Cherished

[cher-ish]

Cherished is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher released on September 1977 by Warner Bros. This album, like other several predecessors, was a commercial failure, failed to chart and has sold less than 500,000 copies worldwide.

Album information

Cherished was released in the 1977 and was the last album producer by Snuff Garrett. The years 1975, 1976 and 1977 were very unsuccessful for Cher. Although she had a huge success with her TV-shows. Because in the fall of 1976 Sonny & Cher start working again with a comeback-season of The Sonny & Cher Show. And as told earlier, The Cher Show was a top-10 rated show. The album was not much publicity, sold very little and failure in the chart. It was also ignored by critics and fans who today is not quite find a good job.

Though "Pirate" was a small hit, it only reached #93 in Billboard. There is also a single released of "War Paint and Soft Feathers", but didn't chart. In these years, Cher's voice was changing constantly. On "Cherished" she sound very low, and for the fan she doesn't sing really good in these songs. The style of the record recalls his old successes as Dark Lady and Half Breed.

"Cherished" is also Cher's first album without her name on the cover and it's never been released on CD, the only CD in circulation aren't official. In interviews Cher said that she never enjoyed making this album. She only made it because of the contract deal with Warner.

The song "Pirate" was released as a bonus track on some edition of the "I'd Rather Believe In You" album, being track number one. Moreover in the Australian release of this album is entitled "Images". The title is a pun on Cher's name.

Track listing

#	Title	Composers	Arranged and Conducted	Time
1.	"Pirate"	Stephen Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Gary Harju	Al Capps	03:06
2.	"He Was Beautiful"	Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd	Steve Dorff	02:51
3.	"War Paint and Soft Feathers"	Miller, Pinkard, Capps	Steve Dorff	03:01
4.	"Love The Devil Out Of Ya"	Johnny Durrill, Doc Pomus	Steve Dorff	02:15
5.	"She Loves To Hear The Music"	Allen, Carole Bayer Sager	Steve Dorff	03:10
6.	"L.A. Plane"	Gary Harju, Larry Herbstritt	Al Capps	03:38
7.	"Again"	Allen	Al Capps	02:30
8.	"Dixie"	Johnny Durrill, Pinkard	Steve Dorff	02:26
9.	"Send The Man Over"	Crofford, Snuff Garrett	Al Capps	03:47
10.	"Thunderstorm"	Johnny Durrill, Pinkard	Steve Dorff	02:35

Singles

Two single where released for promoted the album, the first "Pirate" was charted 93#, but the second single "War Paint and Soft Feathers" didn't enter in the charts.