The Very Best of Cher

~ Release by Cher (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Believe
producer:
Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
mixer:
Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1998)
produced for:
Metro (production company) and Rive Droite Music Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Dreamhouse Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Dance/Electronic Recording nominees (number: 2000 winner), RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 3) (number: 9) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 337)
recording of:
Believe
lyricist:
Brian Higgins (British producer and song writer) and Matt Gray (UK techno DJ/producer, former video game composer)
composer:
Brian Higgins (British producer and song writer) (in 1998), Matt Gray (UK techno DJ/producer, former video game composer) (in 1998), Stuart McLennan (in 1998), Paul Michael Barry (songwriter/musician) (in 1998), Tim Powell (Songwriter and producer, ex-Xenomania) (in 1998) and Steve Torch (in 1998)
publisher:
Rive Droite Music and Warner Chappell
Cher3.74:00
2Strong Enough
programming and mixer:
Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
executive producer:
Rob Dickins
producer:
Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
bass and bass guitar:
Winston Blissett
guitar [guitars]:
Adam Phillips (British guitarist and singer)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Paul Barry (songwriter/musician), Hamish Stewart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer) and Sylvia Mason James (British singer)
lead vocals:
Cher
strings [Laughs And Lager Jeff "Duo" Taylor string] arranger:
Robin Smith (songwriter/pianist/conductor/producer) and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
arranger:
Na (Arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1998)
produced for:
Metro (production company) and Rive Droite Music Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Dreamhouse Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Strong Enough
writer:
Paul Michael Barry (songwriter/musician) and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
publisher:
Rive Droite Music
Cher3.653:41
3If I Could Turn Back Time
recording engineer and mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
additional engineer:
Guy Roche
assistant engineer:
Ken Allardyce, Mario Luccy, Craig Porteils (producer, engineer) and Duane Seykora
producer:
Guy Roche and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
additional guitar:
Gene Black and Glenn Sciurba
bass guitar:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Mark T. Williams
guitar:
Steve Lukather
keyboard:
Alan Pasqua and Guy Roche
background vocals:
Michael Anthony (US bassist, formerly of Van Halen), Robin Beck, Desmond Child, Jimmy Demers, Jean McClain and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Criterion Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
If I Could Turn Back Time
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Realsongs (in 1989)
Cher3.654:01
4I Found Someone
producer:
Michael Bolton
bass:
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Chris Parker (American drummer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather and John McCurry
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MBO Productions, Inc.
cover recording of:
I Found Someone
writer:
Michael Bolton and Mark Mangold
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and Is Hot Music Ltd.
Cher3.853:43
5Song for the Lonely
Cher3:22
6Walking in Memphis
mixer:
Heff Moraes
cover recording of:
Walking in Memphis
lyricist and composer:
Marc Cohn
Cher3.53:56
7Just Like Jesse James
recording engineer:
Sir Arthur Payson
additional engineer:
Bruce Robb
assistant engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer), Bridget Daly, Debbie Johnson (engineer), Jay Lean, Richard McKernan, Craig Porteils (producer, engineer) and Duane Seykora
producer:
Desmond Child
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
John Putnam
bass guitar:
Hugh McDonald (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Chouinard
guitar:
John McCurry
keyboard:
Alan St. Jon
background vocals:
Desmond Child, Brenda Russell (US singer-songwriter & keyboardist) and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
lead vocals:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States, Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States and The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Just Like Jesse James
writer:
Desmond Child and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), SBK April Music Inc. (from 1989 to ????), Desmobile Inc. (from 1989 to present) and Realsongs (from 1989 to present)
Cher44:06
8One by One
mixer:
Heff Moraes
cover recording of:
One by One
writer:
Cher and Anthony Griffiths
Cher3.255:03
9Love and Understanding
producer:
Guy Roche and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
recording of:
Love and Understanding
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
Cher3.854:42
10Save Up All Your Tears
producer:
Bob Rock and Richie Zito
bass:
Hugh McDonald (bassist)
guitar family:
Keith Scott (Canadian guitarist)
keyboard:
John Webster (Canadian keyboardist)
membranophone:
Mickey Curry
percussion:
Jim McGillveray
background vocals:
Marc LaFrance
lead vocals:
Cher
cover recording of:
Save Up All Your Tears
writer:
Desmond Child and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
Cher4.54:00
11Più che puoi
performer:
Cher and Eros Ramazzotti
recording of:
Più che puoi
Cher feat. Eros Ramazzotti4:09
12Love Can Build a Bridge
assistant engineer:
Gareth Ashton, Kirsten Cowie, Bill Kinsley, Doug Michael and Ruadhri Coshnan
engineer:
Adrian Bushby, Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger) and Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
producer:
Peter Asher
mixer:
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
guitar:
Eric Clapton
vocals:
Cher, Neneh Cherry and Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records (UK, 1947–98) (in 1995)
cover recording of:
Love Can Build a Bridge
writer:
John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd and Paul Overstreet
publisher:
Leosong (publisher) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Cher feat. Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry3.254:15
13Take Me Home
bass:
Eddie N. Watkins Jr.
electric piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano]:
Alan Lindgren
guitar:
Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson
membranophone:
Ed Greene (drummer)
percussion:
Victor Feldman (jazz musician)
piano:
Jai Winding
background vocals:
Bob Esty (disco songwriter - producer from Massachusetts), Jon Joyce (vocalist) and David Lasley
lead vocals:
Cher
concertmaster:
Sid Sharp
recording of:
Take Me Home
writer:
Michelle Aller and Bob Esty (disco songwriter - producer from Massachusetts)
publisher:
Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca)
Cher53:27
14Rudy
Cher3:50
15Bad Love (from the film 'Foxes')Cher5:26
16When the Money's Gone
cover recording of:
When the Money's Gone
writer:
Bruce Roberts (American singer-songwriter) and Donna Weiss
Cher4:39
17All or Nothing
programming and mixer:
Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
executive producer:
Rob Dickins
producer:
Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
guitar [guitars]:
Adam Phillips (British guitarist and singer) and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Tracy Ackerman
lead vocals:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1998)
produced for:
Metro (production company) and Rive Droite Music Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Dreamhouse Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
All or Nothing (Cher song)
writer:
Paul Barry (songwriter/musician) and Mark Taylor (UK producer & songwriter aka Q & Groove Brothers member)
publisher:
Rive Droite Music
Cher3.53:56
18Alive Again
Cher4:19
19Different Kind of Love Song
Cher3.53:50
CD 2