The Essential Barbra Streisand
The Essential Barbra Streisand | ||||
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Compilation album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 150:53 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||
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The Essential Barbra Streisand (retitled The Ultimate Collection in some European countries) is the fifth greatest hits album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released on January 29, 2002, by Columbia Records. The compilation features 38 songs from Streisand's catalog, in addition to two previously unreleased tracks (covers of "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"). It includes material from 26 of the singer's albums and was described as a collection of, mainly, her pop songs. A reissued version of the compilation was distributed by Columbia and Legacy Recordings in 2008 and includes a bonus disc featuring nine additional songs from Streisand's discography.
Critically, the album was noted for being a comprehensive and complete view of her discography, unlike her previous greatest hits releases. It topped the charts in Ireland, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The Essential Barbra Streisand also reached the top ten in several countries and was included on four year-end lists. The album has since been certified Platinum in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Spain, and the United States, and multi-platinum in the United Kingdom.
Background and development
The Essential Barbra Streisand was released on January 29, 2002, by Columbia Records.[1] A compilation of Streisand's "pop-oriented performances",[2] the collection contains two discs featuring 38 songs from Streisand's discography. Representing 26 albums from her career, the first-recorded song included on The Essential Barbra Streisand is "A Sleepin' Bee" from The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), while the most recent track featured is "I've Dreamed of You" from A Love Like Ours (1999).[3] In addition, Streisand included two previously unreleased tracks on the second disc, covers of "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "You'll Never Walk Alone". William Ruhlmann from AllMusic suggested that the former song was recorded during sessions for A Love Like Ours while the latter was meant for her twenty-seventh studio album, Higher Ground (1997).[4] In some European countries, the album was released under the title The Ultimate Collection with an identical track listing.[5]
The Essential Barbra Streisand was reissued on September 30, 2008, through a co-partnership between Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings.[6] The new version featured a bonus third disc with seven more songs from Streisand's back-catalog and two live renditions.[7]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Essential Barbra Streisand was given a perfect five-star rating by AllMusic's William Ruhlmann. He felt that Streisand's discography had not been detailed well on her previous compilations and considered The Essential Barbra Streisand to be the best choice for fans not willing to purchase the expensive box set Just for the Record... (1992). Considering its comprehensiveness, Ruhlmann praised the album's inclusion of her eleven top ten hits and nearly all of her top 40 hits.[4] Tom Santopietro, author of The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand, was disappointed by Streisand's decision to release two greatest hits albums in the same year (the other being Duets). Describing her action as "cynical", he wrote: "At this point, even the most die-hard Streisand fan could be forgiven for expressing frustration at yet another release of 'People' and 'The Way We Were'." However, he praised the inclusion of "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", calling them both "extraordinary" cover tracks.[8] In addition to The Barbra Streisand Album and Stoney End (1971), Phyllis Fulford and Michael Miller, authors of the 2003 book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Singing, listed The Essential Barbra Streisand as one of the singer's "CDs that best represent [her] more pop-oriented performances".[2]
Commercial performance
The Essential Barbra Streisand entered the Billboard 200 at number 15, its peak position, during the week of February 16, 2002. It was the chart's second highest entry of the week, just behind the soundtrack to the 2002 film State Property, which debuted at number 14. It spent a total of nine weeks on the Billboard 200.[9] On March 15, 2002, it was certified Gold as a multi-disc package by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for physical shipments of 250,000 copies; its certification was then upgraded to Platinum, signifying shipments of 500,000 copies, on October 17, 2003.[10] As of June 22, 2007, The Essential Barbra Streisand has sold 506,000 copies in the United States.[11] Elsewhere in North America, it debuted in Canada at number 73 according to the chart published by Nielsen SoundScan.[12]
In Europe, The Essential Barbra Streisand topped the charts in several countries and has been certified Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales upwards of one million.[13] According to the Official Charts Company, it topped the charts in both Scotland and the United Kingdom.[14][15] In the latter country, the compilation spent 49 weeks charting and was ranked on the year-end sales charts for both 2002 and 2003 at positions 36 and 192, respectively.[16][17] It was later certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 300,000 copies.[18] In the same continent, The Essential Barbra Streisand (or The Ultimate Collection in some European territories) topped the Irish Albums Chart,[19] and reached the top ten in Belgium,[20] Denmark,[21] Finland,[22] Germany,[23] Greece,[24] the Netherlands,[25] Norway,[26] and Sweden.[27] In Oceania, the album peaked in Australia and New Zealand at numbers 5 and 3, respectively.[28][29] Both countries issued the compilation double Platinum and platinum respectively.[30][31]
When the album was reissued in 2007 and 2008 in several European countries, it debuted on the album charts in Austria, Italy, and Spain. In the first country, it reached the top twenty and peaked at number 11,[32] and in Italy it peaked at number 75.[33] In Spain, the album originally peaked at number 14 but reentered in 2013 at number 85.[34][35]
Track listing
- Maurice Yvain
- Channing Pollock
- Albert Willemetz
- Jacques Charles
- Styne
- Merrill
- A. Bergman
- M. Bergman
- Marvin Hamlisch
- John La Touche
- Jerome Moross
- Jeffrey Lesser
- Rupert Holmes
- Barbra Streisand
- Paul Williams
- Streisand
- Phil Ramone
- Gary Klein
- Charlie Calello
- A. Bergman
- M. Bergman
- Neil Diamond
- Paul Jabara
- Bruce Roberts
- Bob Esty
- Jabara
- Roberts
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Woman in Love" (from Guilty, 1980) |
| 3:51 | |
2. | "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb; from Guilty) |
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| 4:24 |
3. | "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" (from Memories, 1981) |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | 4:09 |
4. | "Memory" (from Memories) |
| Lloyd Webber | 3:55 |
5. | "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (from Yentl, 1983) |
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| 3:29 |
6. | "A Piece of Sky" (from Yentl) |
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| 4:20 |
7. | "Putting It Together" (from The Broadway Album, 1985) | Stephen Sondheim |
| 4:21 |
8. | "Not While I'm Around" (from The Broadway Album) | Sondheim | Richard Baskin | 3:29 |
9. | "Send in the Clowns" (from The Broadway Album) | Sondheim | Streisand | 4:43 |
10. | "Somewhere" (from The Broadway Album) |
| David Foster | 4:56 |
11. | "All I Ask of You" (from Till I Loved You, 1988) |
| Ramone | 4:02 |
12. | "Children Will Listen" (from Back to Broadway, 1993) | Sondheim | Streisand | 4:09 |
13. | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" (from Back to Broadway) |
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| 4:44 |
14. | "I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams; from The Mirror Has Two Faces, 1996) |
| Foster | 3:41 |
15. | "Tell Him" (with Celine Dion; from Higher Ground, 1997) |
|
| 4:51 |
16. | "I've Dreamed of You" (from A Love Like Ours, 1999) | Streisand | 4:44 | |
17. | "Someday My Prince Will Come" |
| 4:06 | |
18. | "You'll Never Walk Alone" |
| Streisand | 4:35 |
Total length: | 76:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Letting Go" (from Guilty Pleasures, 2005) |
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| 3:48 |
2. | "Love Like Ours" (from A Love Like Ours) |
| Streisand | 3:56 |
3. | "At the Same Time" (from Higher Ground) | Callaway | Streisand | 4:16 |
4. | "By the Way" (from Lazy Afternoon) |
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| 2:55 |
5. | "Unusual Way" (live; from Live in Concert 2006, 2007) | Maury Yeston |
| 3:31 |
6. | "Evergreen" (live; from One Voice, 1987) |
| Baskin | 3:07 |
7. | "Wild Is the Wind" (from The Movie Album, 2003) | Streisand | 4:10 | |
8. | "On My Way to You" (from Till I Loved You) |
| Streisand | 3:43 |
9. | "After the Rain" (from Wet) |
| Klein | 3:41 |
Total length: | 33:07 |
Personnel
Personnel adapted from AllMusic.[36]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[30] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[47] | Gold | 15,840[47] |
France (SNEP)[48] | Gold | 100,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[49] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[50] | Gold | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 506,000[11] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[13] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition | Label | Ref. |
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Various | January 29, 2002 | CD | Standard | Columbia | [4] |
United States | September 30, 2008 | Deluxe |
| [6] |
See also
References
Citations
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- ^ a b Fulford & Miller 2003, p. 158
- ^ a b c The Essential Barbra Streisand (Liner notes). Barbra Streisand. Columbia. 2002. C2K 86123.
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- ^ The Ultimate Collection (Liner notes). Barbra Streisand. Columbia. 2002. 506257 2.
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- ^ a b The Essential Barbra Streisand (Liner notes). Barbra Streisand (Reissued ed.). Columbia, Legacy. 2008. 88897 34570 2.
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- ^ a b "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – The Essential Barbra Streisand". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ a b Caulfield, Keith (June 22, 2007). "Keith discusses top debuts, Barbra Streisand, Tiffany and more". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ^ a b "Canadian Albums Chart: February 7, 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
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- ^ a b "2003 Year-End Charts" (PDF). Official Charts Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – The Essential Barbra Streisand". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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Bibliography
- Fulford, Phyllis; Miller, Michael (2003). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Singing (illustrated ed.). Penguin. ISBN 1592570860.
- Santopietro, Tom (April 1, 2007). The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1429908535.
External links
- The Essential Barbra Streisand at Discogs (list of releases)
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- 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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