Dark Lady is the eleventh studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released in May 1974 by MCA.

After its release, the album received positive reviews from critics but, unlike her previous record produced by Garrett, was only moderately successful.

After the success of Half-Breed, Cher, for her final record under MCA, again chose Snuff Garrett to produce and Al Capps for arrangements.

[2] Due to the success of previous albums produced by Garrett, Dark Lady followed the same narrative ballad style.

[3] She attracted many young fans during this period of her career for her style of glamour pop,[3] and the album shows also what Cher could do back in the mid-70s, at the height of her popularity.

The opening track of the album is a song written by Alan O'Day "Train of Thought" that had moderate success on the pop charts.

Decades later, Peter Fawthrop of AllMusic gave it three stars and compared this album with the previous Half-Breed saying that is "more upbeat".

He also said that "she was more wholesome and organic in the early '70s," and about the covers in the album "is always fun to hear Cher's renditions of the classics."