Songbird (Barbra Streisand album)
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| Songbird | ||||
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | May 1978[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 37:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Gary Klein | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | Desfavorable[3] |
Songbird is a studio album by Barbra Streisand, released in 1978. The album includes Streisand's solo version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". She also subsequently recorded this song as a duet with Neil Diamond and this version topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978. The title track reached #25 on the Hot 100 and spent two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.
In the United States the album has been certified Platinum for sales of 1,300,000 copies.[4]
Track listing [edit]
- "Tomorrow" (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin) 2:56
- "A Man I Loved" (Nikki Oosterveen, George Michalski) 4:02
- "I Don't Break Easily" (Bruce Roberts) 3:53
- "Love Breakdown" (Alan Gordon) 3:36
- "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) 3:58
- "Honey Can I Put On Your Clothes" (Jean Monte Ray, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 5:24
- "One More Night" (Stephen Bishop) 3:10
- "Stay Away" (Kim Carnes) 3:47
- "Deep in the Night" (Helen Miller, Eve Merriam) 3:10
- "Songbird" (Dave Wolfert, Stephen Nelson) 3:46
Sales/chart performance [edit]
| Chart | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart | 12 |
| Australian Album Chart | 30 |
| UK Album Chart | 48[5] |
References [edit]
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Archives - Songbird". Barbra Streisand Archives. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
- ^ William Ruhlmann. "Songbird (Allmusic Review)". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Stephen Holden (July 27, 1978). "Rolling Stone Review-Songbird". www.rollingstone.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "RIAA: Songbird -Platinum Certification". www.riaa.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Songbird UK album charts". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
