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Love Hurts

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"Love hurts" was released in 1991 and had a big impact in Europe, specially in the U.K where debuted at #1 and had that position for 5 weeks, been certified Platinum x3. The first single was "Love and understanding", which was a Top 10 hit. Whether in the U.S it only reached Gold status and the singles didn't chart and happends to be unknow in that territorie.
The production of "Love hurts" features big names as Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
I'm a big fan of Cher and I think that her best albums are: "Cher" (1987), "Heart of stone" (1989) and "Love hurts". These 3 albums had the same direction (an example of that are the albums "Believe" and "Living proof").
The lyrics in "Love hurts" are fantastic, they're strong and have lots of feelings.
Geffen released 2 versions of this album. The American that has 11 tracks and the European with 12. The "extra" track is the 1991 European #1 hit "It's in his kiss" from the movie "Mermaids". The other songs have the same version on both editions. The other difference in this production is the artwork.
I highly recommend this album if you're a Cher lover.

-Love Hurts (1991)-

Cher is definately one of the best singers around today and certainly one of the greatest survivors in the music industry. In 1998, she released "Believe" and that was it - she was popular again. This song made her famous all over again. The album "Believe" was also a great effort, and one of Cher's best, but this also remains one of Cher's best album's. The album hit #1 in the UK and includes the singles "Love Hurts", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Love And Understanding", "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" and "Could've Been You". "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" and "Love And Understanding" both hit the Top 10 in the UK, however the other singles faired poorly on the Charts - none of the other three even hit the Top 20! All of the songs on this album had the ability to become singles, but only five got the chance...

1. Save Up All Your Tears (10/10)
2. Love Hurts (10/10)
3. Love And Understanding (10/10)
4. Fires Of Eden (10/10)
5. I'll Never Stop Loving You (10/10)
6. One Small Step (10/10)
7. A World Without Heroes (10/10)
8. Could've Been You (10/10)
9. When Love Calls Your Name (10/10)
10. When Lovers Become Strangers (10/10)
11. Who You Gonna Believe (10/10)
12. It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (10/10)
Overall: 120/120

This is one of the very few album's I have where I'd give every song 10/10. All of the songs on this album are outstanding, and as I said above, they all had the opportunity to be released as singles. My favourite song on the album is "When Love Calls Your Name". "Save Up All Your Tears" is one of Cher's best singles. The single only hit #37 in the UK but remains one of my favourites. "Love Hurts" only hit #43 and although I like loads of songs on the album more than this one, it's still excellent and I still gave it 10/10. "Love And Understanding" hit #10 in the UK, and is a great song about needing more love and understanding in the world. "Could Have Been You" was another single from this album - it hit #31 in the UK, whereas "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" from the film MERMAIDS, was the lucky #1. The album tracks must not be missed either, especially "When Love Calls Your Name" as this song has a strong message and Cher's vocals are great!

My top five:
5. Who You Gonna Believe
4. It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
3. Save Up All Your Tears
2. Could've Been You
1. When Love Calls Your Name

"Love Hurts" #1 for 6 weeks in the UK 6-29-1991 51 weeks on CIN 75 position chart (the official UK chart)
#48 USA 7-6-1991 34 weeks on Billboard 200 album chart.

"Love Hurts" includes the following charting singles (in a few of the larger recording markets)
I do not have European single or album chart positions, except for "Shoop Shoop Song (it's in his kiss)" which reached #1 on 7-6-1991.

1 -"Shoop Shoop Song (it's in his kiss)"
#1 for 5 weeks UK 4-13-1991 15 weeks on CIN 75 position chart
#1 7-6-1991 European Music and Media Hot 100
#3 for 7 wks May 1991 Germany 27 wks on Media Control 100 position chart.
#35 1991 Canada The Record -airplay based Contemporary Hit Radio top 40 chart.
#33 11-24-1990 USA 16 wks on Billboard Hot 100 (also)
#7 11-17-1990 21 weeks on Billboard Adult Contemporary 50 position chart.
#50 1997 Billboard Maxi-Single sales chart (remixed version)
"Shoop" was not on the US vesion of "Love Hurts", it was on the movie soundtract to "Mermaids",staring Cher, -US #65 1-12-1991 24 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart and UK #6 6-1-1991 and 15 wks on the chart.

2 -Love And Understanding
#10 UK 7-13-1991 8 wks on chart (7 wks in the Top 40)
#20 Germany July 1991 21 wks on chart.
#8 Canada 1991
#17 for 3 weeks USA 6-15-1991 15 wks on chart (also)
#3 6-22-1991 22 wks on Adult Contemporary chart.

3-Save Up All Your Tears
#37 UK 10-12-1991 5 weeks on the chart.
#56 Germany Nov 1991 15 wks on chart.
#37 USA 10-19-1991 20 wks on chart (also)
#16 10-26-1991 19 weeks on Adult Contemporary chart.

4 -Love Hurts
#43 UK 12-7-1991 5 weeks on the chart.

5 -Could've Been You
#31 UK 4-18-1992 4 wks on chart.
#75 Germany May 1992 7 wks on chart.

6 -When Lovers Become Stangers
#15 USA 5-16-1992 13 weeks on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

And from "Cher's Greatest Hits 1965-1992", a non-US released album -UK #1 for 7 weeks 11-21-1992 33 weeks on the chart.
7 -Oh No Not My Baby
#33 UK 11-14-1992 4 wks on chart.
#52 Germany Jan 1993 11 weeks on the chart.

8 -Many Rivers To Cross
#37 for 2 weeks UK 1-16-1993 3 wks on chart
From "Live From The Mirage" concert that was televised around the World. In the US it aired on CBS on 2-4-1991 and received a 12.8 AC Nielsen rating.

9 -Whenever You're Near
#72 UK 3-6-1993 1 wk on chart

and 10 -I Got You Babe with Beavis and Butthead
#35 UK 1-15-1994 3 weeks on the chart.
#108 US 12-4-1993 1 week on Billboard's 25 position Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

RE-ENTRIES:
Dead Ringer For Love by Meatloaf with uncredited vocals by Cher (they also did a music video)
#53 6-22-1991 2 wks on chart.
First charted 11-28-1981 #5 and 17 weeks on chart.

I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher
#66 5-22-1993 1 week on chart
First charted 8-14-1965 #1 for 2 weeks and 12 weeks on the chart.

Love hurts is an extremly enjoyable album from Cher, true this is not one her best CD's, but it isn't her worse either. The selection of songs are upbeat and the lyrics are included with the CD. If you are a Cher fan then you will probably enjoy "Love Hurts" but really it is just a matter of personal taste, I have heard some people say that they can't stand this album, but others think that it's brilliant. I, personally, am very glad that I bought it.

Cher had a big comeback in the late 1980's with two albums and several hit singles, including "I Found Someone" and "Turn Back Time". After incarnations as a part of a pop duo that was Sonny and Cher, a story-song singer in "Half Breed" and "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves", and a disco singer with "Take Me Home", these albums had Cher singing her "first love"--rock and roll. My opinion is that Cher has always been strongest singing rock and roll--her voice is so strong that it belongs with loud music accompanying her. This album was the least successful in the US of the "Geffen troika", the other two albums being "Cher" and "Heart of Stone". However, I think it is the most enjoyable of the three, and each song is a success.
In the US there were two hit singles from this release, "Love and Understanding" and "Save Up All Your Tears". My favourite is the latter, even though it wasn't as successful as "Love and Understanding". Both sound like a ray of sunlight on a cold winter day. "Save Up..." is about strength in the face of broken love; "Love..." is about how the world simply needs more love and understanding. I remember the sexy video for "Love and Understanding"; understandably, my mother did not want her four-year-old watching hardly anything to do with Cher! In the UK, where this album was one of the biggest of Cher's career, "Love Hurts" and "Could've Been You" were also hits. In "Could've Been You", Cher doesn't seek to "get even" or have revenge on her former lover who left her--she simply reminds him, with a hint of compassion, that it was not her decision to leave their relationship, and that her old companion had missed the boat on a future together. To me, break-up songs that seek no revenge make the best ones, and this song fits in that category. In "Love Hurts", Cher doesn't lose dignity while being distraught over the pain in her relationship. The guitars seem to wail right along with her.
One thing I love about this album is how within the seemingly standard love songs, there are hints of spirituality that make the songs have more meaning and depth. "Fires of Eden," "One Small Step" (a duet with Richard Page from Mr. Mister), "When Love Calls Your Name", and even the dark "A World Without Heroes" seem to insinuate faith in something stronger than us, which takes these songs beyond standard pop/rock fare. This does tie in with Cher's faith in God, and I'm glad that she chose to record something deeper than what most pop/rock albums offer.
Other gems on this album include the heartbreaking "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (co-written by David Cassady, and a song that I used to cry to as a kid), and another personal strength song in the album closer "Who You Gonna Believe." The only weak song to me is "When Lovers Become Strangers", but even that is listenable.
Cher is now best known for her dance hits in "Believe" etc., and I hope that this album is never forgotten in the midst of her remaining catalogue. Fans of rock and roll music with a deeper perspective and little in the way of hedonism will not be disappointed.

I tell ya, "Love Hurts" is a great album by Cher. First off, I ordered this NEW and the cover was different then the one shown on the amazon.com website. It's just a picture of her upper body alone with maroonish hair. That aside, I really enjoy this album. "Save Up All Your Tears" was a moderate hit but still not as big as the hits from her album before this "Heart of Stone." While "Love Hurts" includes some filler tricks, the standout tracks REALLY make up for the so-so ones. Of course the Warren/Desmond Child hit is a highlight, but the title track is so beautiful and retro-ish it kind of reminds me of an Elvis song. Cher kind of reminds me of Elvis when she sings that song. Another showstopper is the incredible "I'll Never Stop Loving You" where I think she is talking about Sonny Bono. I also enjoy the other hit from the album "Love And Understanding" which is one of her most underrated songs and definately grows on you. My other favorite is "Could've Been You" which kind of has the same beat as Rickie Lee Jones's hit "Special" (I think that's the title?). "Love Hurts" was released in 1991 and during that time other newcomers were coming onto the scene, taking Cher's incarnation as "Rock Queen" out of the spotlight. Even so, "Love Hurts" still has an 80's rock/Adult Contemporary sound to it. I reccomend this album for anyone who wants good quality Rock/Pop songs and/or likes Cher in general!

Released in 1991, LOVE HURTS follows in the steps of her previous two works, eyeing the AC and AOR audience.
Once again Cher strikes back and hits the mark.
She started the year with a rendition of THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG - huge hit here in Europe (so much the tune is an added bonus track to the european version of this CD) - and later came out with a full album that once again boasts top collaborations: the first "official" single, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, is written by Diane Warren: it is supported by sweeping violins on a fast-beat base...and gorgeous back ups.
Warren also wrote THE ballad of the album WHEN LOVERS BECOME STRANGERS (Cher delivers one of her most emotional performances ever in my opinion here...) and co-wrote with Desmond Child the rock-driven SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS (previously recorded also by Robin Beck, Bonie Tyler, Starship and God knows who else...).
WHO YOU GONNA BELIEVE, FIRES OF EDEN and COULD HAVE BEEN YOU are other great tracks.
A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES is the nugget this time, written by the Kiss guys along with Lou Reed, it is unbelievably so much powerful than your average rock ballad, there's something more here: call it empathy between the writers and the singer, call it the awesome arrangements...it just blows you away!
And if you need some uplifting sound, skip directly to WHEN LOVE CALLS YOUR NAME...
LOVE HURTS is a good, solid product, and Cher is a trademark of the music industry.
Enough said.

Cher's first album of the 1990's followed on in simular format to the late 80's album "Heart of Stone". Although this time there are a few more ballads about relationships/love. "Save up all your tears" is one of the best on the album, it is quite an up-beat soft rock song that could have had more success. It has a very catchy/singalong chorus that doesnt bore after time. "Love Hurts" obviously a cover is done very well, it suits cher voice and works well as a soft rock power ballad". In my opinion i like it better than the original and i don't care what the critics say!! "Love & Understanding" has a kind of mixed vibe, it takes a while to see whether this is going to be either a ballad or more up-beat soft rock, but somehow doesn't really do either and stays between the two. "Fires of Eden" is a typical ballad from cher although not one of the best. "I'll never stop loving you" after however makes up for it and is a better ballad. Here in the uk "Shoop shoop" song was No.1 for 5 weeks in total, a little fun old style track which is great but doesn't quite fit with the rest of the album, it was a track from the cher film "mermaids" and after its success it was put on this album in the uk. "One small step" is an odd little track, which I still don't particulary like and has a guest male vocal, although i do not recognise him, would have been better without him and the weird backing track. "World without heros" sound like it could have been on the "it's a man's world" album, quite distinctive. Another favourite is "Could've been you" which is up-beat and catchy."When love calls your name" is very simular to "I'll never stop loving you" and so is "When lovers become strangers". "who are you gonna believe" is the last track and a good one to end on, after quite a few ballads it ends on a power rock track that has simular appeal to "save up all your tears". Over all a solid album, maybe too many ballads, a signal perhaps that it was at last time to change direction after 3 albums with geffen.

Well now that I have admitted that I am a die-hard fan of this "pop diva" I also have to admit that this album was released, had 2 moderate hits, and I hadn't even known about it!!!! Imagine that! A few years after it was released a dear friend mentioned it to me and was VERY surprised taht I had not even known it existed! I ran right out and bought it and I have to say that it really is one of my favorites. Another example of Cher being dismissed for an amazing effort...much like her next release, It's a Man's World...which I also love. If you're a fan...or even if you're not a huge fan...check this album out...It's awesome!

In 1990, after releasing the 1989 album, HEART OF STONE, Cher starred in, yet, another film, where she played the wild mother of Winona Ryder & Christina Ricci in the film, MERMAIDS. For the theme song to MERMAIDS, Cher covered the original 1960s classic song, THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS). The original song really sucked, but Cher gave us what is known to be the definitive version.

In 1991, Cher released her twentieth album entitled, LOVE HURTS. The 80s were over, but Cher's Rock sound was just beginning, so she continued to experiment with the sound for this album. The album isn't as great as CHER & HEART OF STONE, but the album ranks high with those two albums and will be another one of Cher's greatest musical achievments.

SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS
The second single from the album. When I first heard this song, I immediately fell in love with it. This is a great rock song, with the sound of dance beats to go along with it, so if you are looking for a Cher song to dance to, this song is the right choice. I've some more Cher information; this song was actually Cher's personal choice for the first single from this album. But for some reason, "Love And Understanding" was chosen instead.

LOVE HURTS
The third & final single from the album. This song is also the album's title track, and unfortunately to not chart too high. This really is a good song and I am disappointed to hear that it did not chard well. Critics with brains that do not function properly are all around us.

LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
The first single from the album. This song really is not too impressive for me, but it is a really good song. I wouldn't turn it off I heard it on the radio. I wouldn't turn it off if I'm listening to this entire album. But the song could have been better than this.

FIRES OF EDEN
When someone mentions the name Eden, which, they would be referring to The Garden Of Eden, if I'm not mistaken, I usually enjoy the song very much. Well, it happened again, folks. This song is, without a doubt, a great song.

I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU
Seems as though the prase, Never Stop Loving You, is usually really popular for bands and solo acts around today. Cher, of course, had this incredible song. In 1999, Britney Spears had a song on her first album called, "I Will Still Love You", which was a duet between Britney & Don Phillip. In 1987, Michael Jackson had a duet with Siedah Garrett entitled, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". And *NSYNC had a song in 2000 on their No Strings Attached album entitled, "That's When I'll Stop Loving You". This is a great song.

ONE SMALL STEP (Duet with Richard Page)
Sometimes taking One Small Step at a time can be very helpful in life. If you have some mental problems, than take One Small Step, one at a time, then you'll be feeling much better. This is a great song and I feel it can you help you in life.

A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES
You know, I cannot see this world without heroes. I have a few heroes, myself. One is my late grandfather. The others are the American Troops who are fighting for this country. The third is actor Kiefer Sutherland. If I didn't have these heroes, where would I be? This is an amazing song to listen to over and over again.

COULD'VE BEEN YOU
Not bad.

WHEN LOVE CALLS YOUR NAME
Not bad.

WHEN LOVERS BECOME STRANGERS
Most of the time, this song can happen to many people. You are in a relationship with a person. Unfortunately, the relationship goes sour and ends. Then, afterwards, the two become total strangers, acting as if one another never existed. I love this song.

WHO YOU GONNA BELIEVE
Not bad.

This album is one star less than that of I PARALYZE (1982), CHER (1987), & HEART OF STONE (1989), but it certainly does rank high with those three albums. So, get moving and buy a copy of this album for yourselves right now.