Barry Manilow II

Barry Manilow II
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released	October 1974 1996 (re-release) 2006 (re-release)
Genre	Pop Easy listening
Length	38:14 (original release) 41:37 (1996 re-release) 44:23 (2006 re-release)
Label	Arista
Producer	Barry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow chronology
Barry Manilow (1973) Barry Manilow II (1974) Tryin' to Get the Feeling (1975)

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Barry Manilow II is the second studio album by Barry Manilow released in 1974. It included the mega hit song "Mandy", as well as "It's a Miracle". First issued by Bell Records, it was reissued after the company was reorganized into Arista Records.

The album's cover illustration was later parodied by Ray Stevens in the picture sleeve illustration for his 1980 single I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby" - 4:18 (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson)
2. "Early Morning Strangers" - 3:24 (Manilow, Hal David)
3. "Mandy" - 3:32 (Scott English, Richard Kerr)
4. "The Two Of Us" - 3:05 (Manilow, Marty Panzer)
5. "Something's Comin' Up" - 2:51 (Manilow)

Side 2

1. "It's a Miracle" - 3:58 (Manilow, Panzer)
2. "Avenue C" - 2:37 (Buck Clayton, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert)
3. "My Baby Loves Me" - 3:18 (Ivy Hunter, Sylvia Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson)
4. "Sandra" - 4:35 (Manilow, Anderson)
5. "Home Again" - 5:34 (Manilow, Panzer)

1996 Remaster

1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
2. Early Morning Strangers
3. Mandy
4. The Two Of Us
5. Something's comin' up
6. It's A Miracle
7. Avenue C
8. My Baby Loves Me
9. Sandra
10. Home Again

Bonus:

1. Halfway Over The Hill

2006 Expanded Edition

1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
2. Early Morning Strangers
3. Mandy
4. The Two Of Us
5. Something's Comin' Up
6. It's A Miracle
7. Avenue C
8. My Baby Loves Me
9. Sandra
10. Home Again

Bonus:

1. Good News
2. Halfway Over The Hill

Personnel

• Barry Manilow: Piano, Vocal
• Don Grolnick, Ellen Starr: Piano
• Jon Stroll: Electric Piano & Clavinet
• John Barranco, Charlie Brown, Sam T. Brown, Dick Frank, Bob Mann, Stuart Scharf: Guitars
• Artie Kaplan, Stanley Schwartz, George Young: Saxophone
• Bob Cranshaw, Russell George, Will Lee: Bass
• Bill Lavorgna, Chris Parker, Allan Schwartzberg: Drums
• Norman Pride, Lee Gurst: Percussion
• Charlotte Crossley, Ron Dante, Robin Grean, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams: Background vocals
• Horns & strings arranged by Jack Cortner