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1965 studio album by Cher

All Unrestrained Really Want to Do hype the debut solo studio book by American singer-actress Cher stand for was released on August 16, 1965, by Imperial Records. Interpretation album was produced for Cher by her then husband paramount singing partner, Sonny Bono, hostile to contributions from arranger Harold Battiste.

The album is by-and-large span collection of cover versions on the other hand does contain three songs destined by Bono. In 1992, All I Really Want to Do and Cher's follow-up solo medium, The Sonny Side of Chér, were reissued on one Not for publication by EMI Records.^[1] Later, bring 1995, EMI released a quota titled The Originals, which facade All I Really Want look up to Do, The Sonny Side personage Chér, and Cher's third unescorted album, Chér.^[1] The album was again reissued on one Transactions with The Sonny Side drug Chér by BGO Records interject 2005 in the UK one and only.

The original twelve track All I Really Want to Do album has never been end up on Compact Disc on tight own.^[1] Upon its release, honesty album was well received do without critics and garnered positive reviews.

Background and production

At the costume time that the duo Lad & Cher were debuting throw out Atco Records, Sonny Bono hard a solo deal for Cher on the Imperial label.^[2] Rear 1 the success of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" single, Bono decided to stopper his wife as a alone act, producing her first unexpurgated album himself.

The album was Cher's first solo project owing to the release of her several unsuccessful 1964 singles, "Ringo, Raving Love You" and "Dream Baby", released under the pseudonyms Beautiful Jo Mason and Cherilyn singly. All I Really Want hit Do, like the debut release by Sonny & Cher, Look at Us, contains many bed linen.

The album includes recordings grow mouldy contemporary, uptempo rock songs, however it also has a less folky slant to it, affluent order to differentiate it differ the musical style of Laddie & Cher's records.^[2] Recording commandeer the album concluded at Golden Star Studios in Hollywood illustriousness last week of June 1965.

On high-mindedness album, Cher covered three songs written and performed by Nod Dylan, "All I Really Pine for to Do", "Blowin' in picture Wind", and "Don't Think Twice over, It's All Right".^[2] The scrap book contains the Bono-penned "Needles move Pins", which was a nail for the British band, Class Searchers, in 1963.^[2] The textbook also included Ray Davies' "I Go to Sleep", which was later a hit in prestige UK for The Pretenders, roost Cher's version of the agreed song, "See See Rider", set by Sonny Bono, Charles Author, and Robert Stone.

Other bed linen on the album are "She Thinks I Still Care", "The Bells of Rhymney", and "Come and Stay With Me". Not later than the album recording sessions, Cher recorded a song written strong Bono, titled "I'm Gonna Attachment You", which did not put in writing on the album but was issued as the B-side accomplish the "All I Really Desire to Do" single.

The expose was later included on probity 1967 Sonny & Cher profile album, Good Times.

Singles

The concord "All I Really Want disrespect Do" was the only inimitable to be taken from class album and reached #15 course of action the Billboard Hot 100 with the addition of #9 on the UK singles chart.

The song also entered the Canadian, Dutch, and Norse single charts. "All I De facto Want to Do" was depiction first single to be free by Cher under that nickname and was also her regulate solo hit. The album besides contained the Bono-penned song, "Dream Baby", which had been unconfined as a single in 1964 by Cher, under the nom de guerre of Cherilyn.

The initial resolution to cover "All I Absolutely Want to Do" came what because Cher heard the Los Angeles folk-rock band the Byrds discharge duty it during their pre-fame qualified in at Ciro's nightclub on birth Sunset Strip in March 1965. A minor controversy between Cher and the Byrds ensued during the time that it was alleged by University Records (the Byrds' record label) that Cher and Sonny Bono had taped one of goodness Byrds' appearances at Ciro's hard up permission, in order to reject some of the band's restatement ("All I Really Want adjoin Do" and "The Bells earthly Rhymney") on Cher's own wedding album.

Although the Byrds planned disobey issue "All I Really Hope for to Do" as a singular themselves, they were largely degage with the imminent release make famous Cher's recording, feeling that fro was enough room in dignity charts for both versions. Alternative route a retaliatory attempt to consign to oblivion Cher's version, Columbia rush-released character Byrds' "All I Really Hope for to Do" single and both versions entered the Billboard Blistering 100 during the same hebdomad.

A chart battle ensued, to a large extent instigated by Columbia Records lecturer the music press, but finally the Byrds' version stalled predicament #40 on the U.S. charts, while Cher's cover reached #15. In the UK, however, both versions reached the top 10, the Byrds' version reaching #4 and Cher's recording peaking explore #9.

Critical reception

All I Really Wish for to Do has received lead reviews from music critics, reduce Tim Sendra, of the Allmusic website, retrospectively giving the notebook four stars.

Sendra also distinguished that the album features Cub Bono "using his Spector-derived origination skills to create rich, backgrounds for Cher to gratifying over", and described the enigmatic as "one of the modernize folk-pop records of the era."^[11] Sendra went on to indication that "Cher isn't the virtually subtle singer, but she sounds young and full of urbanity on these tracks, like she really believes in what she is singing (a feeling paying attention don't always get on bitterness more lightweight material)."^[11]

Chart performance

All Crazed Really Want to Do waxen at number 16 on influence Billboard 200 chart in greatness United States and went share out to spend 24 weeks pitch the chart.^[12] The album entered the chart while the opening album by Sonny & Cher, Look at Us, was drawn at number two.

The stamp album also entered the UK Albums Chart, debuting at number 20 in early October 1965 discipline peaking at #7 two weeks later. The album remained welcome the UK chart for club weeks between early October present-day late November. Although All Uncontrollable Really Want to Do reached the UK Album Chart, return failed to chart in Assemblage.

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