"This volume covers Cher's 80's and 90's hits well. Tracks include "Believe", "All Or Nothing", "We All Sleep Alone", "Jesse James", etc. It contains a lot of her later top 40 hits and her best music, in my opinion. Still, if you have the extra money, go for "The Very Best of Cher." It's a pretty complete collection."
The Sequel
A. Bennett | New Hampsha | 01/26/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I am in love with budget compilations...they are genius and worth every penny. And I am madly in love with budget Cher compilations. The more the merrier in my book. "The Best of Cher:The Millennuim Collection Volume 2" is worth every single red cent you pump into it. It's a nice sample of some of Cher's best work...although I would have included tracks not found on her "The Very Best of Cher", but beggars can't be choosers. The packaging is well done, with some great pictures and nice liner notes. With the plethora of budget releases hitting the market these days, blaze a new trail and pick this baby up for your collection. For this price...you can always use more Cher."
Nice collection but not needed
Allen Chapman | STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT USA | 01/15/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"A nice single disc collection of Cher's 1987-1999 output, but with so many hits collections out there for Cher, this one is just not needed. I can't really figure out WHY this was issued, considering that "The Very Best Of Cher" just came out last year with all of these tracks on it. So I guess if all you want are the hits from the start of her "comeback" era, then I guess this is for you. For everyone else, there's no need to rush out and get it."
Cher: The Millennium Collection-The Best Of Cher 2 (2004)
Chad DeFeo | Philadelphia, PA USA | 05/13/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In 2000, Cher had given us three albums. One of them was entitled, 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-THE BEST OF CHER. Well, in 2004, Cher had released that album's follow-up entitled, 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-THE BEST OF CHER VOLUME TWO. This album features all of Cher's greatest hits from the 80s and 90s. This is an album that I really enjoy because of Cher's even more popular hits.
BELIEVE
From the album BELIEVE (1998). Seven years later and this song still steals my heart. This song is just a classic Cher tune. The music is just purely outstanding. As for Cher's vocals, she couldn't have sang it any better. This song is just incredible.
ALL OR NOTHING
From the album BELIEVE (1998). Just another amazing song.
ONE BY ONE (Junior Vasquez Vocal Edit)
Original version from the album IT'S A MAN'S WORLD (1996). As much as a fun remix this turned out to be, I still prefer the U.S. edition version and the U.K. edition version of this song.
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
From the album LOVE HURTS (1991). Not quite what I had expected it to be, but still a rockin' song.
SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS
From the album LOVE HURTS (1991). This song is much better than "Love And Understanding". I could listen to this song all day if I had to.
HEART OF STONE (Remix)
Original version from the album HEART OF STONE (1989). Remix from the album IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME-CHER'S GREATEST HITS (1999). The original version, which appeared on Cher's 1989 album Heart Of Stone, was incredible to begin with, but this remix, which was previously included on Cher's album, If I Could Turn Back Time-Cher's Greatest hits, is just beyond amazing.
AFTER ALL (duet with Peter Cetera)
From the original motion picture CHANCES ARE (1989). From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). This is such a great song and both, Peter's voice and Cher's voice are just outstanding on the song.
THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS)
From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack MERMAIDS (1990). While the original wasted no time sucking, Cher's version wasted no time being the more definitive popular version. She certainly has a way of making older songs her own.
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). Everyone must remember this song, since its accompanying video stirred up a lot controversy. This song is just amazing and I cannot help myself when I sing along with Cher on this one.
I FOUND SOMEONE
From the album CHER (1987). While Laura Branigan failed to seek success with this song in 1986, Cher wasted no time in 1987 when she covered this song and scored herself another hit single. Great song.
JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES
From the album HEART OF STONE (1989). Cher wanted to experiment more on a Country-Western type song. Cher had already done so on her 1982 album, I Paralyze, with the song, "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind". But Cher wasn't about to stop just there; she experiemnted the same sound on this awesome tune.
WE ALL SLEEP ALONE
From the album CHER (1987). Great song.
There is not one song on this album that is a total failure. This album is a definite winner and it is a must-have Cher album. So, I'm gonna tell you all one time and one time only: Buy this album right now or you'll regret for the rest of your lives."
Which one should you get?
retrowens | Alabama, USA | 03/21/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I love these millennium collections. Most of them leave off one or two or more of your favorite songs from the artist, but some of them get it right. Some "Greatest Hits" CDs I tell myself that I'll get them eventually, that I don't want want them enough right now to shell out $15 + for. Cher, Kiss, and Styx's were three of them. But I saw their 20th Century Millennium collections and when I looked on the back of their covers I saw that they had all the songs from them that I couldn't live without.
I like some of Cher's older efforts, like "I Got You Babe", but they're few and far between. So for that I apologize to the hardcore Cher fans who stumble upon this review. The Cher that's always done it for me are the ones from the 80s on. "If I Could Turn Back Time"! "I Found Someone"! "Love And Understanding"! "Believe!" And one of the absolute best duets in the history of music: "After All"! I never tire of hearing any of these. I could listen to them 20 times in a row and still ask for another play.
When I saw those five in particular on one CD along with some others that I like a little, such as "Just Like Jesse James" and "We All Sleep Alone", along with a price that seems too low, I knew this one was mine. And now it is, for life. There are some on here that I don't like, and others that I didn't know by name or even after a listen that I do like.
As always with budget compilations, your purchase decision comes down to whether or not they have all the tracks you would want from that artist. If you see some Cher songs that you like a lot missing, go for an all out collection of hers, like Very Best Of or If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits. If you're the polar opposite of me and you don't really care for the latter half of her career but you love the first half, check out her other 20th Century Millennium Collection. You gotta love having a choice."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
