Barbra Joan Streisand

• Artist: Barbra Streisand
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• Release Date: 1971 08
• Total Time: 41:23
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

On her follow-up to the comeback album Stoney End, Barbra Streisand tried to do for (or to) Carole King what she had done the last time around with Laura Nyro, to redo her material in a similar manner and essentially hijack it (while providing a big jump in songwriter royalties, of course). This was not so easy to do in the case of "Beautiful," "Where You Lead," and "You've Got a Friend," however, since, unlike the Nyro songs, by the time Streisand got to these tunes, they were already on King's own chart-topping album, Tapestry. Nevertheless, Streisand, who after all is a much more powerful singer than King, did them well and even eked out a Top 40 single on "Where You Lead." And the album contained other gems, such as a delicate reading of John Lennon's "Love" (a take on his "Mother" was far less successful) and the only recording of "I Mean to Shine," written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, soon to launch Steely Dan. Streisand was not able to make the final transition into the pop/rock realm for the simple reason that she wasn't a writer, but she had spent a career making other people's songs her own, and she was as effective doing that here as she had been on very different material in the '60s. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Beautiful	Carole King	Barbra Streisand	(2:15)
Love (Lyrics)	John Lennon	Barbra Streisand	(3:04)
Where You Lead (Lyrics)	Carole King, Toni Stern	Barbra Streisand	(2:54)
I Never Meant to Hurt You (Lyrics)	Laura Nyro	Barbra Streisand	(3:49)
Medley: One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not a Home	Hal David, Burt Bacharach	Barbra Streisand	(6:33)
Space Captain (Lyrics)	Matthew Moore	Barbra Streisand	(3:18)
Since I Fell for You (Lyrics)	Buddy Johnson	Barbra Streisand	(3:26)
Mother (Lyrics)	John Lennon	Barbra Streisand	(4:36)
The Summer Knows	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand	Barbra Streisand	(3:43)
I Mean to Shine (Lyrics)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen	Barbra Streisand	(2:53)
You've Got a Friend	Carole King	Barbra Streisand	(4:55)

Credits

John Osborne (Guitar (Bass)), Oma Drake (Vocals (Background)), Gene Page (Conductor), Alice de Buhr (Percussion), Mike Deasy Sr. (Guitar (Electric)), Gene Page (Arranger), Lincoln Mayorga (Piano), John Osborn (Bass), John Uribe (Guitar), Jean Page (Conductor), Donald Fagen (Organ), Gene Cipriano (Clarinet), Larry Knechtel (Bass), Nickey Barclay (Piano), Mike Deasy Sr. (Guitar), Dick Hazard (Conductor), Larry Knechtel (Guitar (Bass)), June Millington (Guitar), Hugh McCracken (Guitar (Acoustic)), Hal Blaine (Drums), Jean Millington (Guitar (Bass)), Joe Osborne (Guitar (Bass)), Jim Keltner (Drums), Barbra Streisand (Vocals), Jean Millington (Bass), Michel Rubini (Piano), Richard Perry (Piano), Larry Muhoberac (Piano), Dick Hazard (Arranger), Louie Shelton (Guitar), Eric Weissberg (Guitar), Nick DeCaro (Arranger), Sy Mitchell (Engineer), Jim Price (Horn), Richard Perry (Percussion), Richard Perry (Producer), Fanny (Arranger), Nick DeCaro (Piano), Richard Perry (Pipe Organ), Jean Millington (Guitar), Venetta Fields (Vocals (Background)), Gene Cipriano (Oboe), Richard Perry (Tambourine), Billy Preston (Organ), Clydie King (Vocals (Background)), Fanny (Vocals (Background)), Hugh McCracken (Guitar), Joe Osborne (Bass), Alice de Buhr (Drums), June Millington (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ken Welch (Arranger), Jean Page (Arranger), Bobby Keys (Horn), Sherlie Mathews (Vocals (Background)), Jim Gordon (Drums), Richard Perry (Organ)

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