any real zest is the Bono-written novelty "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)," the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but also a song with no real heart. The album is doomed by its lack of heart and inability to rise above the formulaic.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:18
- Main artists: Cher
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
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