Simply Streisand
Simply Streisand | ||||
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | October 1967 (1967-10) | |||
Recorded | March 14, 15, 20, 1967 | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 29:28 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jack Gold, Howard A. Roberts | |||
Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||
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Singles from Simply Streisand | ||||
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Simply Streisand (1967) is the ninth studio album released by American singer Barbra Streisand. The album was released simultaneously with A Christmas Album and was Streisand's first that failed to chart in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 when it peaked at #12. Simply Streisand was recorded March 14, 15 and 20th, 1967.[1] The album sold 250,000 in its first week in the market. It was certified Gold by RIAA on April 24, 2002.[2]
Production
This was Streisand's first straight album — meaning songs in English, and without a TV special tie-in — since September 1964, when Columbia Records released People, even though "The Nearness of You" was played during the opening credits of Streisand's 1968 CBS-TV special, A Happening in Central Park, a year later. The liner notes for the LP were written by the composer Richard Rodgers: "No one is talented enough to sing with the depth of a fine cello or the lift of a climbing bird," he wrote. "Nobody, that is, except Barbra."
A song called "Look" (originally recorded for the previous album, Je m'appelle Barbra) was included as a b-side to the single: "Stout-Hearted Men".[3] Streisand also recorded "Willow Weep for Me" and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" during these sessions. Both songs were not included in Simply Streisand. "Willow Weep For Me" was released in the fall of 2012.[4]
Reception
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The album received mixed to unfavorable reviews from music critics. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic website gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that "If this were the only Streisand album you ever heard, you'd still think she was good. It's only in comparison to what went before that it seems mediocre." Stephen Holden of The New York Times later wrote that Simply Streisand was similar to The Third Album (1964), "but it lacked the freshness of its prototype."[6]
According to Billboard magazine, Columbia Records reports a sale of nearly 250,000 in its first two weeks on the market.[7]
Track listing
Side one
- "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:22
- From Babes in Arms (1937)
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 3:27
- "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:56
- "Make the Man Love Me" (Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:26
- From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951)
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman) - 2.50
Side two
- "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:29
- "I'll Know" (Frank Loesser) – 2:47
- From Guys and Dolls (1950)
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:36
- From Very Warm for May (1939)
- "The Boy Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:50
- From Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- "Stout-Hearted Men" (Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:43
- From The New Moon (1928)
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[8] | 12 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Personnel
- Barbra Streisand – singer
- Ray Ellis – arranger
- David Shire – conductor
- Frank Laico – recording engineer
- Ray Gerhardt – recording engineer
- James Moore – photographer
- Richard Rodgers – liner notes
References
- ^ "Information about Simply Streisand". barbra-archives.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "RIAA-Barbra Streisand (Certification)". www.riaa.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Archives - Je m'appelle Barbra (1966) - French Album, CD".
- ^ "Barbra Streisand (Official Site)". www.barbrastreisand.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ William Ruhlmann. "Simply Streisand (Allmusic Review)". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ Holden, Stephen. The Best of Streisand is in Her Records. The New York Times, 6 Nov. 1977, p. D24.
- ^ Col. Will Launch Double-Barreled Push on Barbra. Billboard Magazine. November 11, 1967. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Je m'appelle Barbra". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
- Barbra Streisand Archives: Records/Simply Streisand
- v
- t
- e
- The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Third Album (1964)
- People (1964)
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
- Color Me Barbra (1966)
- Je m'appelle Barbra (1966)
- Simply Streisand (1967)
- A Christmas Album (1967)
- What About Today? (1969)
- Stoney End (1971)
- Barbra Joan Streisand (1971)
- Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- ButterFly (1974)
- Lazy Afternoon (1975)
- Classical Barbra (1976)
- Superman (1977)
- Songbird (1978)
- Wet (1979)
- Guilty (1980)
- Emotion (1984)
- The Broadway Album (1985)
- Till I Loved You (1988)
- Back to Broadway (1993)
- Higher Ground (1997)
- A Love Like Ours (1999)
- Christmas Memories (2001)
- The Movie Album (2003)
- Guilty Pleasures (2005)
- Love Is the Answer (2009)
- What Matters Most (2011)
- Partners (2014)
- Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016)
- Walls (2018)
- A Happening in Central Park (1968)
- Live Concert at the Forum (1972)
- One Voice (1987)
- Barbra: The Concert (1994)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
- Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
- Back to Brooklyn (2013)
- The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! (2017)
- Live at the Bon Soir (2022)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1978)
- Memories (1981)
- A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More (1989)
- Just for the Record... (1991)
- The Essential Barbra Streisand (2002)
- Duets (2002)
- Barbra: The Ultimate Collection (2010)
- Release Me (2012)
- The Classic Christmas Album (2013)
- Release Me 2 (2021)
- Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records (2023)
and soundtracks
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962)
- Funny Girl (1964)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- Funny Lady (1975)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Yentl (1983)
- Nuts (1987)
and videos
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard (2010)
- Barbra Streisand in Concert
- Timeless
- Streisand
- Barbra Live
- Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic
- Yentl (1983)
- The Prince of Tides (1991)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
- Streisand effect
- "Mecha-Streisand"
- Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend) (featuring album)
- Elliott Gould (first husband)
- Jason Gould (son)
- James Brolin (second husband)
- Roslyn Kind (half-sister)
- My Name Is Barbra (2023 memoir)
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