A Love Like Ours
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A Love Like Ours
- Artist: Barbra Streisand
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- Release Date: September 21, 1999
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
- Genre: Vocal Music
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Barbra Streisand makes sure there's no doubt to what love she's referring to in the title of A Love Like Ours. On both the front and back covers, and throughout the liner notes, she's seen with her new husband, James Brolin. As a matter of fact, the album is no less than a celebration of her love of Brolin and their storybook wedding. To some, this may be a little too sentimental, but the emotions are genuine, as she makes abundantly clear in her gushing, track-by-track liner notes. Streisand tackles both standards and newly written tunes, including the Richard Marx-penned "If You Ever Leave Me," which she sings with Vince Gill. She claims in the liner notes that "If You Ever Leave Me" was intended to be a country song -- that's why Gill sings on the track -- but, like the Gershwin tune "Isn't It a Pity," the show tunes, and "We Must Be Loving Right," the other country song on the album, everything is given a measured, polished adult contemporary production. That's a little ironic, since Streisand claims nearly everything was recorded live with an orchestra. Nevertheless, it sounds as if it was assembled in a studio piece by piece, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, the absence of longtime collaborator Marvin Hamlisch is notable, since the arrangers on A Love Like Ours don't have much flair. Consequently, the album is a little subdued, which is appropriate for a romantic album. And, judged as a romance album, it works pretty well. Essentially, A Love Like Ours is a simple love album, a soundtrack to Streisand and Brolin's wedding that will work for other weddings. It's mood music that doesn't set the mood, but will compliment the mood quite nicely. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi| A Love Life (2000 Album by Bernadette Brown) | |
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | 21 September 1999 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Vocal | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Walter Afanasieff Tony Brown David Foster Arif Mardin Richard Marx Barbra Streisand |
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A Love Like Ours is an album by Barbra Streisand. It was released in North American on September 21, 1999 and Europe on September 20, 1999. It is her 23rd Top 10 album in the US. This was Streisand's first commercial release since her marriage to actor James Brolin. Much of the material was inspired by this event. As such, the disc booklet contains images of her and Brolin.
The album didn't manage to achieve the success of Streisand's two previous albums, debuting at number 6 in America with sales of 145,000 copies in the first week. It was eventually certified Gold and Platinum. The album sold nearly 3 million copies worldwide.
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Track listing
- "I've Dreamed of You" (Rolf Lovland, Ann Hampton Callaway) – 4:46
- "Isn't It a Pity?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:22
- "The Island" (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 4:37
- "Love Like Ours" (Dave Grusin, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 3:59
- "If You Ever Leave Me" (Duet with Vince Gill) (Richard Marx) – 4:38
- "We Must Be Loving Right" (Roger Brown, Clay Baker) – 3:37
- "If I Never Met You" (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford) – 3:38
- "It Must Be You" (Steve Dorff, Stephony Smith) – 3:29
- "Just One Lifetime" (Snow, Melissa Manchester) – 4:18
- "If I Didn't Love You" (Bruce Roberts, Junior Miles) – 4:18
- "Wait" (Michel Legrand, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 4:10
- "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 4:35
Musicians
Compiled from liner notes.[1]
- Walter Afanasieff — keyboards, drum programming
- Greg Bieck — programming
- Robbie Buchanan — synthesizer
- Jon Clarke — recorder
- Jim Cox — piano
- Paulinho DaCosta — percussion
- George Doering — guitars
- Bruce Dukov — violin
- Stuart Duncan — fiddle
- Nathan East — bass guitar
- Felipe Elgueta — programming
- David Foster — keyboards
- Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Vince Gill — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Reggie Hamilton — bass guitar
- Pete Hume — programming
- Ralph Humphrey — drums
- John Jorgenson — electric guitar
- Kenny G. — tenor saxophone
- Donald Kirkpatrick — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Michael Landau — electric guitar
- Mike Lang — piano
- Richard Marx — keyboards
- Tommy Morgan — harmonica
- Dean Parks — guitars
- J.R. Robinson — drums
- Kamil Rustam — electric guitar
- Steve Skinner — programming
- Leland Sklar — bass guitar
- Randy Waldman — piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Orchestra on "The Island" arranged and conducted by Jorge Calandrelli.
Strings on "We Must Be Loving Right" conducted and arranged by William Ross.
Production
- Walter Afanasieff — track 3
- Tony Brown — track 6
- David Foster — track 10
- David Foster and Richard Marx – track 5
- Arif Mardin — tracks 8, 9
- Barbra Streisand – tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[2] | 44 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[2] | 29 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[2] | 33 |
| French Albums Chart[2] | 36 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[2] | 38 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[2] | 6 |
| UK Albums Chart[3] | 12 |
| US Billboard 200 | 6 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications1 |
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| Canada | Gold |
| United Kingdom | Gold |
| United States | Platinum[4] |
Singles
"If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with country star Vince Gill was released to country radio. It peaked at number 62 on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and stayed there for 6 weeks. In the UK the single peaked at number 26.
"I've Dreamed of You" was also released and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart and number 12 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.
References
- ^ A Love Like Ours (CD booklet). Barbra Streisand. Columbia Records. 1999. 69601.
- ^ a b c d e f http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Barbra+Streisand&titel=Higher+Ground&cat=a
- ^ UK Albums Chart
- ^ RIAA – Gold & Platinum "SEARCH RESULTS". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Greatest_Hits_Volume_II&artist=Barbra%20Streisand&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 RIAA – Gold & Platinum. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
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