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"Believe"
Cher's recording career has long taken
a back seat to her acting pursuits, but with Believe she is back
with a vengeance as a throbbing disco diva. Although no fewer
than five producers with dance pedigrees are along for the project
(including Todd Terry, Junior Vasquez of Madonna fame, and Rob
Dickins, who helped resurrect Rod Stewart's ailing career), this
is by no means a dance album in the '90s trip-hop sense of the
term. In "Power," she wails, "Ain't nothing changed
much through the years." Not a bad thing in this case, since
her star was still rising in the steamy '70s and '80s with a
string of hits that included the disco gem "Take Me Home"
and the haunting "If I Could Turn Back Time." Although
not blessed with much vocal range, she knows how to work a song
with her trademark sultry, slightly ironic delivery. --Jaan Uhelszki |
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