Live in Concert 2006 explained

Live in Concert 2006
Type:Live album
Artist:Barbra Streisand
Cover:Barbralive2006.jpg
Released:May 8, 2007
Recorded:October 9–30, 2006
Venue:Madison Square Garden, New York City
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
BB&T Center, Sunrise
Genre:Concert
Length:90:01 (Standard)
Label:Columbia
Producer:
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Jay Landers
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Live in Concert 2006 is a live album by American singer Barbra Streisand which was recorded during her record setting 2006 US tour known as . The double album contains songs recorded at different shows and venues including New York City's Madison Square Garden and Washington, D.C.'s Verizon Center. Three songs Streisand performed live on the tour with Il Divo are featured on the album.[1]

The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200 on May 26, 2007 (62,000 copies),[2] and sold 106,000 after 4 weeks on charts.[3]

Track listing

Disc 1: Act I

  1. "Funny Girl Broadway Overture" (Jule Styne) – 4:47
  2. "Starting Here, Starting Now" (music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr.) – 2:57
  3. "Opening Remarks" – 1:33
  4. "Down With Love" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg) – 3:57
  5. "The Way We Were" (music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman) – 3:48
  6. "Songwriting (Dialogue)" – 1:53
  7. "Ma Première Chanson" (music by Barbra Streisand, lyrics by Eddy Marnay) – 2:37
  8. "Evergreen" (with Il Divo) (music by Streisand, lyrics by Paul Williams) – 4:05
  9. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (music by Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer) – 3:09
  10. "Funny Girl (Dialogue)" – 0:52
  11. "Funny Girl" (music by Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill) – 2:32
  12. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (Styne, Merrill) – 1:37
  13. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 3:28
  14. "People (Dialogue)" – 0:29
  15. "People" (Styne, Merrill) – 5:08

Disc 2: Act II

  1. "Entr'acte" – 3:37
  2. "The Music of the Night" (with Il Divo) (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart) – 4:16
  3. "Jason's Theme" (Jason Gould) – 1:14
  4. "Carefully Taught / Children Will Listen" (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II / Stephen Sondheim) – 3:29
  5. "Unusual Way" (Maury Yeston) – 3:33
  6. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (music by Michel LeGrand, lyrics by Bergman & Bergman) – 3:58
  7. "Happy Days Are Here Again" (music by Milton Ager, lyrics by Jack Yellen) – 2:31
  8. "(Have I Stayed) Too Long at the Fair?" (Billy Barnes) – 4:45
  9. "William Saroyan (Dialogue)" – 1:40
  10. "The Time of Your Life" (William Saroyan) – 1:00
  11. "A Cockeyed Optimist" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:28
  12. "Somewhere (Dialogue)" – 1:13
  13. "Somewhere" (with Il Divo) (music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) – 3:34
  14. "My Shining Hour" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:31
  15. "Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise)" (Styne, Merrill) – 3:30
  16. "Smile" (music by Charlie Chaplin, lyrics by John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons) – 4:26

Bonus tracks

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 157
Irish Albums (IRMA)[5] 26
US Billboard 200[6] 7

Year-end chart

Notes and References

  1. News: Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Live in Concert 2006,' the New Album from Barbra Streisand . March 28, 2007 . 2007-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806134037/http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F03-28-2007%2F0004555420&EDATE=WED+Mar+28+2007%2C+03%3A43+PM . August 6, 2012 . dead .
  2. News: Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Barbra Streisand . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929150900/http://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=3629&model.vnuAlbumId=812651 . dead . September 29, 2007 . Billboard magazine . June 2, 2007 . 2007-05-29 .
  3. Web site: Keith discusses top debuts, Barbra Streisand, Tiffany and more.. Billboard.com. Keith Caulfield. 22 June 2007. 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913093322/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051369/ask-billboard. 13 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Barbra Streisand ARIA chart history (albums), received from ARIA in May 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 19, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  5. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Barbra+Streisand "Discography Barbra Streisand"
  6. Web site: Live in Concert 2006 – Barbra Streisand Awards. AllMusic. 19 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Jaaoverzichten 2007. MegaCharts. 19 March 2016.

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