Band: Cher
Album: Believe
Best song: “Believe” is the best song, of course.
Worst song: The rest of the album is garbage.

One of the great pleasures of Spotify is that I can assemble playlists that include a bunch of single songs I don’t own. I’ve got a covers playlist, but more importantly, I’ve got a 1990s music playlist. It’s got a lot of garbage from my high school years — Our Lady Peace, Ginuwine, “Bailamos,” etc. — but it’s also got “Believe.”

Really, I don’t care much about the rest of this record. I’m sure someone out there likes it, as Cher has a huge international following. I care about the title track, the thing that did more for autotune than nearly anything else. Continue reading →