Living Proof

Living Proof Artist: Cher
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 093624761921
EAN: 0093624761921
ASIN: B00005V9TX


Release Date: 2002-02-26

Living Proof


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Tracks:

  1. Song for the Lonely
  2. A Different Kind of Love Song
  3. Alive Again
  4. The Music's No Good Without You
  5. Rain, Rain
  6. Real Love
  7. Love So High
  8. Body to Body, Heart to Heart
  9. Love Is A Lonely Place Without You
  10. Love One Another
  11. When You Walk Away
  12. When The Money's Gone

Similar Items:

  1. Believe
  2. Heart of Stone
  3. Love Hurts
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  5. It's a Man's World

Amazon.com

If the fans who grooved to <I>Believe</I> still clamor for more, there's little doubt that <I>Living Proof</I> will quickly achieve the same chromatic status as Cher's new hair color. The multitalented entertainer is placing a safe bet on the fortitude of her latest incarnation as disco diva to support a second album of dance club tracks. Other pop femme fatales of late are experimenting with subtleties in rhythm and nuance, but subtlety is not one of Cher's selling points. She's been quoted as comparing "Song for the Lonely" to U2's sound; indeed, through Cher's discofied ears, there are brief moments where the track riffs on U2's euphoric "Beautiful Day" and the two songs share a hopeful sentiment. "Love So High" and "Body to Body, Heart to Heart" throw the prerequisite Latin guitar and percussion into the mix, and the buzzing back beats on her cover of "Love One Another" (last heard on Dutch singer Amber's self-titled release) make it one of the CD's tightest songs. Cher's vocals--a taste we've had more than 35 years to acquire--are strong, and her production team enhances her limited range with studio tricks. <I>Living Proof</I> will appeal more to Cher's devoted fans than electronica purists, but her missive is relished by both sects: leave your worries at the door and get out on the dance floor. <I>--Beth Massa</I>

Album Description

Her first album since 1998's quadruple-platinum Believe and its platinum #1 title track, the pop, dance-friendly 'Living Proof' features the Diane Warren-penned 'When You Walk Away' - unavailable on the European version (replaces 'You Take It All'). Produced by the likes of Chicane, Rick Nowells and Norwegian production team Stargate, 'Living Proof' impressively captures Cher at her seductive dancefloor best. Warner Brothers Records.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Love it!!.......2007-04-22

This is a very good album. No Cher fan would be complete without it!
Song for the lonely (8/10) not my favorite song, but still good

Different kind of love song (10/10) Really fun to dance to.

Alive agian (15/10)One of my favorite songs!

The music's no good without you (14/10) one of her better dance songs

Rain Rain (10/10) It has a great beat to it and I love it.

Real love (10/10) upbeat and great to sing along to!

Love so high (9/10) not the best, but it is a good song.

Body to body, heart to heart (5/10) its an ok song, but not my favorite.

Love is a lonely place without you (15/10)Kind of dark, but its awesome!

5 out of 5 stars ...Song For The Lonely..........2007-02-16

First off I want to say that I am gay male and I always knew I never liked Cher until I saw Cher's daughter who is gay and I spoke with some of my gay friends about Cher and my gay friends was so surprised that I didnt like Cher just because I never knew about her until the clubs finally came out "Believe" and I was like "who sang this song?" and I asked my friends who sang this song and they told me "It was Cher" and I was freaked out and I opened my eyes and mouth wide open I mean I couldnt speak for words I was surprised it was her and I went and bought "Believe" album was my very first CD I bought of hers. Then when when the "Living Proof" album came out the club played this song "Song For The Lonely" and I am hooked with Cher just like Madonna!!! Because Cher and Madonna supports gay people and gay people support Cher and Madonna as well and that's called even!!! I didnt bother buying 80's albums because I was born in 1980 and I never like older music because in 90's and 00's has the hottest beats compare in the 80's and under 80's!!!

4 out of 5 stars a formula that works for cher.......2006-09-30


the song "believe" really got me hooked on "disco" Cher.
let's hope she keeps this style (as found on believe and living proof) from here on out. it really works for her!

hightlights:
"song for the lonely"
"different kind of love song" (my favorite!)
"alive again"
"the music's no good without you"
"love is a lonely place without you"
and "when the money's gone" (this one is a bit overdone though)

songs that could have been left out:
"rain, rain" and "body to body, heart to heart"
PURE FILLER! these two songs are a poor attempt at r&b/pop.
stick with the dance cuts!

4 out of 5 stars Better than "Believe" - and Cher reveals herself to be a fine singer. .......2006-06-05

I think Cher is seriously underestimated as a singer, and when you compare how she sings now compared to decades ago, it is even more impressive.

Living Proof is a hard driving club dance album, and as such it is top notch. The first four songs of Living Proof are really terrific Dance floor break outs, and include her two big hits Song for the Lonely" and "Different Kind of Love Song."

"Rain Rain" really shows off Cher's singing ability, and gives us a breather from all the electronic enhancement. (nothing wrong with that though - this is a club dance album after all).

The next three songs are a bit less intereseting, but 9-12 again give us some really good stuff. I especially like "Love is a Lonely Place Without You."

Also Living Proof is engineered and mixed to the hilt - the wah-wah guitar effect was great in the song Believe, and the current "The Music's No Good Without You.' but otherwise becomes a bit too intrusive and overdone. A few more purely acoustic numbers would have been nice.

Overall, Living Proof is very similar to Believe, but is more substantial I think, with stronger more complex arrangements and surely the finest singing Cher has ever done.

5 out of 5 stars not what i thought it would be.......2006-05-27

yes, i'm a madonna fan but i also love cher...

now i very hestitant in buying living proof, because i thought i would end up like another dance record, very repetitive, poorly constructed with hardly any effort...but i was wrong...the majority of the songs are about love, war, etc...and i think they are very well written...living proof i personally think is far better than believe...dont get me wrong, believe was good, but it felt empty...only 9 new songs and the 10th being a boring remake of we all sleep alone as a filler...too many fillers on that album and it felt like she didnt even try...but living proof, there aren't any fillers and it feels like cher did try with this album...

Song for the lonely (8/10) not my favorite song, but still good

Different kind of love song (10/10) maybe its just the Cd, but this version is slightly altered and shorter than the version found on cher's very best of compilation...i love this song though, great beat and fun to dance to

Alive agian (10/10) another great song

The music's no good without you (15/10) her best dance song, it would be great for clubs...and the video is amazing i tell you

Rain Rain (5/10) not my favorite but it is starting to grow on me

Real love (5/10) same as rain rain

Love so high (8/10) another good song

Body to body, heart to heart (1/10) the only song i cannot stand on living proof...a bad version of Dov'e l'amore

Love is a lonely place without you (10/10) a great dance song, with a kinda dark feeling to it...its kind of a sad song in a way too, how she sings it makes me kinda sad...

Love one another (15/10) a great song with a very good message to it, "a fist is just a hand, it can come apart" is my favorite line...and for some reason, in the booklet, some of the words are different than from what she actually sings...

When you walk away (10/10) good song

When the money's gone (8/10) not my favorite favorite but its a good song with, yet again, another great message to it...good way to end the album

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