The Concert (Barbra Streisand album) explained

The Concert
Type:live
Artist:Barbra Streisand
Cover:Barbra Streisand, The Concert album cover.jpg
Released:September 1994
Recorded:1994
Venue:Madison Square Garden, New York City
Length: (disc 1)
(disc 2)
(total)
Label:Columbia
Producer:Barbra Streisand, Jay Landers
Prev Title:Back to Broadway
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Higher Ground
Next Year:1997

The Concert is a live album by Barbra Streisand, released in September 1994 through Columbia Records.[1] The album reached a peak position of number ten on the Billboard 200.[2] The Concert was certified platinum in Australia,[3] Canada[4] and the United States.[5] The song "Ordinary Miracles" was released as a CD-single by Columbia Records including a studio version of the track produced by Walter Afanasieff.[6] It was arranged and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. An abbreviated version of the album titled The Concert: Highlights was also released with a different cover art and was certified gold by the RIAA, while the double album received a triple-platinum certification. [7]

Track listing

Disc 1/Act I

  1. "Overture" – 5:47
  2. "As If We Never Said Goodbye" – 4:20 (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Christopher Hampton, A. Powers)
  3. Opening Remarks – 1:13
  4. "I'm Still Here/Everybody Says Don't/Don't Rain on My Parade" (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:25
  5. "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" – 4:29 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
  6. "I'll Know" (with Marlon Brando) – 2:48 (Frank Loesser)
  7. "People" – 4:18 (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill)
  8. "Lover Man" – 1:17 (Jimmy Davis, Roger J. Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman)
  9. Therapist Dialogue #1 – 1:24
  10. "Will He Like Me?" – 1:59 (Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock)
  11. Therapist Dialogue #2 – 1:00
  12. "He Touched Me" – 2:51 (Milton Schafer, Ira Levin)
  13. "Evergreen" – 3:17 (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams)
  14. Therapist Dialogue #3 – 1:54
  15. "The Man That Got Away" – 4:05 (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)
  16. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" – 3:29 (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)

Disc 2/Act II

  1. "Entr'acte" – 3:02
  2. "The Way We Were" – 3:15 (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
  3. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" – 4:44 (Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
  4. "Lazy Afternoon" – 4:30 (John LaTouche, Jerome Moross)
  5. Disney Medley: "Once Upon a Dream/When You Wish Upon a Star/Someday My Prince Will Come" – 5:07
  6. "Not While I'm Around" (Sondheim) – 3:03
  7. "Ordinary Miracles" – 4:35 (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
  8. Yentl Medley: "Where Is It Written/Papa, Can You Hear Me/Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way/A Piece of Sky" – 9:18 (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
  9. "Happy Days Are Here Again" – 3:40 (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)
  10. "My Man" – 3:18 (Maurice Yvain, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
  11. "For All We Know" – 5:04 (John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
  12. "Somewhere" – 5:15 (Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[8] 16
Spain Albums (Promusicae)[9] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 83
Chart (1995)Position
US Billboard 200[12] 123

Certifications and sales

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Concert. August 20, 2011. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: The Concert: Charts & Awards. August 20, 2011. Allmusic.
  3. Web site: ARIA:Australia Certifications- The Concert,Barbra Streisand. August 31, 2012. ARIA.
  4. Web site: CRIA: Searchable Database- The Concert,Barbra Streisand. August 31, 2012. CRIA.
  5. Web site: RIAA: Searchable Database- The Concert,Barbra Streisand. August 31, 2012. RIAA.
  6. Web site: Ordinary Miracles CD-single. May 21, 2016. discogs.
  7. Web site: RIAA certification for "The Concert: Highlights" and "The Concert". February 16, 2020. RIAA.
  8. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 978-1094705002.
  9. Book: Fernando Salaverri. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151102014251/http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg . The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1994 . November 2, 2015 . May 19, 2022 . Australian Record Industry Association Ltd..
  11. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1994. dutchcharts.nl. February 5, 2022.
  12. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995. Billboard. February 18, 2022. January 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150123044853/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/the-billboard-200. dead.

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