All I Really Want to Do

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

All I Really Want to Do was released on 16 August 1965 on Imperial Records and was Cher's first solo album, while she was also having success at Atco as one half of the duo Sonny & Cher. After the hit I Got You Babe, Bono decided to launch his wife as a solo artist too. He produced the record, Harold Battiste wrote the arrangements and the sessions ended in June 1965 at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood.

It is largely a covers album with a folky edge, to set it apart from the duo's records. It includes three songs by Bob Dylan, Needles and Pins, which Bono co-wrote, and I Go to Sleep by Ray Davies. The title song was the only single. The idea came from the Byrds, whom she saw perform at Ciro's on the Sunset Strip, and the two versions competed for chart positions. According to AllMusic she sounds young and full of life.

Listening

Track list

1. 1All I Really Want to Do2:58Apple Music ↗
2. 2I Go to Sleep2:30Apple Music ↗
3. 3Needles and Pins2:40Apple Music ↗
4. 4Don't Think Twice, It's All Right2:28Apple Music ↗
5. 5He Thinks I Still Care2:15Apple Music ↗
6. 6Dream Baby2:57Apple Music ↗
7. 7The Bells of Rhymney3:08Apple Music ↗
8. 8Girl Don't Come1:00Apple Music ↗
9. 9C.C. Rider Blues2:41Apple Music ↗
10. 10Come and Stay With Me2:43Apple Music ↗
11. 11Cry Myself to Sleep2:21Apple Music ↗
12. 12Blowin' In the Wind3:36Apple Music ↗

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