On Cher's second solo record, 1966's The Sonny Side of Cher, Sonny Bono tinkers with the folk-rock formula that had made her previous album such a delight and ruins everything, leaving the album as nothing more than a chuckle-inducing curiosity, just the kind of silly record casual listeners might expect from the duo.
While there are still good covers of Dylan ("Like a Rolling Stone") and a couple of Bob Lind tunes ("Elusive Butterfly" and "Come to Your Window"), for some reason Bono thought it would be a good idea to graft his Spectorized folk-rock sound onto MOR pop tunes like "It's Not Unusual," "Our Day Will Come," and "The Girl from Ipanema." Cher sounds game but uncommitted, the arrangements are over the top (check "Old Man River" for the best example), and it just doesn't work.
The only track that has any real zest is the Bono-written novelty "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)," the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but also a song with no real heart.
The album is doomed by its lack of heart and inability to rise above the formulaic.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)Sonny Bono | Cher | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 2 | Where Do You GoSonny Bono | Cher | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | Our Day Will ComeMort Garson, Bob Hilliard | Cher | Play | 02:13 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 4 | Elusive ButterflyBob Lind | Cher | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 5 | Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan | Cher | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Ol' Man RiverOscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | Cher | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Come to Your WindowBob Lind | Cher | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 8 | It's Not UnusualGordon Mills, Leslie Reed | Cher | Play | 02:10 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 9 | TimeMichael Merchant | Cher | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 10 | MilordMarguerite Monnot | Cher | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 11 | Young Girl (Une Enfante) | Cher | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 12 | Girl from Ipanema | Cher | Play | 02:14 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 34 mins | 78 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 203 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Aznavour | Composer |
| 2 | Sonny Bono | Composer |
| 3 | Robert Chauvigny | Composer |
| 4 | Cher | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | Vinícius de Moraes | Composer |
| 6 | Bob Dylan | Composer |
| 7 | Mort Garson | Composer |
| 8 | Norman Gimbel | Composer |
| 9 | Oscar Hammerstein II | Composer |
| 10 | Bob Hilliard | Composer |
| 11 | Antônio Carlos Jobim | Composer |
| 12 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 13 | Bob Lind | Composer |
| 14 | Michael Merchant | Composer |
| 15 | Gordon Mills | Composer |
| 16 | Marguerite Monnot | Composer |
| 17 | Leslie Reed | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |