Love Hurts is the twentieth studio album by American singer and actress Cher, released on June 18, 1991,[1] by Geffen Records.

[4] The record featured production by Bob Rock and saw her continue to collaborate with John Kalodner, Diane Warren and Desmond Child.

The album was recorded in late 1990/early 1991, during the first year of Cher's relationship to Bon Jovi's guitarist Richie Sambora.

In addition, the European version of the album also contains the worldwide hit "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (originally recorded by Merry Clayton in 1963), which was released as a single in the United States in 1990 (prior to the release of the "Love Hurts") to promote Cher's film Mermaids, on whose soundtrack it first appeared.

One year before, it was already recorded by Heart and released on a Japanese special edition bonus CD for their album Brigade.

This particular performance was highly criticized because Cher lip-synced all songs from the album, veering from the ABC show's premise to showcase "honest" live rock.

[6][7] Later, during an interview, Cher defended her lip-syncing[8] and In Concert offered her a chance to reappear (with her band plugged in and playing) later in 1991, but the performance never happened.

The album received further promotion from her third headlining Love Hurts Tour, which started on April 15, 1992, in Berlin, Germany.

The tour was set to start on March 21, 1992, in Copenhagen, but due to illness, the European concerts were rescheduled, except for the UK dates.

[25] Billboard for example, said that "With a few exceptions, the overall musical direction is more straight-forward rock'n'roll this time, which is the perfect environment for her unique vocal style.

"[26] AllMusic also said that "The result, however, is particularly formulaic, with Cher's vocals sounding largely uninspired and the production and backing musicians content to be obvious.

[25] Unlike Heart of Stone and Cher, Love Hurts received less attention in North America yet it was still certified Gold in the US and Platinum in Canada, for reaching the sales of 500,000 and 100,000 copies in those territories, respectively.