1979 Cher – Take Me Home

Take Me Home was Cher‘s first album of 1979, and also her first released by Casablanca Records. It was produced by Bob Esty and Ron Dante, and most of the songs were written by Michele Aller and Bob Esty. This marked the beginning of her brief venture into disco music. Much to Cher’s chagrin, she was pressured into recording an album of this genre. From the album came a major comeback hit, “Take Me Home”. She contributed a lyrically self-penned song about her failed marriage to Gregg Allman on the closing ballad, “My Song (Too Far Gone)”. This album is dedicated to “Butterfly”.

The success of the title track boosted sales of the album and the album is also known for its alluring cover photograph of a scantily clad Cher in a gold Viking outfit which received a lot of attention at the time. “Take Me Home” was also the first album to have three tracks mixed: “Take Me Home” (12″ Mix), “Wasn’t It Good” (12″ Mix) and “Git Down (Guitar Grupie)” (12″ Mix) available on the “Hell on Wheels” single. Gene Simmons, her boyfriend at the time, received a credit on the album owing to his presence on the track “Git Down (Guitar Groupie)”.

Take Me Home has been released on CD together with her second Casablanca Records album, Prisoner, numerous times in a CD entitled The Casablanca Years. This CD unites all the tracks from both albums, merging them onto one single CD. The album was released in 1993 and rereleased in 1996 with a different cover. unreleased songs from the sessions include Oh God America & Sometime Somewhere written by Cher But she didn’t like her contributions so they were left off the inclusion of Take Me Home.