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Title: not.com.mercial
Artist: Cher
Genre: Pop
Released: 2000
Tracks:
1 - Still - 6:15
2 - Sisters of Mercy - 5:02
3 - Runnin' - 3:56
4 - Born With the Hunger - 4:03
5 - (The Fall) Kurt's Blues - 5:17
6 - With or Without You - 3:44
7 - Fit to Fly - 3:53
8 - Disaster Cake - 3:25
9 - Our Lady of San Francisco - 2:21
10 - Classified 1A - 2:55
Overview:
Artist: Cher
Genre: Pop
Released: 2000
Tracks:
1 - Still - 6:15
2 - Sisters of Mercy - 5:02
3 - Runnin' - 3:56
4 - Born With the Hunger - 4:03
5 - (The Fall) Kurt's Blues - 5:17
6 - With or Without You - 3:44
7 - Fit to Fly - 3:53
8 - Disaster Cake - 3:25
9 - Our Lady of San Francisco - 2:21
10 - Classified 1A - 2:55
Overview:
Not Commercial (stylized as not.com.mercial) is the twenty-third studio album by American singer-actress Cher. It was released on November 8, 2000, exclusively through Cher.com, Isis Records and Artist Direct. Cher wrote the album in 1994 while attending a semiannual songwriters' workshop hosted by entertainment executive Miles Copeland III in his castle in France. Upon returning to the United States, Cher enlisted members of David Letterman's CBS Orchestra to record the album. After completing it, she presented the album to her recording company, which declined the material for being "not commercial". Cher kept the album for six years before deciding to release it through the Internet only.
The album's content was deemed "very un-Cher like" and dark, with the singer elaborating she did not have any expectations for the album, explaining she was releasing it for those who might be interested. Not Commercial was well received by music critics. Controversy arose when the lyrics of the song "Sisters of Mercy", which refers to nuns as "daughters of Hell" and "masters of pain", flustered religious groups. A contest was set for those who bought the album, and received the chance to win a trip to meet Cher in London or win her doll.
Background
In 1994, Cher attended a semiannual songwriters' workshop hosted by entertainment executive Miles Copeland III in his castle in France. "I'd been writing poetry for years and years, but never thought of it to be used as music. But I'd just written a poem about Kurt Cobain and took it with me and a couple of other things", she said about being inspired to write songs. There, she met singer and songwriter Bruce Roberts, and together they wrote 10 songs in five days. After the workshop, Cher enlisted members of David Letterman's CBS Orchestra and recorded an album within a week in New York, doing her 10 songs plus two others. However, after presenting them to the head of her company, Rob Dickens of Warner Music UK, he refused to release the material, as he felt it was "nice, but not commercial" enough. She then went on to release her twenty-first studio album It's a Man's World a year after under the label.
After the commercial success of Believe (1998), Cher decided to release Not Commercial through the Internet. She explained her idea saying, "I don't know that belongs any place else. I think that the Internet is a place that at least it doesn't infringe on anyone else's life and if you want to go there you can go there and check it out, and if you don't want to be bothered by it you don't even have to know it's in the universe". The singer described the content of the album as being "personal" and "very un-Cher like. But if people really knew me, it is very Cher. But it's so dark". However, she did not have any expectations for the album, explaining she did it for herself, and wanted to share the material with people who might be interested. A contest was set for those who bought the album. Three copies included a "golden ticket" and five copies a "silver ticket", inspired by the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Winners of the golden ticket were awarded a trip for two to meet Cher in London, while the silver ticket holders received a Cher doll from Mattel.
The album's content was deemed "very un-Cher like" and dark, with the singer elaborating she did not have any expectations for the album, explaining she was releasing it for those who might be interested. Not Commercial was well received by music critics. Controversy arose when the lyrics of the song "Sisters of Mercy", which refers to nuns as "daughters of Hell" and "masters of pain", flustered religious groups. A contest was set for those who bought the album, and received the chance to win a trip to meet Cher in London or win her doll.
Background
In 1994, Cher attended a semiannual songwriters' workshop hosted by entertainment executive Miles Copeland III in his castle in France. "I'd been writing poetry for years and years, but never thought of it to be used as music. But I'd just written a poem about Kurt Cobain and took it with me and a couple of other things", she said about being inspired to write songs. There, she met singer and songwriter Bruce Roberts, and together they wrote 10 songs in five days. After the workshop, Cher enlisted members of David Letterman's CBS Orchestra and recorded an album within a week in New York, doing her 10 songs plus two others. However, after presenting them to the head of her company, Rob Dickens of Warner Music UK, he refused to release the material, as he felt it was "nice, but not commercial" enough. She then went on to release her twenty-first studio album It's a Man's World a year after under the label.
After the commercial success of Believe (1998), Cher decided to release Not Commercial through the Internet. She explained her idea saying, "I don't know that belongs any place else. I think that the Internet is a place that at least it doesn't infringe on anyone else's life and if you want to go there you can go there and check it out, and if you don't want to be bothered by it you don't even have to know it's in the universe". The singer described the content of the album as being "personal" and "very un-Cher like. But if people really knew me, it is very Cher. But it's so dark". However, she did not have any expectations for the album, explaining she did it for herself, and wanted to share the material with people who might be interested. A contest was set for those who bought the album. Three copies included a "golden ticket" and five copies a "silver ticket", inspired by the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Winners of the golden ticket were awarded a trip for two to meet Cher in London, while the silver ticket holders received a Cher doll from Mattel.