It's a Man's World

Infobox Album | Name = It's a Man's World
Type = Album
Artist = Cher


Released = November 6 1995 (Europe)
June 25 1996 (North America)
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Pop/Rock (Europe)
Pop/R'n'B (North America)
Length = 63:31 (Europe)
49:23 (North America)
Label = Warner Bros
Producer = Craig Kostich
Reviews =
*Allmusic (Rating|3|5) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bt7m96bofep1 AMG review] ]
*Amazon (Rating|5|5) [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000005S57 Amazon review] ] |Last album = ""
(1992)
This album = "It's a Man's World"
(1995) / (1996)
Next album = "Believe"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = It's a Man's World
Type = studio
single 1 = Walking in Memphis
single 2 = One by One
single 3 = Not Enough Love in the World
single 4 = The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
single 5 = Paradise Is Here
single 1 date = October, 1995
single 2 date = January, 1996
single 3 date = April, 1996
single 4 date = August, 1996
single 5 date = December, 1996

"It's a Man's World" is the twenty-second album by American singer-actess Cher, released on November 6 1995 by Warner Bros. Worldwide, the album has sold more than 3.400,000 copy. The album is by-and-large a covers album.

History

"It's a Man's World" found Cher singing 'unconventional' songs in a style more associated with the Deep South, rather than her more familiar pop, rock and disco roots. The album also stands out for Cher stretching her vocals to sing in falsetto for such songs as "One by One" and "The Gunman", getting out of her comfort zone of her trademark deep-huskiness.

Cher recorded "It's a Man's World" in London, England in 1995. That same year the album was released all over Europe with "Walking in Memphis" as its lead off single. The original album included fourteen songs, but when it was released in the United States in 1996 the setlist included only eleven songs. Three songs, "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)", "Don't Come Around Tonight" and "The Shape of Things to Come" had been removed from the American release. The American release was also reviewed by critics as a 'mid-'90s R&B/pop phenomenon' due to the removal of the few pop/rock songs on the album and also due to five songs being remixed and being heavily influenced by R&B. "Not Enough in the World", "Paradise Is Here", "Angels Running", "What About the Moonlight" and "One by One" were remixed and labeled as album versions in the United States. Their new genre included pop and R&B, however their original versions were influenced by pop/rock. Because of the new change, the American release was also compared to Madonna's "Bedtime Stories" which at the time showed a new change in Madonna's music. The album was also compared to the style of Boyz II Men. One critic Jose F. Promis from Allmusic described the album as "one of the singer's finest", which justifies Cher as a true singer rather than a mere entertainer. While the album was temporarily sidelined with her dizzying worldwide success with "Believe", in recent years it has been rediscovered and credited.

Track listing

European release
# Walking in Memphis (Cohn) - (3:58)
# Not Enough Love in the World (Henley, Kortchmar, Tench) - {4:23)
# One by One (Griffiths) - (5:06)
# I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) (Bland) - (3:37)
# Angels Running (Larkin) - (4:40)
# Paradise Is Here (Brady) - (5:05)
# I'm Blowin' Away (Kaz) - (4:04)
# Don't Come Around Tonight (Addison, Sharp) - (4:37)
# What About the Moonlight (York) - (4:15)
# The Same Mistake (Jordan) - (4:28)
# The Gunman (McAloon) - (5:13)
# The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Crewe, Gaudio) - (5:15)
# The Shape of Things to Come (Creme, Horn) - (4:08)
# It's a Man's Man's Man's World (Newsome) - (4:37)

American release
# One by One (Sam Ward Remix) (Griffiths) - (4:06)
# Not Enough Love in the World (Sam Ward Remix) (Henley, Kortchmar, Tench) - (4:24)
# Angels Running (Daniel Abraham Remix) (Larkin) - (4:34)
# What About the Moonlight (Sam Ward Remix) (York) - (4:17)
# Paradise Is Here (Sam Ward Remix) (Brady) - (4:40)
# The Same Mistake (Jordan) - (4:25)
# I'm Blowin' Away (Kaz) - (4:02)
# Walking in Memphis (Cohn) - (3:58)
# The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Crewe, Gaudio) - (5:13)
# The Gunman (Edit) (McAloon) - (5:08)
# It's a Man's Man's Man's World (Newsome) - (4:36)

Covers

These are the covered songs on the album and their original singers.

*Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn)
*Not Enough Love in the World (Don Henley)
*One by One (The Real People)
*I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) (Bobby Blue Bland)
*Angels Running (Patty Larkin)
*Paradise Is Here (Tina Turner)
*I'm Blowin' Away (Linda Ronstadt)
*The Same Mistake (Marc Jordan)
*The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Frankie Valli)
*It's a Man's Man's Man's World (James Brown)

Production

Original versions

*"Walking in Memphis", "Angels Running", "Don't Come Around Tonight" and "What About the Moonlight" original versions produced by Christopher Neil
*"Not Enough Love in the World", "One by One", "Paradise Is Here", "I'm Blowin' Away" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" produced by Stephen Lipson
*"I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" and "The Same Mistake" produced by Greg Penny
*"The Gunman", "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "The Shape of Things to Come" produced by Trevor Horn

American remixes

*"One by One", "Not Enough Love in the World", "What About the Moonlight" and "Paradise is Here" were remixed by Sam Ward
*"Angels Running" was remixed by Daniel Abraham
*"The Gunman" was edited by the original song producer, Trevor Horn

Chart performance

References