Barry Manilow (1989 album) explained
Barry Manilow is a studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow in 1989. It was Manilow's thirteenth studio album overall and second studio album on his second tenure with Arista Records. The album represented a hint of future album releases in that many of the songs were not written/co-written by Manilow, which until that point had been rare for him. After the release of this album, Manilow embarked on introducing contemporary audiences to pop music of the 1930s through the late 1940s.
The singles from this album were: "Keep Each Other Warm", "The One That Got Away", "Please Don't Be Scared" and "When the Good Times Come Again", which hit #12 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in June 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. No singles from the album reached the Billboard Hot 100, but "Keep Each Other Warm" and "The One That Got Away" made the AC chart at #7 and #25 respectively in 1989.[2]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Please Don't Be Scared" (Mindy Sterling) - 5:34
- "Keep Each Other Warm" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield) - 4:33
- "Once and For All" (Jimmy Webb) - 4:15
- "The One That Got Away" (Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater)- 3:55
- "When the Good Times Come Again" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics: Will Jennings) - 4:29
Side 2
- "Some Good Things Never Last" (Mark Radice) - 4:47
- "In Another World" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics: Charlie Dore) - 4:12
- "You Begin Again" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) - 3:59
- "My Moonlight Memories of You" (Sandy Linzer, Irwin Levine) - 4:43
- "Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak" (music: Tom Snow; lyrics: Amanda McBroom) - 4:22
- "A Little Travelling Music, Please" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 4:23
Personnel
- Barry Manilow - vocals, piano
- Dean Parks, Robbie McIntosh, Steve Dudas, Dann Huff, Russ Freeman - guitar
- Laurence Juber - guitar, ukelele
- Dennis Belfield - bass
- Jeff Slater - bass, keyboards
- Pat Coil, Reg Powell, Jim Cox, Kevin Bassinson - piano
- Paul "Wix" Wickens, Rich Tancredi - keyboards
- Michael Lloyd - piano, synthesizer
- Todd Herreman - Fairlight synthesizer
- Claude Gaudette - synthesizer
- Paul Leim, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ron Krasinski, Joe Franco - drums
- Michael Fisher, Luís Jardim - percussion
- Dana Robbins, Gary Herbig - saxophone
- Dee Lewis, Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater, Jim Haas, Joe Chemay, Joe Pizzulo - backing vocals
- Ed Arkin - keyboard and synthesizer programming
- Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater - drum and synthesizer programming
- Ben Forat - F-16 synthesizer programming
Notes and References
- CD packaging
- Whitburn, Joel. "Manilow, Barry." Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001. Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI. p. 156.
