Track Listing

1. Song for the Lonely
2. A Different Kind of Love Song
3. Alive Again
4. The Music's No Good Without You
5. Rain, Rain
6. Real Love
7. Love So High
8. Body to Body, Heart to Heart
9. Love Is A Lonely Place Without You
10. Love One Another
11. When You Walk Away
12. When The Money's Gone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78146 in Music
• Released on: 2002-02-26
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Her first album since 1998's quadruple-platinum Believe and its platinum #1 title track, the pop, dance-friendly 'Living Proof' features the Diane Warren-penned 'When You Walk Away' - unavailable on the European version (replaces 'You Take It All'). Produced by the likes of Chicane, Rick Nowells and Norwegian production team Stargate, 'Living Proof' impressively captures Cher at her seductive dancefloor best. Warner Brothers Records.

Amazon.com
If the fans who grooved to Believe still clamor for more, there's little doubt that Living Proof will quickly achieve the same chromatic status as Cher's new hair color. The multitalented entertainer is placing a safe bet on the fortitude of her latest incarnation as disco diva to support a second album of dance club tracks. Other pop femme fatales of late are experimenting with subtleties in rhythm and nuance, but subtlety is not one of Cher's selling points. She's been quoted as comparing "Song for the Lonely" to U2's sound; indeed, through Cher's discofied ears, there are brief moments where the track riffs on U2's euphoric "Beautiful Day" and the two songs share a hopeful sentiment. "Love So High" and "Body to Body, Heart to Heart" throw the prerequisite Latin guitar and percussion into the mix, and the buzzing back beats on her cover of "Love One Another" (last heard on Dutch singer Amber's self-titled release) make it one of the CD's tightest songs. Cher's vocals--a taste we've had more than 35 years to acquire--are strong, and her production team enhances her limited range with studio tricks. Living Proof will appeal more to Cher's devoted fans than electronica purists, but her missive is relished by both sects: leave your worries at the door and get out on the dance floor. --Beth Massa

Customer Reviews

One of her best albums
While the album "Believe" had a #1 hit that deserved to be so, it wasn't as good as her most recent album "Living Proof." I like all the songs and I like the general feel of the album. There are so many good songs like "Rain, Rain", "When You Walk Away", "Love One Another" and "When The Money's Gone." She may have worked with the same producers as she did with the "believe" album but this one's so much better. It could be possible that it's her best album period. I like Cher so much and I hope she releases another album soon. It's been too long since this one!

Cher IS living proof that nothing can keep this woman down!
Cher's follow-up release to her blockbuster album "Believe" was "Living Proof." It is another album in the dance/club music vein, though it is a darker and much more cynical collection than "Believe." Cher pulls it off beautifully though.

Right before this album came out, 9/11 happened. Cher dedicates the tribute song "A Song For the Lonely" to the "Courageous People of New York" who endured through the horrible event. When I last saw her in concert (Farewell Tour, 2005, Glendale AZ) and this video was shown in the ampitheater, I was struck by the WTC symbolism and how moving the song was. This CD has a link to the video and it is definitely worth watching.

I think "Believe" was a much-more commercially viable disc than "Living Proof," though I think that "Living Proof" is a more powerful recording. It also took me a few listenings for me to really start to like it. It's packed with great songs. I always thought that Diane Warren's "Body to Body, Heart to Heart" should have been released as a single.

The record company antics of releasing different versions of the disc in the U.S. and Europe are a bit tiresome: the European versions contained additional songs and short-changed U.S. fans. The same company did the same thing with the "It's A Man's World" disc in the mid-90s. It's all about the bucks, I know, but enough is enough.

Love it!!
This is a very good album. No Cher fan would be complete without it!
Song for the lonely (8/10) not my favorite song, but still good

Different kind of love song (10/10) Really fun to dance to.

Alive agian (15/10)One of my favorite songs!

The music's no good without you (14/10) one of her better dance songs

Rain Rain (10/10) It has a great beat to it and I love it.

Real love (10/10) upbeat and great to sing along to!

Love so high (9/10) not the best, but it is a good song.

Body to body, heart to heart (5/10) its an ok song, but not my favorite.

Love is a lonely place without you (15/10)Kind of dark, but its awesome!