Living Proof (Cher album)
"The Music's No Good Without You" was released as the album's worldwide lead single, and made Cher one of the few artists to have a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom in five consecutive decades.[5] Cher said her favorite song slated for the album was a cover version of "When the Money's Gone", written by Bruce Roberts, stating it was "so perfect" for her.[8] The international version for Living Proof opens with "The Music's No Good Without You", a disco-inspired song filled with "hypnotic synth lines",[9] while Cher's vocals are manipulated with Auto-Tune which made her sound like the "embodiment of a haunted extra-terrestrial".[10][11] The following track "Alive Again" is described as a "trance anthem",[12] and its lyrics revolve around Cher singing about the "broken world of a dissolved relationship".[12] The following track, "A Different Kind of Love Song" lyrically alludes to themes of tragedy, heroism and brotherhood,[15] while musically it has "cloud-scrapping chorus, breezy melody, and a kitschy production tics", including Cher's heavily processed vocals by Auto-Tune.[12][1] The eighth song "Love Is a Lonely Place Without You" lyrically carries the theme of a "brokenhearted symbol of a strong but decidedly single woman".She opened the 2002 American Music Awards on January 9, 2002 singing "Song for the Lonely", accompanied by dancers and wearing a blonde wig.[32] Cher also sang "A Different Kind of Love Song" on the comedy series Will & Grace in 2002, where she made a special guest appearance in the episode, "AI: Artificial Insemination Part 2", as God.[43] It was a success in the United Kingdom, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart, while Cher achieved the feat of having a top 10 hit in five consecutive decades there.[59] Baby A. Gil, writer for The Philippine Star, praised the album as "another rousing dancefest", while noting that Cher's singing was "in full control and in better form than it was during her early days", calling it an "excellent example" that time can stand still.[60] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine was mostly positive, noting that "each track pumps with melodies so thickly contagious that their hit potentials are essentially guaranteed", while even the album's weakest moments maintain the high-energy, club-ready pace.[56] Colm O'Hare from Irish magazine Hot Press exalted the album's international lead single "The Music's No Good Without You", noting it uses the same voice effect from "Believe", and said "it's almost a 'Believe' Part Two proving that nothing succeeds like repetition".[61] Barry Walters from Rolling Stone gave a mixed review, saying that Living Proof "endeavors to make lightning strike twice in the same place.[...] Unlike house music or modern R&B, Cher's twenty-first-century disco is built on fully fleshed songs and detailed arrangements, and the studio wizardry is even grander than before", but also felt that it "lacks its predecessor's unexpected impact".[55] The Dallas Morning News gave the album a C grade, saying Living Proof set itself up for failure by "shamelessly" copying and then overdoing the formula that made its predecessor artistically and commercially contagious.[70] In the United States, Living Proof debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with first-week sales of 82,000 copies on the issue dated March 16, 2002.
Studio albumDance-popelectronicWarner Bros.ProducerJohan ÅbergChris CoxTony MoranStargateChicaneRay HedgesMark TaylorNot CommercialThe Very Best of CherSinglesThe Music's No Good Without YouSong for the LonelyAlive AgainA Different Kind of Love SongWarner Bros. RecordsBelieveRob Dickinsexecutive producerBruce Robertsmusic criticsAuto-TuneBillboard 200Swedish Recording Industry AssociationBritish Phonographic Industrylead singleDance Club SongsWhen the Money's GoneThe Dallas Morning NewstranceSeptember 11Diane WarrenWetten, dass..?Top of the PopsChildren in NeedParkinsonRoyal Variety PerformanceSen kväll med LuukBambi AwardsPremios OndasBBC One2002 American Music AwardsThe Rosie O'Donnell ShowThe Tonight Show with Jay LenoThe Oprah Winfrey ShowLate Show with David LettermanVH1 DivasWill & Grace50th American BandstandDakota StudentAmerican Airlines ArenaPrimetime Emmy AwardsThe Farewell TourUK Singles ChartBillboard Hot 100Adult ContemporaryAllMusicDotmusicEntertainment Weeklyentertainment.ieRolling StoneSlant MagazineBillboardPost-TribuneThe Philippine StarHot PressBest Dance Recording46th Grammy AwardsKylie MinogueCome into My WorldUK Albums ChartGerman Albums ChartBundesverband MusikindustrieARIA ChartsNew Zealand Albums ChartRecording Industry Association of AmericaNielsen SoundScanPaul BarryNicholas BracegirdleTracy Ackerman(This is) A Song for the LonelyMichelle LewisSigurd RosnesShelly PeikenTor HermansenMikkel EriksenHallgeir RustanLove One AnotherWilliam SteinbergMarie-Claire CremersRick NowelsDonna Weissbacking vocalistSue Ann CarwellNick BracegirdleKevyn AucoinÖ3 AustriaHitlistenTop 100Offizielle Top 100IFPI GreeceMAHASZScottish AlbumsPROMUSICAESverigetopplistanSchweizer HitparadeUK AlbumsCertified unitsIFPI Danmarkdigital downloadcassetteAOL RadioMTV NewsPopMattersThe LedgerGateHouse MediaPeopleArtist DirectBBC GenomeThe IndependentDeutsche WelleEl País