Living Proof - Sylvester

Advantages: "When the Money's Gone" and a couple others, danceable
Disadvantages: rather bland; slower songs are lame

...Legendary diva Cher first landed on the pop charts in 1965, but despite allegations that she could survive a nuclear apocalypse, the plastic fantastic one claims to be calling it quits after her current tour comes to an end. I don’t think that day will ever come. I can see Cher settling down in a Las Vegas coliseum with the likes of Celine Dion and Elton John. She won’t be hanging up her wigs anytime soon. I’d put money on it. Although Cher can still put on a fantastic live show, her latest album, Living Proof is mediocre at best. There are only three or four songs on the album that stand out, and the rest are bland and forgettable. More than her previous albums, 'Living Proof' makes an attempt to be serious. In the liner notes, Cher even dedicates the LP to 'the courageous people of New York, especially the firefighters, police... Read review

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Advantages: Great sounding Pantera
Disadvantages: not enough tracks

...This live album that Pantera produced, was the first and last live album the ever recorded. This is all you would expect from the 'Power Groove' Band with more metal than you can chew on! Playing most of there smash hits like: Cow Boys From Hell, I'm Broken, Cemetery Gate and many others you cant go wrong. These are the tracks included on the CD: 1. New Level 4:24 2. Walk 5:50 3. Becoming 3:59 4. 5 Minutes Alone 5:36 5. Sandblasted Skin 4:29 6. Suicide Note Pt. 2 4:20 7. War Nerve 5:21 8. Strength Beyond Strength 3:37 9. Dom/Hollow 3:43 10. This Love 6:57 11. I'm Broken 4:27 12. Cowboys From Hell 4:35 13. Cemetery Gates 7:53 14. Hostile 3:56 15. Where You Come From studio track 5:11 16. I Can't Hide studio track 2:16 If your... Read review

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Advantages: It’s Cher. She’s on tour. She's not singing much of this.
Disadvantages: It’s nowhere near her best.

...the resounding success of "Believe". There are no immediate highlights such as "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves". The reason for the purchase in the first place is that we are going to the Cher “Living Proof – Farewell Concert” later this year. (If you leave me lots of begging Comments I might just post a review in due course.) It seemed appropriate to find out what we might be listening to. In fact looking at the official song sheet she is only performing one track from this album – so I am not too distressed by that. I am afraid that to my ears this is a real “turkey” of a release. Persisting with just one backing track seems to me to be a gross mistake (unless it happens to be your own ultimate favourite) especially given the variety that she has put out on previous releases. The electronic distortion on “Believe” has been called inspired... Read review

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