Cher went to England and recorded "It's A Man's World" which stands as one of the greatest albums of the DIVA'S brilliant career that should have become the International comeback that "Believe" ultimately became but a weird and unnecessary remix of the U.K. classic is believed to be the reason this project didn't create a much deserved comeback...many feel that for some strange reason Cher's brilliant moment was sabotaged and anyone who listens to the original U.K. release which is soulful and brilliant then puts on this bizarre one tone "U.S. Edition" will come to the same conclusion. All the guts is removed along with the great rhythm tracks which make the U.K. release a complete soul stirring masterpiece so get the U.K version and enjoy Cher in her finest hour at her absolute peak!!! Please release the ORIGINAL~Cher doesn't deserve having one of her finest recorded masterpieces desecrated!!!!!

Cher is a singer out front on this landmark recording.This outing is Cher's greatest vocal effort, and overlooked too! It is a cd with artistry sensitivity and soul. The tracks here are best in their original UK version( so get that one!). US Reprise had a field day getting it radio ready,revamping uk arrangements, and hurt some great production. The intro to "the Gunman" is classic, and "I'm Blowin' Away" is a Scarlett O'Hara anthem.Cher soars with unrestrained emotion. The title track is a primal sounding plea,etherial and haunted.The Euro disco "One by One" is essential to the Cher fan , once again euro-edition.It has a bubbling repetitious hook that is unique and sexy. "Believe" is terrific disco fun, but this CD has love and compassion all over it, and finds Cher singing like she "believes" in it! "The Same Mistake", and Angel's Running" find Cher in a smooth emotional peak,using her actress skills to take us into her introspective self. I for one prefer this CD to "Believe", as a personal qualitive effort!

It's a pity that this album being so good didn't have success. In the U.S debuted at #64 in the Hot 200 but dropped very fast. And in Europe called some attetion but it wasn't a hit.
This album has a different direction from all Cher albums. It's softer with strong letters but you won't find electric guitars as in many of her cd's or Cher screaming but it doesn't either go to boring.
The first single was "One by one" that apperead on the soundtrack of Cher's HBO movie "If walls could talk". The song climed some charts but it's not considered a hit.
That's the commercial information that I can give you about the album.
But from my point of view as a custumer I can say that's it's a very good album, Cher's performances are clean and excellent.
The best songs are: "One by one", "Not enought love in the world", "What about the moonlight" and "The same mistake".
For this production Cher made 2 covers. The first is Tina Turner's 1986 hit "Paradise is here" which is the song with more rhythm in the album. Actually Cher changed the style of the song. Tina's version was soft, a pure ballad. And Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis" which sounds very good.
You won't be sorry at all with this album.

After her rebirth(and subsequent fall)as a pop star in the late eighties and early nineties, Cher switched stylistic gears with this cd, which finds her far from the corporate pop/rock driven music that distinguished her last three albums. It's too bad this wasn't given more of a chance, because it remains her finest solo release and should have been the catalyst for the comeback that she eventually staged with the inferior BELIEVE two years later. Though no one would ever mistake her for a strong interpretive singer, she ably handles tunes made famous by Don Henley('Not Enough Love In The World'), Marc Cohn('Walking In Memphis'), and James Brown, of all people(the title track). She also mines lost treasure with 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' and the overlooked Patty Larkin gem 'Angels Running'. Though several handle production duties, the album retains a stylistic consistency that never leaves the listener jarred. If you can get past the 'camp' stigma that seemed to hound the album at the time of its' release, you'll be pleasantly surprised with what amounts to Cher's most mature collection to date.

With all the recent hype and popularity surrounding Cher's recent CD, "Believe", many people are becoming Cher fans. You may be familiar with the 60/70's Cher, and probably even listened to her during the late 80's, during whice she had such hits as "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "Jesse James". But, if you have a missing gap of about 8 years, you need to get "It's A Man's World". This is one album that is full of emotional and soulful songs. The songs range from the slow "The Gunman" to the ballad "I'm Blowing Away" to the choir embellished "Walking In Memphis". One of the bestsongs is "One By One". This is one album that is worth taking a listen to and is worth buying to have for your own personal collection. A 5 star CD.