Womans World, the first single, is a very strong song especially in the chorus. With a lot of pressure, quick syllables and a very catchy melody he quickly finds its way into your ears and settles there, the driving disco beat makes this song a hit in every club and can hardly stand still a dance floor.
In Take It Like A Man Cher's voice is again rotated by a vocoder, but may sometimes sound itself. She sings of how a man must be to impress her and pleads for real men. Even to this, every dancefloor likely fill quickly, even if the song is not quite as strong as the opener.
My Love at their hypnotic beat, the emotional text and the very gentle and sonorous sounding voice interesting contrast points, the long tones in the chorus are beautifully sung and make this song to another former highlight of the album.
Dressed To Kill will probably also be the motto of her next tour, here is played with numerous electronic elements, making sure there is a lot of variety and futuristic moments. Here again set much on voice distortion, which combines very well with the instrumentalization.
Red stands his predecessors in every way, even here the focus is on Cher's still alive and versatile voice, what can they prove the significant differences between fast verses and long notes in the chorus. A song that fits her like tailored to the body and can convince especially vocally. Great!
Lovers Forever is held in a similar style as its predecessors and offers a few new facets to this album and has not perhaps been quite as concise, only the bridge to the chorus can settle quickly in the ear. Not a bad song, but it is also not a high flyer of the album.
In I Walk Alone is Cher presents very varied in the singing, next to the pounding beat is even sometimes a banjo heard, even here a flawless disco song has managed the scores with a powerful text and different moods.
Sirens then became much calmer and turns away also from the previous very electronic, a typical Cher ballad with powerful vocals, in which they can show their thoughtful side. A good rest after the many firecrackers, but still meaningful and marked by the distinctive voice.
Favorite Scar is consistently on the distorted voice of the superstar, is very focused on the text and marked by a rather transparent instrumentalization. The contrast between organic and electronically distorted singing music is interesting and can entertain the song about good.
I Hope You Find It is a wonderful ballad that shows what a great singer, despite all the show and glamor in Cher. Accompanied by fiddles and provided with a sensitive text sings the straight without being towards the end of the pain out of his body, too pathetic. very nicely done!
Lie To Me is again a trace quiet, with only a few electronic elements, but a diverse and haunting musical accompaniment of the voice comes a very important role here too. Time rather deep, sometimes quite high, but still sonorous and voluminous, the singer can present here and the story of the song tell insistently.
I Do not Have To Sleep To Dream with its very melodic chorus and the driving rhythm is also managed but can not quite reach the intensity of the two predecessors. A successful album track, which is but forgotten after some time again.
Pride is again an energetic disco Stampfer, siren-like voice in the refrain Cher can easily keep up with the energetic beat. A song that lends itself perfectly to the sound sing along even if you can hardly keep up with the voluminous voice of the singer.
You Have not Seen The Last Of Me closes the album again from a quiet, is a powerful ballad with the typical long tones that stand out from the harmonious melody. Especially in the bridge it is also something more rock, which equally well to Cher fits like the previous disco numbers.
On the deluxe edition can be found next to two remixes of Womans World nor the bonus track Will you wait for me. This is again a fairly quiet ballad, determine the acoustic guitar sound and accompanied by a melodic piano, gentle percussion and towards the end of a chorus, providing a rich platform for Cher.
It almost seems as though the album has been divided into two conceptually. Represent the first seven songs (the songs and 12 & 13) The new, modern and hip style of the singer, who has brought her worldwide hit Believe again to the forefront of attention, she returns to the following songs (8-11, 14 & 17) are more likely to back their musical roots, big ballads singing without pathos, which are highly tailored to their voluminous voice. Both like it very much, and both undoubtedly its charm.
A comment on the much-discussed cover must still be allowed because let's face as on the album cover Cher does not look easy. Attain that artists from this genre more attention when they are young and pretty and act in the ways are also exposed to a certain pressure, is likely to be undisputed. That even Cher for a youthful appearance makes no secret of her desire and an open approach to their cosmetic surgery, you should be very happy for, because this is a step towards emancipation. That the singer on the cover but such retouched and artificially acts as freshly sprung from the twenties, so would not have to be in shape and has Cher yet somehow in all of emancipation not necessary.
Nevertheless, he died with Closer truth Cher is a flawless pop album that makes catchy melodies and concise instrumentation for rousing numbers. Cher has returned with fourteen powerful pieces and can thus her fans again absolute delight. Especially her voice always impressed, has for decades lost none of their validity and adapts well to the different songs. A very lively album with many strong songs and no outliers downwards. Thus, it should be easy the pop diva, again not to sing at the top.
