1991 Cher – Love Hurts
Love Hurts is the 20th studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 11, 1991 by Geffen Records. The RIAA certified it Gold on August 27, 1991. It is the final studio album with the record label Geffen. The lead single from the album was, “Love and Understanding” and the follow-up singles were “Save Up All Your Tears”, “Love Hurts”, “Could’ve Been You” and “When Lovers Become Strangers”. It debuted at #48 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart with the sales of 19,000. Billboard stated in November 2011 that Love Hurts has sold 600,000 copies in the US
Love Hurts was released in 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 four covers: “Save Up All Your Tears” recorded in the late 1980s by Bonnie Tyler and Robin Beck, the Kiss song “A World Without Heroes” recorded in 1980, “Fires Of Eden” recorded by Judy Collins in 1990, 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 version also contains the worldwide hit “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” originally recorded by Betty Everett in 1963.
Early releases of the album in the UK had the same cover as the American release, but later European releases had a different cover, showing 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. In the United States, “The Shoop Shoop Song” was available only through the original soundtrack, Mermaids for the film of the same name.
While the album did extremely well in the UK, its singles were only minor hits. “Love and Understanding” was the only big hit in the charts, but the album also produced many fans favorites including “Could’ve Been You” and big Cher favorites, “Save Up All Your Tears”, “Love Hurts”, and “Fires of Eden”. Also “Love Hurts and “Could’ve Been You” was released only in Europe, while “When Lovers Become Strangers” was released only in North America.
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?. One year before, it was already recorded by Heart and released on a Japanese special edition bonus CD for their album Brigade.
Tracks
1 Save Up All Your Tears (Desmond Child, Diane Warren) 3:58
2 Love Hurts (Boudleaux Bryant) 4:16
3 Love And Understanding (Diane Warren) 4:44
4 Fires Of Eden (Kit Hain, Mark Goldenberg) 3:43
5 I’ll Never Stop Loving You (David Cassidy, John Wetton, Sue Shifrin) 3:59
6 One Small Step (Barry Mann, Brad Parker, Wendy Waldman) 3:28
7 A World Without Heroes (Bob Ezrin, Gene Simmons, Lou Reed, Paul Stanley) 3:09
8 Could’ve Been You (Arnie Roman, Bob Halligan) 3:27
9 When Love Calls Your Name (Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) 3:32
10 When Lovers Become Strangers (Diane Warren) 4:48
11 Who You Gonna Believe (Jerry Marquez, Joe Marquez, Steve Fontano) 4:45
12 The Shoop Shoop Song (Rudy Clark) 2:49
Biography
Musicians
1 Save Up All Your Tears
Bass | Hugh McDonald |
Drums | Mickey Curry |
Guitar | Keith Scott |
Keyboards | John Webster |
Percussion | Jim McGillveray |
Background Vocals | Marc LaFrance |
Background Vocals | David Steele |
Background Vocals | Joanie Bye |
Background Vocals | Connie Scott |
Background Vocals | Lisa Dal Bello |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Vocals | Cher |
2 Love Hurts
Bass | Mike Porcaro |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Keyboards | Kim Bullard |
Background Vocals | Gunnar Nelson |
Background Vocals | Paul Mirkovich |
Background Vocals | Joey Cathcart |
Vocals | Cher |
3 Love And Understanding
Drums | Mark T Williams |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Guitar | Josh Sklair |
Synthesizer | Guy Roche |
Background Vocals | Jean McClain |
Background Vocals | Myriam Valle |
Background Vocals | Laura Creamer |
Background Vocals | Diane Warren |
Vocals | Cher |
4 Fires Of Eden
Bass | Larry Klein |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Michael Thompson |
12 String Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Vocals | Cher |
5 I’ll Never Stop Loving You
Bass | Hugh McDonald |
Drums | Mickey Curry |
Guitar | Keith Scott |
Guitar | Richie Zito |
Keyboards | John Webster |
Keyboards | Richie Zito |
Percussion | Jim McGillveray |
Background Vocals | Marc LaFrance |
Background Vocals | David Steele |
Background Vocals | Joanie Bye |
Background Vocals | Connie Scott |
Background Vocals | Lisa Dal Bello |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Vocals | Cher |
6 One Small Step
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Drums (programming) | Peter Asher |
Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Peter Asher |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Background Vocals | Andrew Gold |
Background Vocals | Kenny Edwards |
Vocals | Cher |
7 A World Without Heroes
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Acoustic Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Keyboards | David Paich |
Keyboards | David Garfield |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Richard Marx |
Vocals | Cher |
8 Could’ve Been You
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Background Vocals | Andrew Gold |
Background Vocals | Kenny Edwards |
Background Vocals | Peter Asher |
Vocals | Cher |
9 When Love Calls Your Name
Bass | Larry Klein |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Michael Thompson |
Acoustic Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Percussion | Peter Asher |
Vocals | Cher |
10 When Lovers Become Strangers
Bass | Randy Jackson |
Drums | Mark T Williams |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Glenn Sciurba |
Guitar | Josh Sklair |
Background Vocals | Joe Turano |
Background Vocals | Diane Warren |
Background Vocals | Laura Creamer |
Vocals | Cher |
11 Who You Gonna Believe
Bass | Mike Porcaro |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Keyboards | Kim Bullard |
Background Vocals | Gunnar Nelson |
Background Vocals | Paul Mirkovich |
Background Vocals | Joey Cathcart |
Vocals | Cher |
12 The Shoop Shoop Song
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Mike Fisher |
Vocals | Cher |
Liner Notes
Producer – Richie Zito (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)
Producer – Bob Rock (Tracks 1, 5)
Producer – Diane Warren, Guy Roche (Tracks 3, 10)
Producer – Kit Hain, Mark Goldenberg (Track 4)
Producer – Peter Asher (Tracks 6, 8, 9, 12)
Producer – Steve Lukather (Track 7)
Arranged By – Howie Vickers (Tracks 1, 5)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – David Campbell (Tracks 7, 9, 10)
Arranged By (Strings) – Scott Harper (Tracks 3, 11)
Coordinator – Katy Parks (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 12)
Coordinator – Sandee Bathgate (Tracks 1, 5)
Coordinator – Doreen Dorian (Tracks 3, 11)
Coordinator – Ivy Skoff (Tracks 4, 7, 9, 10)
Coordinator – Debra Shallman (Track 8)
Directed By (Vocals) – Mark Hudson (Track 11)
Engineer (Additional) – David Thoener, Phil Kaffel, Randy Staub (Tracks 1, 5)
Engineer (Additional) – Frank Wolf (Track 8)
Engineer (Assistant) – Fred Kelly (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – Jeff Rach (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – John Aguto, Randy Wine, Steve Heinke (Tracks 2, 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – Julie Last, Ken Allardyce (Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Engineer (Assistant) – Jeff DeMorris, Mario Luccy (Tracks 3, 11)
Engineer (Assistant) – Gil Morales (Tracks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer (Assistant) – Nathaniel Kunkel, Rail Rogut (Tracks 4, 7, 9, 10)
Engineer (Assistant) – Greg Goldman, Martin Brumbach, Mike Kloster (Track 8)
Mastered By – Dan Hersch
Mixed By – David Thoener (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12)
Mixed By – Frank Wolf (Tracks 4, 7, 9, 10)
Recorded By – Mike Fraser (Tracks 1, 5)
Recorded By – Phil Kaffel (Tracks 2, 8, 12)
Recorded By – Frank Wolf (Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Recorded By – David Thoener (Tracks 3, 11)
Recorded By – Greg Ladanyi (Track 8)
Recorded By (Drums) – George Massenburg (Tracks 4, 7, 9, 10)
Art Direction – Kevin Reagan
Design – Kevin Reagan, Sunja Park
Photography – Herb Ritts
Mastered At DigiPrep
Mixed At The Enterprise
Mixed At Conway Studios
Mixed At A&M Studios
Recorded At Little Mountain Sound Studios
Recorded At Vancouver Studios
Recorded At The Complex
Recorded At The Hop
Recorded At Skywalker Sound
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Sunset Sound
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Copyright The David Geffen Company