3614 Jackson Highway
Studio album by
Cher
ReleasedJune 20, 1969
RecordedApril 1969
StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama
Genre
Length33:08
Label
Producer
Cher chronology
Cher's Golden Greats
(1968)		 3614 Jackson Highway
(1969)		 Chastity
(1969)
Singles from 3614 Jackson Highway
  1. "I Walk on Guilded Splinters"
    Released: June 2, 1969
  2. "For What It's Worth"
    Released: August 4, 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

3614 Jackson Highway is the sixth album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 20, 1969, by ATCO. This album was a commercial failure, peaking at 160, although it received praise and positive reviews from the music critics. 3614 Jackson Highway was the address of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The album is by and large a covers album.

Album information

3614 Jackson Highway was released in the summer of 1969. It remains Cher's first and last solo studio album for Atco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin. The cover is a photograph of Cher with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section musicians featured on the album. They are: front row, left to right: guitarist Eddie Hinton, bassist David Hood, Sonny Bono, Cher, producer Jerry Wexler, background vocalist Jeannie Greene, background vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux, and producer Tom Dowd. Back row, left to right: lead guitarist Jimmy Johnson, producer Arif Mardin, drummer Roger Hawkins and keyboardist Barry Beckett. Missing were background vocalists Mary Holiday and Sue Pilkington.

The ambitious record was conceived as a way to bring success to Cher, as well as her group Sonny & Cher, after a two-year period of commercial failure. The constant evolution of pop culture left the formulaic nature of Sonny & Cher's musical endeavors obsolete; pop music had continued to transform into a more political style marked by anti-war songs protesting the conflict in Vietnam. For months the duo maintained a nightclub act, but audience response was less than positive.

Although the album was largely ignored by the public, critical reception was enthusiastic. Cher's maturing vocals, along with the sophisticated instrumentation and arrangements, garnered praise.

In 1968 and 1969 Cher recorded songs for an album with a tentative release in 1970. For unknown reasons the album was cancelled and five of the tracks were released as singles. The remaining five remained unreleased until 2001 when Rhino Records released a limited edition of 3614 Jackson Highway with the unreleased songs as bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lay, Baby, Lay[2]"Bob Dylan3:36
2."Please Don't Tell Me"
  • Carroll W. Quillen
  • Grady Smith
3:36
3."Cry Like a Baby"
2:46
4."Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
2:46
5."Save the Children"Eddie Hinton2:54
2001 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Easy to Be Hard"
3:44
13."I Believe"
3:55
14."Danny Boy"Frederick Weatherly5:20
15."Momma Look Sharp"Sherman Edwards3:33
16."It Gets Me Where I Want to Go"
  • Gabriel Lapano
  • Lance Wakely
3:10
17."You've Made Me So Very Happy"
2:43
18."Yours Until Tomorrow"
2:51
19."The Thought of Loving You"David White2:24
20."The First Time"Sonny Bono3:24
21."Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)"Elyse J. Weinberg3:08
22."Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)" (stereo album version)Weinberg3:05
23."Superstar"
3:07

Personnel

Production

  • Jerry Wexler – record producer
  • Tom Dowd – record producer
  • Arif Mardin – record producer
  • Stan Vincent – record producer
  • Greg Poree – arrangement assistance

Design

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
United States Billboard 200[3] 160

References

  1. ↑ "3614 Jackson Highway Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Cher - 3614 Jackson Highway | Rhino".
  3. ↑ "Atco Album Discography, Part 2". Bsnpubs.com. 2005-10-06. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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