Love Hurts (Cher album)

Infobox Album | Name = Love Hurts
Type = Album
Artist = Cher

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Released = June 11 1991
Recorded = 1990-1991
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 43:54
Label = Geffen Records
Producer = John Kalodner, Peter Asher, Steve Lukather, Guy Roche, Dianne Warren, Richie Zito, Bob Rock
Reviews =
* "Allmusic" (Rating|1.5|5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8e851v0jzzva] |Last album = "Mermaids OST"
(1990)
This album = "Love Hurts"
(1991)
Next album = ""
(1992)
Misc =Extra album cover

Background = lightsteelblue
Upper caption = Alternate cover


Lower caption = Cover of the European version

"Love Hurts" is the 21st studio album by singer Cher, released in 1991 for Geffen Records.

Album information

"Love Hurts" was released on June 11, 1991 and was the third and final studio album released by Cher for Geffen Records. The record featured production by Bob Rock and saw her continue to collaborate with John Kalodner, Diane Warren and Desmond Child. The album was recorded in late 1990/early 1991, during the first year of Cher's relationship to Bon Jovi's guitarist Richie Sambora. She dedicated the album to him and "every man that ever made me shed a tear".

The album contained three covers: the worldwide hit "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" originally recorded by Merry Clayton in 1963, Kiss song "A World Without Heroes" recorded in 1980 and "Love Hurts" a remake of the 1975 version which Cher had previously recorded for her album "Stars". This time the song was more pop/rock rather than a ballad. The originally version was released by Everly Brothers in 1960.

The European cover of the album was different from the American release, it featured Cher laying on a white background wearing a red wig. The European release also included the world wide hit, The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) which reached #1 in over 10 countries and has sold over six million copies. In the United States, The Shoop Shoop Song was available only through the original soundtrack, "Mermaids OST" for the film of the same name.

Unlike "Heart of Stone" and "Cher", Love Hurts received less attention in the North America, only achieving a gold certification in the U.S. while in European countries the album was certified multi-platinum. In the U.K, the album debuted at #1 and held this position for 6 consecutive weeks. The album became her second biggest selling album worldwide at the time (behind "Heart of Stone")

The David Cassidy co-written song, "I'll Never Stop Loving You", was released a year later on Cassidy's album, Didn't You Used to be? (album)

In 2001 it was re-released in a special collector's version and featured tarot cards with the lyrics of every song on the album.

Track listing

Certifications

succession box
before = "Greatest Hits" by Eurythmics
title = UK number one album
years = June 29, 1991 – August 9, 1991
after = "Essential Pavarotti II" by Luciano Pavarotti

References