If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits [Interscope]

• Artist: Cher
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• Release Date: March 09, 1999
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

The 1999 compilation If I Could Turn Back Time concentrates on Cher's big hits of the late '80s and early '90s. There are some selections from the early '70s ("Half-Breed" and "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves"), plus the Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe," but the collection spends its time on the post-Moonstruck era. It does not do this badly, but it hardly results in a balanced retrospective. If that's kept in mind, this can be enjoyable -- just don't think of this as definitive, though. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Love and Understanding	Diane Warren	Cher	(4:42)
Save Up All Your Tears	Desmond Child, Diane Warren	Cher	(4:03)
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	Rudy Clark	Cher	(2:50)
After All (Love Theme From Chances Are)	Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford	Cher, Peter Cetera	(4:03)
If I Could Turn Back Time	Diane Warren	Cher	(4:13)
Just Like Jesse James	Desmond Child, Diane Warren	Cher	(4:06)
Heart of Stone	Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield	Cher	(4:16)
I Found Someone	Michael Bolton, Mark Mangold	Cher	(3:41)
We All Sleep Alone	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child	Cher	(3:53)
Bang Bang	Sonny Bono	Cher	(3:51)
Take Me Home	Michele Aller, Bob Esty	Cher	(3:27)
Dark Lady	Johnny Durrill	Cher	(3:27)
Half-Breed	Mary Dean	Cher	(2:44)
The Way of Love	Al Stillman, Jack Dieval	Cher	(2:31)
Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves	Robert Stone	Cher	(2:36)
I Got You Babe	Sonny Bono	Sonny & Cher	(3:09)

Credits

Michael Bolton (Producer), Jon Bon Jovi (Producer), Cher (Main Performer), Richie Sambora (Producer), Desmond Child (Producer), Peter Asher (Producer), Sonny Bono (Producer), Peter Cetera (Duet), Bob Esty (Producer), Bob Rock (Producer), Sonny & Cher (Performer), Diane Warren (Producer), Richie Zito (Producer), Norman Seeff (Photography), Bill Merryfield (Art Direction), Bill Merryfield (Design), Herb Ritts (Photography), Matthew Rolston (Photography), Harry Langdon (Photography), Karen Kuehn (Photography), Anthony Altieri (Design), Craig Coburn (Executive Producer), John Engstead (Photography), Snuff Garrett (Producer)