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| Had she
only been an actress or filmmaker, Barbra Streisand still would have been
one of the most successful entertainers of the past four decades. But it
is her singing, her voice, that is most unique and influential. She has
recorded everything from classical to show tunes and torch songs to rock
and disco, and is the top-selling female recording artist in the world. |
The
Essential Barbra Streisand [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [LIMITED EDITION]
Barbra Streisand
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| This
40-cut compendium traces her recording career from early tracks that frequently
relay her subtlety to often impressive accommodations with soft rock and
still later vibrato -fests that find her taxing the limits of performer's
ego and listeners' ears. |
Memories
- Barbra Streisand
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| Excellent
album released in 1981. |
Simply
Streisand
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Barbra Streisand
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| If this
doesn't make you a Streisand fan then nothing will. |
What
About Today?
Barbra
Streisand
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| The underrated
gem of Streisand's catalogue. |
The
Second Barbra
Streisand
Album
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| Clearly
one of her best albums. |
The
Barbra Streisand Album
Barbra
Streisand
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| Streisand
seemed an "overnight" superstar when she released this debut LP in 1963;
two weeks after its release, Streisand was America's best-selling female
singer. Within several months, Funny Girl would debut on Broadway... and
the rest, as they say, is history. |
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A
Love Like Ours
Barbra
Streisand
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| The love
album that will last forever! |
Higher
Ground -
Barbra
Streisand
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| She's
been eclipsed by generation of newfangled power divas, but Babs still has
it--superior repertoire in the Tin Pan Alley tradition, deep-pile production
from the likes of Foster, Mardin and Afanasieff, and those zillion dollar
pipes. J.Bateman |
The
Broadway Album
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Barbra
Streisand
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| This
1985 recording marked Barbra Streisand's return to her Broadway roots (significantly,
she had dropped her pop-period Guilty perm and returned to straight hair).
The CD contains a broad selection of show tunes, from Guys and Dolls's
"Adelaide's Lament" to Sweeney Todd's "Not While I'm Around." |
Guilty
- Barbra Streisand
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| Guilty
may well be Streisand's best pop album. At the peak of her late '70s
popularity, she hooked up with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, who himself was
basking in his Saturday Night Fever glow. Gibb wrote and produced most
of the material on 1980's Guilty, and he supplied background vocals as
well as co-leads on two tracks. The results are still completely bewitching.
"Promises," for instance, is a lounge-like dance number and Babs sounds
simply fabulous --sexy, lighthearted, passionate, playful--all at once.
"Life Story" is a wild epic, and "Make It Like a Memory" keeps soaring
up & up into a stratosphere of shag-carpeted luxury. Even Gibb's wavering
vocals are great --and not a little like a disco version of Mandy Patinkin.
And of course, the hits are out of this world:"Woman in Love" and
"What Kind of Fool" are titanium -plated classics the likes of which Streisand
has not topped since. A guilty pleasure, sure--just indulge. --Elisabeth
Vincentelli |
Barbra
Joan Streisand
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| Bridge
Over Contemporary Waters |
Stoney
End
Barbra
Streisand
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| A fresh
beginning for Streisand's career as a contemporary pop artist |
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Barbra-The
Concert
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Barbra Streisand
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| Barbra's
spectacular concert at Madison Square Garden in 1994. |
Barbra:
The Concert Highlights [LIVE] Barbra Streisand
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One
Voice [LIVE]
Barbra
Streisand
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| Barbra put on this concert
at her Malibu home to make money for charities. |
A
Happening in Central Park [LIVE] Barbra Streisand
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| Recorded
in 1967 when she was at her artistic zenith and still a funny girl |
Live
Concert at the Forum [LIVE] Barbra Streisand
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| Barbra
Live, what more could you want! |
A
Collection: Greatest Hits... And More
Barbra
Streisand
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| The years
1975-1988 contained big successes for Streisand, though she ran through
an unsteady gauntlet of disco-fied pop & pseudo-Broadway show
stoppers. This collection, originally released in 1989, brings together
the hits of those years--like the two Barry Gibb duets, "What Kind of Fool"
and "Guilty"--in a range of production scenarios utilizing the talents
of Rupert Holmes, Andrew L. Webber, Phil Ramone, Dave Gruisin, and others.
The two new recordings added to begin and end the package, "We're Not Makin'
Love Anymore" and "Somewhere," serve as bookends of the dance and ballad
style Streisand revolved around throughout her later career. --Stephen
M.H. Braitman |
Back
to Broadway [SOUNDTRACK]
Barbra
Streisand
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