''With Love, Chér'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on October 23, 1967 by

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. The album was a moderate commercial success and reached number 47 on the US ''Billboard'' 200

Album information

''With Love, Chér'' was released in 1967, was produced by

Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republica ...

and was issued by the Liberty Records subsidiary,

. Once again the formula of cover songs and a new song written by Bono exclusively for Cher is used. On these tracks her voice is smooth and strong, but the sales failed to match the success of previous albums. Four singles were released from the album: the cover "Behind The Door" and "Hey Joe" and two songs written by Bono, "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" and her last big hit of the decade "You Better Sit Down Kids". The album contains covers of "The Times They Are A-Changin", "Hey Joe" and "I Will Wait for You" (the soundtrack of ''

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''). In this same year Cher recorded "Bambini Miei Cari (Sedetevi Attorno)", the Italian version of "You Better Sit Down Kids", and "Mama", the Italian version of "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)". Both were released as singles and "Mama" was later covered by French singer

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. In 2005, this album and Cher's previous album '' Chér'' were reissued on one CD called ''Chér/With Love'' which featured all the tracks from both.

Track listing

Personnel

*Cher - lead vocals Production *Sonny Bono -

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*Stan Ross - sound engineer Design *Sonny Bono -

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*Woody Woodward - art direction

Charts

References

External links

Official Cher site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:With Love, Cher 1967 albums Cher albums Liberty Records albums Imperial Records albums Albums arranged by Harold Battiste Albums produced by Sonny Bono Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios