Backstage (album)
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Backstage is the fifth album by American
United States
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 singer-actess Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

, released on July 1968 by Imperial Records
Imperial Records
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. This album was her first commercial failure, failed to chart. The album is by-and-large a covers
Cover version
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 album.

Album information

Backstage was released in 1968, was produced once again by Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...

 with Denis Pregnolato and Harold R. Battiste Jr.
Harold Battiste
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 and was Cher's last album on the Liberty Records subsidiary, Imperial Records
Imperial Records
Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...

.

The album was not a success and was her first with no hit singles. "The Click Song" and "Take Me For A Little While" were released as singles, but they did not chart.

In this year Cher recorded also others two songs: "Yours Until Tomorrow" and "The Thought Of Loving You". "Yours Until Tomorrow" was released as a single with "The Thought Of Loving You".

The album was re-issued on CD in 2007 along with the greatest hits release Golden Greats.

Track listing

Credits

Personnel
  • Cher - lead vocals


Production
  • Sonny Bono - record producer
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  • Harold R. Battiste, Jr. - record producer
  • Denis Pregnolato - record producer
  • Stan Ross - sound engineer


Design
  • Sonny Bono - photography
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  • Woody Woodward - art direction

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