Personnel includes: Cher, Sonny Bono, Peter Cetera (vocals); Rodney Jerkins (keyboards, programming). Producers include: Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling, Diane Warren, Desmond Child, Sonny Bono. Compilation producer: David McLees. Includes liner notes by Kurt Loder. THE VERY BEST OF CHER: SPECIAL EDITION includes THE VERY BEST OF CHER and LIVE: THE FAREWELL TOUR recorded live at Miami Continental Arena in November 2002. Personnel includes: Cher (vocals); Sonny Bono, Pete Cetera (vocals); David Barry (guitar, background vocals); Paul Mirkovich, Ollie Marland (keyboards, background vocals); Bill Sharp (bass, background vocals); Mark Schulman (drums); Stacy Campbell, Patti Darcy Jones (background vocals). Producers include: Sonny Bono, Peter Aher, Snuff Garrett, Cher, Mark Taylor. Compilation producer: David McLees. Recorded between 1965 & 2002. Includes liner notes by Kurt Loder. Personnel: David Barry (vocals, guitar); Ollie Marland, Paul Mirkovich (vocals, keyboards); Pattie Darcy Jones, Stacy Campbell, Bill Sharpe (vocals); Mark Schulman (drums); Bubba Carr, Shannon Beach, Suzanne Easter, Sal Vassallo, Dreya Weber, Jamal Story, Addie Yungmee, Kevin Wilson (dancer). Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Junior Vasquez. Audio Remasterers: Daniel Hersch; Bill Inglot. Liner Note Author: Kurt Loder. Recording information: Miami Continental Arena (??/1960-11/2002). Editor: John VanNest. Photographers: Kevyn Aucoin; Norman Seeff; Michael Lavine; Harry Langdon; Sonny Bono. The word "diva" has been thrown around a great deal in the pop world since the '90s, but Cherilyn Sarkasian, better known as Cher, was one of the original pop divas. As such, she's not only survived but prospered through the ever-changing winds of music trends. THE VERY BEST OF CHER covers all the stylistically varied phases of Cher's career. The tracks run in roughly reverse chronological order, kicking off with her massive '90s dance pop hit "Believe." Along the way, there are stops at '80s power balladry ("If I Could Turn Back Time"), late-'70s disco ("Take Me Home"), early-'70s AM pop ("Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Half Breed"), and of course, the '60s folk/rock/pop hits she recorded as half of Sonny & Cher ("I Got You Babe," "The Beat Goes On"). As a thumbnail sketch of a career spanning four decades and countless twists and turns, VERY BEST OF CHER hits its target dead on.

• Genre: Rock and Pop
• Format: CD
• Released: 08/26/2003