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词条 It's a Man's World (Cher album)
释义

  1. Album information

  2. Singles

  3. Commercial performance

  4. Critical reception

  5. Track listing

  6. Personnel

  7. Charts

     Year-end charts 

  8. Certifications and sales

  9. References

  10. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = It's a Man's World
| type = studio
| artist = Cher
| cover = Cheriamw.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 6, 1995 (Europe)
June 25, 1996 (North America)
| recorded = 1995
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock|R&B}}
| length = 63:31 (Europe)
49:23 (North America)
| label = {{hlist|WEA (Europe)|Reprise (North America)}}
| producer = Trevor Horn, Craig Kostich (exec.), Stephen Lipson, Christopher Neil, Greg Penny
| prev_title = 1965–1992
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Believe
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = It's a Man's World
| type = studio
| single1 = Walking in Memphis
| single1date = October 13, 1995
| single2 = One by One
| single2date = January 5, 1996 (Europe)
June 4, 1996 (North America)
| single3 = Not Enough Love in the World
| single3date = April 12, 1996
| single4 = The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
| single4date = August 1996
| single5 = Paradise Is Here
| single5date = December 3, 1996
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1]
|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev2score = C[2]
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[3]
|noprose=yes
}}

It's a Man's World is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Cher released on November 6, 1995 by WEA, a label of Warner Music U.K.. This is also the start of her second stint with Warner Music Group. With an adjusted track list, the album was released in the United States on June 25, 1996 by Reprise Records. As of 1997, the album has sold 700,000 copies worldwide. In the UK the album peaked at number 10 and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling more than 100,000 copies.

Album information

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 and rock roots. The album also stands out for Cher stretching her vocals to head register for such songs as "One by One" and "The Gunman", getting out of her comfort zone of her trademark husky contralto.

Cher signed with Warner Music U.K. in 1994 and recorded It's a Man's World in London in 1995. That same year the album was released all over Europe with "Walking in Memphis" as its lead off single. In the same year, it was certified gold in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.[4]

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 Tonite" and "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 these three rock songs and also due to five songs remixed to evoke a contemporary R&B feel. The new versions of those songs: "Not Enough Love in the World", "Paradise Is Here", "Angels Running", "What About the Moonlight" and "One by One" were labeled as album versions in the United States. Their new sound carried R&B influences, while their original versions were influenced by Southern rock and blues.

Singles

Five singles were released to promote the album. A cover of Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis" served as the lead single off the album in Europe, Australia and Canada. In Europe, the single was a notable hit and charted higher than the original version. It peaked at #11 in the UK and reached the top 20 in several European countries; however it failed to gain notable attention elsewhere. A music video for the song portrayed Cher walking around Memphis dressed as Elvis Presley and singing in a bus. "One by One", co-written by Cher, met more success being released as a second single and the first single in the United States, not only by peaking inside the top 10 in the UK and across Europe but also charting at #52 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #22 in Canada. Three music videos were released to promote the song worldwide, all following a story of an unhappy couple trying to get over their struggles and showing scenes of Cher singing. Two covers, Don Henley's "Not Enough Love in the World" and Frankie Valli's "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", were released as next singles off the album, both meeting notable chart positions in the UK and Scotland. The final single in the US was a cover of Tina Turner's "Paradise Is Here" which was remixed and in that form reached #11 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. No music videos were released to promote the three latter singles.

Commercial performance

It's a Man's World was successful in Europe. It debuted #28 on the UK Albums Chart on the week of 12 November 1995. The album rose to its peak position of #10 during its thirteenth week on the chart following the commercial success of "One by One". The album spent a total of 22 weeks on the chart, sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. It proved to be successful in other European countries peaking inside the top 20 in several of them and #8 in Austria. The album failed to gain notable attention elsewhere peaking #64 on the US Billboard 200 with only 9,000 copies sold in its first week [5] and #46 in Canada. According to Nielsen SoundScan, It's A Man's World sold 194,000 copies in the US and over 700,000 copies worldwide as of 1997.[6][7]

Critical reception

Upon release, the album received generally favorable responses from international music critics. AllMusic's Jose F. Promis praised the album for its "torchy ballads, Western-themed epics, and R&B influences" and described it as "one of the singer's finest, as well as one of her most overlooked and underappreciated [works to date]". He also stated that the album's European mix is better. Entertainment Weekly gave the album a C and appreciated "Walking In Memphis", stating that the song "must be heard to be believed". The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated It's a Man's World two and a half out of five stars.

Track listing

{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Walking in Memphis
| writer1 = Marc Cohn
| extra1 = Christopher Neil
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = Not Enough Love in the World
| writer2 = Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench
| extra2 = Stephen Lipson
| length2 = 4:25
| title3 = One by One
| writer3 = Anthony Griffiths
| extra3 = Lipson
| length3 = 5:06
| title4 = I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
| writer4 = Daniel Walsh, Steve Barri, Michael Price, Michael Omartian
| extra4 = Greg Penny, Neil{{ref|a|[a]}}, Simon Hurrell{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = Angels Running
| writer5 = Patty Larkin
| extra5 = Neil
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = Paradise Is Here
| writer6 = Paul Brady
| extra6 = Lipson
| length6 = 5:06
| title7 = I'm Blowin' Away
| writer7 = Eric Kaz
| extra7 = Lipson
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Don't Come Around Tonite
| writer8 = Maia Sharp, Mark Addison
| extra8 = Neil
| length8 = 4:38
| title9 = What About the Moonlight
| writer9 = Kathleen York, Michael Dorian
| extra9 = Neil
| length9 = 4:20
| title10 = The Same Mistake
| writer10 = Marc Jordan, John Capek
| extra10 = Penny, Neil{{ref|a|[a]}}, Hurrell{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = The Gunman
| writer11 = Paddy McAloon
| extra11 = Trevor Horn
| length11 = 5:14
| title12 = The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
| writer12 = Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe
| extra12 = Horn
| length12 = 5:16
| title13 = Shape of Things to Come
| writer13 = Horn, Lol Creme
| extra13 = Horn
| length13 = 4:08
| title14 = It's a Man's Man's Man's World
| writer14 = James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome
| extra14 = Lipson
| length14 = 4:40
}}{{track listing
| headline = North American version
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| collapsed = yes
| title1 = One by One
| writer1 = Cher{{ref|b|[b]}}, Griffiths
| extra1 = Sam Ward, Lipson{{ref|c|[c]}}
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Not Enough Love in the World
| writer2 = Henley, Kortchmar, Tench
| extra2 = Ward, Lipson{{ref|c|[c]}}
| length2 = 4:25
| title3 = Angels Running
| writer3 = Larkin
| extra3 = Neil, Daniel Abraham{{ref|d|[d]}}
| length3 = 4:35
| title4 = What About the Moonlight
| writer4 = York, Dorian
| extra4 = Ward, Neil{{ref|c|[c]}}
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = Paradise Is Here
| writer5 = Brady
| extra5 = Ward, Lipson{{ref|c|[c]}}
| length5 = 4:40
| title6 = The Same Mistake
| writer6 = Jordan
| extra6 = Penny, Neil{{ref|a|[a]}}, Hurrell{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = I'm Blowin' Away
| writer7 = Kaz
| extra7 = Lipson
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Walking in Memphis
| writer8 = Cohn
| extra8 = Neil
| length8 = 4:00
| title9 = The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
| writer9 = Gaudio, Crewe
| extra9 = Horn
| length9 = 5:13
| title10 = The Gunman
| writer10 = Cher{{ref|b|[b]}}, McAloon
| extra10 = Horn
| length10 = 5:08
| title11 = It's a Man's Man's Man's World
| writer11 = Brown, Newsome
| extra11 = Lipson
| length11 = 4:40
}}Notes
  • {{small|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies a remixer
  • {{small|{{note|b|b}}}} Cher is credited as composer only in the U.S. edition
  • {{small|{{note|c|c}}}} signifies an original producer
  • {{small|{{note|d|d}}}} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

  • Cher – main vocals
  • Anne Dudley – string arrangements
Original versions
  • Tracks 1, 5, 8, 9 produced by Christopher Neil
  • Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 14 produced by Stephen Lipson
  • Tracks 4, 10 produced by Greg Penny
  • Tracks 11, 12, 13 produced by Trevor Horn
American remixes
  • Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 remixed by Sam Ward
  • Track 3 remixed by Daniel Abraham
  • "The Gunman" edited by the original song producer, Trevor Horn
Design
  • David Scheinmann – photography
Production
  • Craig Kostich – executive producer
  • Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing

Charts

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}
Weekly charts
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Chart (1995–96)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[8]46
European Albums (Top 100)[9]35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]74
Italian Albums (Hit Parade Italia)[11]16
{{col-2}}

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[11]72
UK Albums (OCC)[12]107
{{col-end}}

Certifications and sales

{{certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Cher|title=It's a Man's World|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|date=November 14, 2013|accessdate=November 16, 2013|autocat=yes}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Cher|title=It's a Man's World|nocert=yes|type=album|salesamount=194,000|salesref=[13]|relyear=1996|date=June 25, 2003|accessdate=February 16, 2014|certyear=2014|autocat=yes}}{{Certification Table Summary}}		Worldwide
|{{n/a}}
|700,000[14]
|-{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r233369}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293375,00.html|title=It's a Man's World Review|last=Farber|first=Jim|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|date=1996-07-19|accessdate=2012-11-02}}
3. ^{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 158 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=rolling+stone+cher+album+guide&source=bl&ots=BiMhpm_PV-&sig=QFz-TO_YXv6TLUZkFio0vM0EJsc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rh-MULCjGsuJ0QH9uoCoBg&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20cher%20album%20guide&f=false}}
4. ^{{certification Cite|region=United Kingdom|title=It's a Man's World|artist=Cher|type=album}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: 'Very Best' Sells Very Well|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70437/ask-billboard|publisher=Billboard|date=2003-06-25|accessdate=2012-03-11}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 |title=Who's Selling Where |publisher=Nielsen N.V.|work=Billboard|volume=109|number=8|page= 46|issn=0006-2510|date=22 February 1997 |accessdate=31 May 2015}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Billboard Magazine issue February 22, 1997|url=http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ae7a/37rfizq0dsuxo2zfg.jpg?size_id=7|publisher=Billboard|date=2003-06-25|accessdate=2012-03-11}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3012&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3012.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3012|title=RPM 100 Albums|work=RPM|accessdate=November 6, 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-02-17.pdf|title=Hits of the World|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 6, 2015}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-7893|title=Cher - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=November 6, 2015}}
11. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1996.htm|title=Gli album più venduti del 1996|publisher=Hit Parade Italia|accessdate=November 6, 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201996.html |title=Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1996r |language=Polish |publisher=Z archiwum...rocka |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927003211/http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201996.html |archivedate=September 27, 2012 }}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70437/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard |publisher=Billboard |date=June 25, 2003 |accessdate=February 15, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Billboard Magazine issue February 22, 1997|url=http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ae7a/37rfizq0dsuxo2zfg.jpg?size_id=7|publisher=Billboard|date=2003-06-25|accessdate=2012-03-11}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0000333|Cher}}
{{Cher (navbox)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:It's A Man's World}}

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