Cher: Daring To Be Different
Paul Gorman, Music Week, 1995
CHER'S NEW ALBUM It's A Man's World may well have the most apt, albeit ironically stated, title of the year. For her first project for WEA Records, the former Cherilyn Sarkasian LaPierre has chosen to surround herself with the cream of AOR producers, songwriters and musicians, all of whom are male. And right back at the start of her career, Cher struggled to emerge from the shadow of some of the most powerful male figures in pop.
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