Release Me (Barbra Streisand album) explained

Release Me
Type:compilation
Artist:Barbra Streisand
Cover:Release Me Barbra Streisand.jpg
Released:LP

September 25, 2012
CD: October 8, 2012

Recorded:1967–2011
Studio:Various
Genre:Vocal pop
Length:41:45
Label:
Producer:
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Jack Gold
  • Wally Gold
  • Gary Klein
  • Jay Landers
  • Peter Matz
  • Richard Perry
  • Howard A. Roberts
Prev Title:What Matters Most
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Release Me is a 2012 compilation album of eleven rare and previously unreleased studio performances by American singer Barbra Streisand.

A companion compilation of ten more unreleased tracks followed in 2021: Release Me 2.

Overview

Streisand announced the album's release on her official website in August 2012.[1] It contains tracks recorded between her 1967 Simply Streisand and 2011 What Matters Most albums, gathering unreleased material from, among others, Stoney End, The Broadway Album, and Back to Broadway. The compilation's release was accompanied by a series of short video clips posted onto YouTube, in which Barbra discussed every track.[2] A music video for "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" was directed, photographed and edited by Matt Amato.[3]

The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 albums sales chart (with approximately 40,000 copies sold), making this her 32nd Top 10 album and her 6th consecutive Top 10 effort since The Movie Album in 2003.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Being Good Isn't Good Enough" (From Hallelujah, Baby!) – 3:30 (Intended for The Broadway Album)
  2. "Didn't We" – 2:36 (Intended for aborted album The Singer in 1970)
  3. "Willow Weep for Me" – 3:31 (Intended for Simply Streisand)
  4. "Try to Win a Friend" – 4:07 (Intended for Streisand Superman)
  5. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 3:27 (Intended for Stoney End)
  6. "With One More Look at You" (From A Star Is Born) – 3:39 (Unreleased studio take)
  7. "Lost in Wonderland" – 3:33 (Often cited as being recorded during the What About Today? sessions) [5]
  8. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"/"Heather on the Hill" (From Finian's Rainbow/Brigadoon) – 4:34 (Intended for unreleased version of Back to Broadway)
  9. "Mother and Child" – 5:03 (Intended for aborted album Life Cycle of a Woman)
  10. "If It's Meant to Be" – 4:08 (Intended for What Matters Most)
  11. "Home" (From The Wiz) – 3:37 (Intended for The Broadway Album)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RELEASE ME - Barbra's new compilation of unreleased material to debut on September 25. www.barbrastreisand.com. 2012-08-23. 2012-08-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827082749/http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/news/release-me-barbras-new-compilation-unreleased-material-debut-september-25. 2012-08-27.
  2. Web site: RELEASE ME . www.youtube.com . October 2012 . 2012-11-19.
  3. Web site: I Think It's Going To Rain Today . www.youtube.com . 2012-11-19.
  4. Web site: Barbra Streisand Set For 32nd Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart. Keith Caulfield. www.billboard.com. October 13, 2012. October 20, 2012.
  5. Web site: Barbra Streisand Archives - What About Today? . 2013-02-07 . www.barbra-archives.com .
  6. 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.

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