Duets

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

In her lengthy career, Barbra Streisand has never shown much inclination to share the spotlight. In the movies, she must endure a leading man, but in her recordings, she has gone it alone for the most part. In 1978, however, a disc jockey edited together her and Neil Diamond's recordings of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," and she and Diamond quickly cut a real duet, resulting in a number one hit. Thereafter, she cannily coaxed others into sharing the microphone, resulting in chart singles with Donna Summer, Barry Gibb, Kim Carnes, former boyfriend Don Johnson, Bryan Adams, and Celine Dion, and album tracks with Johnny Mathis, Michael Crawford, and Vince Gill. The material mostly consisted of mediocre adult contemporary ballads that were outshone by the star power of the singers. This album collects all those duets, plus a couple of newly recorded mediocre adult contemporary ballads sung with Barry Manilow and Josh Groban, and a few stray tracks from the 1960s and early '70s when Streisand joined another singer. Her unsuitability to the duet format is repeatedly evidenced, as she seems virtually incapable of shutting up when her partner is trying to take a solo, invariably humming in the background to draw attention back to herself. The only real exception to this rule is the version of "I've Got a Crush on You" recorded for Frank Sinatra's own Duets album, a track Streisand did not control. Naturally, the best performances occur when she is paired with a singer who is more than just a cipher -- Sinatra, Ray Charles, or Judy Garland, the latter two in TV performances. Then, of course, there's the medley of "One Less Bell to Answer" and "A House Is Not a Home" on which she finally finds the perfect duet partner, her overdubbed self! ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	11/26/2002
Label:	Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0696998612624
Rank:	346782

Tracks

1. I Won't Be the One to Let Go
2. Guilty
3. You Don't Bring Me Flowers
4. I Finally Found Someone
5. Cryin' Time
6. I've Got a Crush on You
7. Tell Him
8. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
9. What Kind of Fool
10. I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart
11. One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not a Home
12. Lost Inside of You
13. Till I Loved You
14. Make No Mistake, He's Mine
15. If You Ever Leave Me
16. The Music of the Night
17. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
18. Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again
19. All I Know of Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist
Kim Carnes   Primary Artist
Barry Manilow   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist
Donna Summer   Primary Artist
Barry Gibb   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Michael Crawford   Primary Artist
Josh Groban   Primary Artist
Ray Charles   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Harold Arlen   Primary Artist
Neil Diamond   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Celine Dion   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Vince Gill   Primary Artist
Judy Garland   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Johnny Mathis   Primary Artist
Andrew Pryce Jackman   Conductor
Mort Lindsey   Musical Direction
Alan Lindgren   Conductor
William Ross   Conductor
Peter Matz   Conductor

Technical Credits

Don Reedman   Producer
Humberto Gatica   Engineer
Charles Koppelman   Executive Producer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Leon Russell   Composer
Robin Gibb   Composer
Barbra Streisand   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
David Foster   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Neil Diamond   Composer
Maurice Gibb   Composer
Stewart Whitmore   Digital Editing
Buck Owens   Composer
Luther Waters   Vocal Arrangement
Andrew Pryce Jackman   Arranger
Gary Klein   Producer
Jeffrey Mayer   Photography
Alan Stein   A&R
Francesco Scavullo   Photography
Randee Saint Nicholas   Photography
Alan Berliner   Photography
George McWilliams   Design
Kevin Mazur   Photography
Linda Thompson   Composer
Linda Thompson-Jenner   Composer
Gabrielle Raumberger   Art Direction
Steve Schapiro   Cover Photo,Photography
Bert Stern   Cover Photo
Martin Erlichman   Producer
Bob Sherman   Photography
Jack Yellen   Composer
Richard Perry   Producer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Charles Hart   Composer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Dave Reitzas   Engineer
Jay Landers   Executive Producer
Jeff Jarratt   Producer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Composer
Richard Stilgoe   Composer
Nelson Riddle   Arranger
Peter Fletcher   Product Manager
Maury Yeston   Composer
Phil Ramone   Arranger,Producer
Richard Marx   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Karl Richardson   Producer
Walter Afanasieff   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Randy Waldman   Arranger
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Thomas Z. Shepard   Producer
Milton Ager   Composer
Albhy Galuten   Composer,Producer
Chris Brooke   Engineer
Mitzie Welch   Arranger
Alan Lindgren   Arranger
Alan Bergman   Composer
Bruce Roberts   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Barry Gibb   Composer,Producer
William Ross   Orchestration,Orchestral Arrangements
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Paul Jabara   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Ted Koehler   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Jack Hayes   String Arrangements
Felipe Elgueta   Engineer
Peter Matz   Arranger,Orchestration
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Patrick Williams   Arranger
Barry Manilow   Composer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Bob Gaudio   Producer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bill Cuomo   Producer,String Arrangements
Ken Welch   Arranger
Billy Byers   Arranger,Orchestration
Kim Carnes   Composer,Producer