All I Ever Need Is You [Excelsior] [Compilation]

Sonny & Cher | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Compilation
• Label: Excelsior
• ASIN: B001HYNRQC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,636,506 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

All I Ever Need Is You: Sonny And Cher! 10-track compilation featuring songs from multiple sources. Several cuts were recorded in the studio in 1971. It includes only CD appearance of the full-length version of "Mama Was A Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All of her Songs" rather than the severely truncated single. Two songs are Sonny Bono solo tracks--the divorce song "You Better Sit Down Kids" and "Crystal Clear, Muddy Waters"--and the four live cuts come from the duo's early-1970s cabaret act. The live tracks, "The Beat Goes On," "I Got You Babe," "United We Stand" and a Sonny-sung "Bang Bang," are in the Vegas style familiar to fans of the duo's popular variety show. TRACKS: 1. All I Ever Need Is You; 2. Cowboy's Work Is Never Done; 3. When You Say Love; 4. Mama Was a Rock & Roll Singer Papa Used to Write All Her Songs; 5. You Better Sit Down Kids; 6. Crystal Clear/Muddy Waters; 7. Beat Goes On [Live]; 8. I Got You Babe [Live]; 9. United We Stand [Live]; & 10. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) [Live].

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe I'm an idiot but...., May 29, 2000

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David Kenner (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All I Ever Need Is You (Audio CD)

I'm prepared to take a lot of flack for this but I think there are 3 really good reasons to buy this CD and they are the same 3 reasons that the other reviewers of the disc have listed for not buying it. First, this is the only place on CD to get the full 9 minute version of Mama Was A Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs. The double disc anthology, while a great collection, has the single edit. Then there are the Sonny solo tracks. Both You'd Better Sit Down Kids and Bang Bang are wonderful guilty pleasures. Bono's sincerity on Better Sit Down kind of chokes me up. He puts much more into the song than Cher (or anyone else) ever did. Bang Bang is a live track and is funny, exciting, and a great workout for the S&C band, which included future members of Toto. Sorry, I just had to stick up for ol' Sonny. I honestly think he's a very underrated songwriter and performer. Then again, maybe I'm an idiot.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the original, March 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: All I Ever Need Is You (Audio CD)

This is not the original All I Ever Need Is You album which contained other excellent cuts not included on this cheap compilation. The entire album should be released on compact disc without these added live tracks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An old Greatest Hits album, January 16, 2003

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Yarby "yarby" (Medina, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All I Ever Need Is You (Audio CD)

What this album consists of is the content of the early 70's greatest hits album (the one with the mustard colored cover and the photo with Cher in profile and Sonny face-on). Some of the songs are studio editions, others live versions. It's really quite a pleasant album, especially for the price.

One thing I'll never understand though, is the way the record companies seem to attempt to confuse the consumer by repackaging and renaming. Why couldn't they just put out this CD with the same cover as the original (which was quite a bit more attractive) and leave the name the way it was as well.