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Track List
01) Dancing queen
02) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight)
03) The name of the game
04) SOS
05) Waterloo
06) Mamma mia
07) Chiquitita
08) Fernando
09) The winner takes it all
10) One of us
01) Dancing queen
02) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight)
03) The name of the game
04) SOS
05) Waterloo
06) Mamma mia
07) Chiquitita
08) Fernando
09) The winner takes it all
10) One of us
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4:49
3:23
2:53
3:34
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2018
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"Dancing Queen" is a cover album and the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer and actress Cher, released by Warner Bros. Records on September 28, 2018. It is Cher's first album in five years, following Closer to the Truth (2013). The album contains cover versions of songs recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with the title referencing their 1976 song "Dancing Queen". The album follows Cher's appearance in the 2018 musical film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, based on the music of ABBA.
The album received, mostly, acclaim from music critics, and was a success commercially, debuting at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 153,000 units, becoming Cher's highest debut sales week for an album in the United States. Dancing Queen also debuted at number one on the US Top Album Sales chart with 150,000 pure copies, making it Cher's first number one album on that chart.
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Dancing Queen, Cher’s 26th album, is surprisingly the diva’s first-ever tribute album to one artist. With past releases like 3614 Jackson Highway and Stars being entirely dedicated to wide-ranging covers of popular rock and pop songs, it feels almost ridiculous that it took her so long to find a single artist worthy of an entire LP worth of loving remakes. While Jackson Highway and Stars found a young, budding solo star Cher trying on the folk and blues of those particular song choices like they were farewell tour wigs, the 72-year-old makes ABBA songs not only sound like they should’ve been written for her in the first place but like they firmly belong in 2018, a feat considering the sometimes deliciously dated production and performance of many of ABBA’s biggest hits.
Working with producer Mark Taylor who helped seal Cher’s legacy with the game-changing “Believe” in the late Nineties, she finds subtle changes that update ABBA classics without totally stripping them of the catchiness that made those songs beloved hits well beyond their heyday. “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” “SOS” and “Mamma Mia” are given just enough of a knob turn that they’re transformed from upbeat FM radio pop into club bangers, pulsating with every beat.
Cher takes the ballad even more seriously, wanting to translate the emotional weight of ABBA’s history (the four members were composed of two married couples who both divorced during their height, inspiring much darker material in their later albums). Like ABBA itself, that gravity comes crashing down towards the final moments: “The Winner Takes It All” and “One of Us” are two of the quartet’s most eviscerating, emotional divorce reflections, and Cher delivers each one with a incredible vulnerability. “One of Us” in particular sees the biggest musical shift of any of the songs; the original is a breezy, tropical, mid-tempo pop moment that almost disguises the sadness of the lyrics. But that sadness can never hide from Cher, who strips it down to strings, piano and vocals, making sure you can feel every bit of the ego-shedding on the track.
Reviewed by Brittany Spanos for rollingstone.com.
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"Dancing Queen" is a cover album and the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer and actress Cher, released by Warner Bros. Records on September 28, 2018. It is Cher's first album in five years, following Closer to the Truth (2013). The album contains cover versions of songs recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with the title referencing their 1976 song "Dancing Queen". The album follows Cher's appearance in the 2018 musical film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, based on the music of ABBA.
The album received, mostly, acclaim from music critics, and was a success commercially, debuting at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 153,000 units, becoming Cher's highest debut sales week for an album in the United States. Dancing Queen also debuted at number one on the US Top Album Sales chart with 150,000 pure copies, making it Cher's first number one album on that chart.
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Dancing Queen, Cher’s 26th album, is surprisingly the diva’s first-ever tribute album to one artist. With past releases like 3614 Jackson Highway and Stars being entirely dedicated to wide-ranging covers of popular rock and pop songs, it feels almost ridiculous that it took her so long to find a single artist worthy of an entire LP worth of loving remakes. While Jackson Highway and Stars found a young, budding solo star Cher trying on the folk and blues of those particular song choices like they were farewell tour wigs, the 72-year-old makes ABBA songs not only sound like they should’ve been written for her in the first place but like they firmly belong in 2018, a feat considering the sometimes deliciously dated production and performance of many of ABBA’s biggest hits.
Working with producer Mark Taylor who helped seal Cher’s legacy with the game-changing “Believe” in the late Nineties, she finds subtle changes that update ABBA classics without totally stripping them of the catchiness that made those songs beloved hits well beyond their heyday. “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” “SOS” and “Mamma Mia” are given just enough of a knob turn that they’re transformed from upbeat FM radio pop into club bangers, pulsating with every beat.
Cher takes the ballad even more seriously, wanting to translate the emotional weight of ABBA’s history (the four members were composed of two married couples who both divorced during their height, inspiring much darker material in their later albums). Like ABBA itself, that gravity comes crashing down towards the final moments: “The Winner Takes It All” and “One of Us” are two of the quartet’s most eviscerating, emotional divorce reflections, and Cher delivers each one with a incredible vulnerability. “One of Us” in particular sees the biggest musical shift of any of the songs; the original is a breezy, tropical, mid-tempo pop moment that almost disguises the sadness of the lyrics. But that sadness can never hide from Cher, who strips it down to strings, piano and vocals, making sure you can feel every bit of the ego-shedding on the track.
Reviewed by Brittany Spanos for rollingstone.com.
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