If I Should Love Again Explained

If I Should Love Again
Type:Studio album
Artist:Barry Manilow
Cover:Barryifishouldlove.jpg
Released:September 1981 (original release)
1998 (re-release)
Recorded:1980–1981
Studio:United Western, Hollywood
Genre:Pop, easy listening
Length:42:42 (original release)
45:42 (re-release)
Label:Arista
Producer:Barry Manilow; associate producer: Michael Delugg
Prev Title:Barry
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Barry Live in Britain
Next Year:1982

If I Should Love Again is the eighth studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was recorded at United Western Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album was released in 1981, and it was certified gold.

Manilow refers to it as "The most romantic album that I ever made", and remarks "I was so caught up in romance that I actually wrote music and lyrics to the title song while playing the piano facing the ocean, in a rented house on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey."

Reception

Bryan Buss of AllMusic retrospectively called the album "classic Barry Manilow; shamelessly well-crafted adult contemporary." He concluded his review by saying "It may not be the biggest album of his career, but If I Should Love Again showcases Manilow's greatest skill: making heartbreak sound hopeful."

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "The Old Songs" (David Pomeranz, Buddy Kaye) - 4:43
  2. "Let's Hang On" (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) - 3:12
  3. "If I Should Love Again" (Barry Manilow) - 5:33
  4. "Don't Fall in Love with Me" (Barry Manilow, John Bettis) - 3:39
  5. "Break Down the Door" (Barry Manilow, Bob Gaudio, Enoch Anderson) - 3:04

Side 2

  1. "Somewhere Down the Road" (Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow) - 4:00
  2. "No Other Love" (Barry Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) - 4:36
  3. "Fools Get Lucky" (Barry Manilow, John Bettis) - 4:11
  4. "I Haven't Changed the Room" (Barry Manilow) - 2:16
  5. "Let's Take All Night (to Say Goodbye)" (Barry Manilow, John Bettis) - 3:36

1998 CD bonus track

  1. "You're Runnin' Too Hard" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) - 3:00

Cover versions on If I Should Love Again

Charts

Chart (1981/82)Position
United States (Billboard 200)14
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 85
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)5

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 191.