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Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time (Official Music Video)

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Heart of Stone is the twentieth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 19, 1989 by Geffen Records. The RIAA certified it Double Platinum in 1990 and later Triple Platinum in 1998.

Heart of Stone was released in 1989 and was her second studio album for Geffen Records. As with her previous album Cher, Peter Asher, Jon Bon Jovi, Diane Warren, Guy Roche and Desmond Child performed song writing and/or producing duties. Bonnie Tyler and Michael Bolton performed background vocals on the song Emotional Fire, which was an outtake from Bolton’s 1987 album The Hunger, as was “Starting Over” (Demo versions of the song exist in bootleg form). The album was recorded in late 1988/early 1989, during the third year of Cher’s relationship with Rob Camilletti, to whom she dedicated the album.
Heart of Stone reached number 10 in the U.S., number 7 in the UK, and by topping the charts in Australia, Heart of Stone became Geffen’s first international number 1 album. Her 20th studio album, it was the first in her career to go top 10 in the U.S. (though she would go on to have two more, Believe and Living Proof). It peaked at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for sales of 209,000.

The album produced three top ten hits as well as a top twenty hit with the title track.

Track listing:
1. “If I Could Turn Back Time” Diane Warren 4:16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsKbwR7WXN4
2. “Just Like Jesse James” Desmond Child, Warren 4:06
3. “You Wouldn’t Know Love” Michael Bolton, Warren 3:30
4. “Heart of Stone” Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield 4:21
5. “Still in Love With You” Bolton, Bob Halligan 3:08
6. “Love on a Rooftop” Child, Warren 4:22
7. “Emotional Fire” (featuring Bonnie Tyler and Michael Bolton) Child, Warren, Bolton 3:53
8. “All Because of You” Jon Lind, Sue Schifrin 3:30
9. “Does Anybody Really Fall in Love Anymore?” Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Child, Warren 4:12
10. “Starting Over” Bolton, Jonathan Cain 4:09
11. “Kiss to Kiss” Lind, Mary D’astugues, Phil Galdston 4:23
12. “After All” (with Peter Cetera) Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford 4:07

Personnel And Production:
Track 1 Produced By Diane Warren & Guy Roche.
Recorded & Mixed By Frank Wolf; assisted by Guy Roche
Drums, Percussion: Mark T. Williams; Bass: John Pierce; Keyboards: Guy Roche, Alan Pasua; Guitars: Steve Lukather, Glenn Sciurba, Gene Black; Vocal Backing: Desmond Child, Michael Anthony, Robin Beck, Jean McClain, Jimmy Demers
Tracks 2, 7 & 9 Produced By Desmond Child
Recorded & Mixed By Sir Arthur Payson, with track 2 mixed by Mick Guzauski
Drums: Bobby Chouinard; Bass: Hugh McDonald; Keyboards: Alan St. Jon (tracks 2 & 9), Eric Rehl (track 7); **Guitars: John McCurry, (tracks 2 & 9), John Putnam (track 2), Steve Lukather, Blue Cerinsano (both track 7), Ron Mancuso (track 9)
Tracks 3, 5 & 10 Arranged & Produced By Michael Bolton
Recorded By Frank Wolf; additional engineering by Roger Talkov, Terry Christian & Jay Healy. Mixed By Mick Guzauski
Drums: John Keane; Percussion on track 10: Bashiri Johnson; Bass: Phillip Ashley (track 10; also played keyboards on all three tracks), Neil Steubenhaus (tracks 3 & 5); Keyboards: Robbie Buchanan (track 10); Guitars: Mike Landau (tracks 3, 5 & 10), John McCurry (track 5)
Tracks 4, 6 & 12 Produced By Peter Asher; associate producer on track 12: Frank Wolf
Recorded & Mixed By Frank Wolf
Drums: Carlos Vega; Percussion: Michael Fisher, Peter Asher (both track 6); Bass: Lee Sklar; Guitars: Waddy Wachtel, Mike Landau, Andrew Gold; Keyboards: Robbie Buchanan, Jon Gilutin; Sax on track 6: Daniel Higgins
Tracks 8 & 11 Produced By Jon Lind
Recorded & Mixed By Mick Guzauski, with engineering assistance by Frank Wolf & Paul Klingberg
Drums: John Keane; Percussion on track 11: Debra Dobkin; Bass: John Pierce; Piano & Synth on track 8, All Keyboards on track 11: John Schreiner; Additional Synth on track 8: Jim Lang; Guitars: Michael Thompson

Following the huge success of Heart of Stone, big things were expected from Cher’s follow up, Love Hurts. The album was released in 1991, topping the UK charts and doing brisk business in Europe as well. Less successful in the US, Love Hurts still went multi-platinum.

This was the second time that Cher had an album released with artwork, only to have it re-released with studio photos (Heart of Stone being the other). A special edition was also released, including a boxed set of tarot cards – an interesting marketing concept.

Cher re-united with Dianne Warren for the first single, “Love and Understanding”, which made the top 10 in Britain. Several other singles were released in Europe on the strength of the albums success although they charted poorly.

Save Up All Your Tears is one of Cher’s favourites, and the accompanying video is one of her best. Said Cher, “I wanted that to be released as the first single – but I lost.” The single was a big European hit, but only reached number 40 in the US and failed to chart in England.

It also marked the second time she had recorded the title track Love Hurts (the first was in 1975 on the album Stars). Said Cher at the time:

“I’m a better performer than I am a singer, but I can sing honestly – there’s no bullshit. When I sing songs they’re always about me. That’s not narcissistic. It has to be personal. I have to hear how it relates to me. ‘Love Hurts’ – that’s the truth. I know from experience. Put it this way, I can do a convincing job of singing that song. I couldn’t sing a song like that without kinda knowing the feeling”.

In England, the Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) was added as a bonus track at the last minute following the success of the song on the UK charts. It grabbed the number one spot and added Cher to the record books in the UK, marking the end of a 26 year gap between number ones. Cher was absolutely thrilled with her achievement, and said “you could have knocked me over with a feather” when The Shoop Shoop Song reached number one.

Cher said of Love Hurts:

“If I had not come back to a music career I would have missed doing this album. That would have been a real disappointment. Part of the reason this was an easy album is that the music is closest to what I like: guitars, rock’n’roll, but not too heavy … All the songs that kept coming into this album were all either wishing you were in love songs, being in love songs, or being out of love songs and just kind of went together … Actually I thought that I would not be able to sing these songs had I not had some heartbreak in my life and so I think I sing them from experience.”

In support of the release, Cher launched the Love Hurts tour playing to sold out audiences in twelve countries. The tour was plagued by cancellations due to Cher’s continuing battle with Epstein-Barr. The promotion for the tour announced “Cher’s Back” and featured a buttock-revealing picture of Cher from behind. It caused a mild sensation and Cher responded:

I looked at that picture of me and thought it was really beautiful. I didn’t think it was a porno picture and I didn’t think it was Venus De Milo, I just thought it was an interesting shape and that idea, Cher’s Back, is really good. You know, you get trapped in this stuff. I made two videos in America that couldn’t get the time of day. They said, ‘It’s not a Cher video, you have your clothes on the whole time’. They wouldn’t say that to Eric Clapton!”

Love Hurts is a powerful, rock guitar, ballad laden effort that showcases Cher’s fine vocals. She hasn’t strayed too far from her Bon Jovi, Dianne Warren, Desmond Child influences of the eighties, but has certainly refined them and it is undoubtedly the best of her rock efforts. Any fan would be well rewarded by exploring Love Hurts.