Gold (Cher album)
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Gold
| Type = [[Compilation album]]
| Artist = [[Cher]]
| Cover = Cher_gold.jpg
| Released = [[March 1]] [[2005]]
| Recorded = [[1964]]-[[2001]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]/[[Rock music|Rock]], [[Soft rock]], [[Dance music|Dance]], [[Disco music|Disco]], [[Country music|Country]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Hip-O Records]]
| Producer = Mike Ragogna
| Reviews = *''[[Allmusic|AMG]]'' {{rating-5|4.5}} <ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0tkbikpdbb89 AMG review]</ref>
| Last album = ''[[Live! The Farewell Tour]]''<br>(2003) / (2004)
| This album = ''Gold''<br>(2005)
| Next album = ''[[Cher's Forthcoming album]]''<br>(2008)
}}
'''''Gold''''' is a compilation of Cher's greatest hits released in 2005. The album was only released two years after the multi-platinum ''[[The Very Best of Cher]]'', yet it was well received by critics, and [[Allmusic]] gave it four-and-a-half out of five.
==Track listing==
===Disc 1===
# "[[I Got You Babe]]" <small>([[Sonny & Cher]])</small>
# "[[Baby Don't Go]]" <small>(Sonny & Cher)</small>
# "[[All I Really Want to Do (song)|All I Really Want to Do]]"
# "[[Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)]]" <small>(Original version)</small>
# "[[Alfie (song)|Alfie]]"
# "[[The Beat Goes On]]" <small>(Sonny & Cher)</small>
# "[[You Better Sit Down Kids]]"
# "[[Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (song)|Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves]]"
# "[[The Way of Love]]"
# "[[All I Ever Need Is You]]" <small>(Sonny & Cher)</small>
# "[[Living in a House Divided]]"
# "[[A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done]]" <small>(Sonny & Cher)</small>
# "[[Half-Breed (song)|Half-Breed]]"
# "[[Dark Lady (song)|Dark Lady]]"
# "[[Train of Thought (Cher song)|Train of Thought]]"
# "[[Take Me Home (Cher song)|Take Me Home]]" <small>(Extended version)</small>
===Disc 2===
# "[[I Found Someone]]"
# "[[We All Sleep Alone]]"
# "[[After All (Cher song)|After All]]" <small>(Love theme from ''[[Chances Are (film)|Chances Are]]'') (with [[Peter Cetera]])</small>
# "[[If I Could Turn Back Time]]"
# "[[Just Like Jesse James]]"
# "[[Heart of Stone (Cher song)|Heart of Stone]]" <small>(Remix)</small>
# "[[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]"
# "[[Love and Understanding]]"
# "[[Save Up All Your Tears]]"
# "[[Love Hurts]]"
# "[[One by One (song)|One by One]]" <small>(Junior Vasquez Vocal Edit)</small>
# "[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]"
# "[[Strong Enough (Cher song)|Strong Enough]]"
# "[[All or Nothing (Cher song)|All or Nothing]]"
# "[[Song for the Lonely]]"
# "[[A Different Kind of Love Song]] <small>([[Rodney Jerkins]] Main Mix, faster version)"</small>
==Reviews==
*''[[Allmusic]]'' {{rating-5|4.5}}
{{cquote|''2005's Gold is basically an expanded version of 2003's The Very Best of Cher, running to 32 tracks instead of 21. It retails for about the same price, and unless you don't want the extra 11 songs, supplants that album as the best career-spanning collection on the market. And what a career she had. Starting in the mid-'60s with the girl group-styled pop of Sonny & Cher and her solo folk-rock work all the way through to the dance-pop sensation of 1999's "Believe," she has never stayed put for long and that makes for a very interesting collection. The first disc collects songs recorded with Sonny, her early folk-rock hit "All I Really Want to Do," and her solo work from the '70s, including an extended version of her 1979 disco hit "Take Me Home." The second disc combines her '80s rock babe persona and her dance diva work at the end of the century, and includes remixed versions of "Heart of Stone" and "One by One." Both discs are solid listens, though the second disc does rely a bit much on her work for Warner Bros., which is simply not as distinctive as the rest. As long as complaints are being lodged, it would have been nice to have photos in the booklet from all through her career instead of just a handful from her recent diva/mannequin phase. The lack of any real rarities or collector's items makes the disc a little dull for hardcore Cher fanatics too. Still, this is a disc that will certainly please the fans who want a sampling of her career and don't really want rarities or surprises.''}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2005)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Estonian Albums Chart
|align="center"|49
|-
|}
==References==
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