Artist: Sonny & Cher, Sonny Bono, Cher Bono, Cher

Title: The Wonderous World Of Sonny & Cher

Year Of Release: 1966 / 1998

Label: Sundazed Music

Genre: Pop, Pop Rock, Folk, Rock

Audio codec: FLAC | lossless



Tracklist:

1. Summertime (02:56)

2. Tell Him (02:27)

3. I'm Leaving It All Up to You (02:18)

4. But You're Mine (Single Version) (03:04)

5. Bring It On Home to Me (02:51)

6. Set Me Free (02:23)

7. What Now My Love (03:42)

8. Leave Me Be (02:05)

9. I Look for You (I Looked for You) (02:43)

10. Laugh At Me (Single Version) (02:55)

11. Turn Around (02:50)

12. So Fine (02:27)

13. The Revolution Kind (03:24)

14. Have I Stayed Too Long (Single Version) (03:47)

15. Crying Time (03:13)



Listening to Sonny & Cher's second album, it's difficult to conceive of how they could have been called rebellious, or even categorized as folk-rock. It's pleasant Spectorian mid-'60s pop-rock (heavy on the bells and glockenspiel especially), overburdened by the surfeit of cover versions that are the telltale sign of a rush job. At any rate, their taste in cover material was eclectic and for the most part good: the Exciters' "Tell Him," and the Zombies obscurity "Leave Me Be," the minor Kinks hit "Set Me Free," and "Bring It On Home to Me," along with more MOR items like "What Now My Love" and "Summertime." Sonny Bono's sole solo hit, the Dylanesque "Laugh At Me," is here, as are a couple of other throwaway originals. The CD reissue on Sundazed has three bonus cuts, including another ersatz solo Bono folk-rock number ("The Revolution Kind"), the single "Have I Stayed Too Long," and the previously unreleased cover of Buck Owens' "Crying Time."