Heart of Stone (Cher album)

Heart of Stone
Studio album by Cher
Released June 19, 1989
Recorded 1988/89
Genre Pop rock, adult contemporary
Length 47:57
Label Geffen
Producer Peter Asher, Michael Bolton, John Kalodner, Jon Lind, Diane Warren, Guy Roche
Cher chronology
Cher
(1987)		 Heart of Stone
(1989)		 Love Hurts
(1991)
Alternative cover
Original album artwork
Singles from Heart of Stone
  1. "After All"
    Released: February 21, 1989
  2. "If I Could Turn Back Time"
    Released: June 1, 1989
  3. "Just Like Jesse James"
    Released: October, 1989
  4. "Heart of Stone"
    Released: January, 1990
  5. "You Wouldn't Know Love"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Heart of Stone is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 19, 1989 by Geffen Records.[2] It is one of Cher's best-selling albums with more than 4 million copies sold worldwide as of January 1991.[3] The album was supported by her 1990 sold-out Heart of Stone Tour.

Album information

Heart of Stone was released in 1989 and was her second studio album for Geffen Records. As with her previous album Cher, Peter Asher, Jon Bon Jovi, Diane Warren, Guy Roche and Desmond Child performed songwriting and/or producing duties. Bonnie Tyler and Michael Bolton performed background vocals on the song "Emotional Fire", which was an outtake from Bolton's 1987 album The Hunger, as was "Starting Over" (Demo versions of the song exist in bootleg form). The album was recorded in late 1988/early 1989, during the third year of Cher's relationship with Rob Camilletti, to whom she dedicated the album.

Heart of Stone reached number ten in the United States, number seven in the United Kingdom, and by topping the charts in Australia, Heart of Stone became Geffen's first international number one album.[4] It was her first solo album in the United States (Sonny and Cher's debut album Look at Us reached number two and stayed there for eight weeks) to reach the top 10. Further on in her career, Cher would go on to have four more top ten albums - Believe, Living Proof, The Very Best of Cher and Closer to the Truth. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for sales of 209,000 copies. The album has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States, with 964,000 of those units sold since early 1991, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which began counting actual sales that same year.[5]

The album was first released with artwork, and later re-released with more conventional studio photos. The original was a painting by Octavio Ocampo, featuring Cher sitting beside a stone heart, creating the illusion of a skull (see infobox picture).[4] The artwork was changed shortly after its release, making copies with the original artwork collector's items.

She recorded two other songs for the album, "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" and "Some Guys", but neither made the final cut. A remixed version of "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" was included on the Geffen compilation album If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits. The reissue of that album, per Cher's request, does not include the song. A demo version of "Some Guys" was included on the "If I Could Turn Back Time" 7- and 12-inch singles.

"Heart of Stone" and "If I Could Turn Back Time" were both slightly remixed for the single. The "Heart of Stone" remix is available on CD on the compilation If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits issued by Geffen Records.

The album produced three top 10 hits as well as a top 20 hit with the title track.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "If I Could Turn Back Time"  Diane Warren 4:16
2. "Just Like Jesse James"  Desmond Child, Diane Warren 4:06
3. "You Wouldn't Know Love"  Michael Bolton, Diane Warren 3:30
4. "Heart of Stone"  Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield 4:21
5. "Still in Love with You"  Michael Bolton, Bob Halligan 3:08
6. "Love on a Rooftop"  Desmond Child, Diane Warren 4:22
7. "Emotional Fire"  Desmond Child, Diane Warren, Michael Bolton 3:53
8. "All Because of You"  Jon Lind, Sue Schifrin 3:30
9. "Does Anybody Really Fall in Love Anymore?"  Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child, Diane Warren 4:12
10. "Starting Over"  Michael Bolton, Jonathan Cain 4:09
11. "Kiss to Kiss"  Lind, Mary D'astugues, Phil Galdston 4:23
12. "After All" (with Peter Cetera)Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford 4:07

Additional notes

Personnel and production

Adapted taken from CD Booklet, 1989 Geffen Records

Recording studios and assistant engineers

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–90) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 15
Canadian Albums (The Record)[8] 10
Canadian Albums (RPM)[9] 17
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 67
European Albums (Top 100)[11] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 7
US Billboard 200[16] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 32
Canadian Albums (RPM)[18] 68
US Billboard 200[19] 80
Chart (1990) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 40
Canadian Albums (RPM)[21] 78
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] 35
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 31
US Billboard 200[24] 43

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[25] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[26] 4× Platinum 400,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27] Platinum 15,000^
Sweden (GLF)[28] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[30] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Heart of Stone at AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  2. ↑ Allmusic Release Information Retrieved October 15 2013
  3. ↑ Jerome, Jim (21 January 1991). "Cher Today". People. Time Inc. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Heart of Stone". justplaincher.net. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Ask Billboard: Cher Information, Yes?". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Cher – Heart of Stone". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Cher – Heart of Stone" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cher – Heart of Stone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Cher - Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Cher – Heart of Stone". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Cher – Heart of Stone". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Cher | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Cher. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". ARIA. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 Albums of '89". RPM. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Top Pop Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1990". ARIA. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 Albums of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 1990". RIANZ. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1990r" (in Polish). Z archiwum...rocka. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Top Pop Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  25. ↑ ARIA Cher data
  26. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Cher – Heart of Stone". Music Canada.
  27. ↑ Cher in The Complete New Zealand Music Charts
  28. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  29. ↑ "British album certifications – Cher – Heart of Stone". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Heart of Stone in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  30. ↑ "American album certifications – Cher – Heart of Stone". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

Preceded by
Storm Front by Billy Joel		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
November 20–26, 1989 		Succeeded by
...But Seriously by Phil Collins
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