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| Barbra Streisand - Duets Classification: Pop Band: Barbra Streisand Tracks: - I Won't Be The One To Let Go (Duet with Barry Manilow) - Guilty (Duet with Barry Gibb) - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet with Neil Diamond) - I Finally Found Someone (Duet with Bryan Adams) - Cryin' Time (Duet with Ray Charles) - I've Got A Crush On You (Duet with Frank Sinatra) - Tell Him (Duet with Celine Dion) - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Duet with Donna Summer) - What Kind Of Fool (Duet with Barry Gibb) - I Have A Love/One Hand, One Heart (Duet with Johnny Mathis) - One Less Bell To Answer/A House Is Not A Home (Duet with Barbra Streisand) - Lost Inside Of You (Duet with Kris Kristofferson) - Till I Loved You (Duet with Don Johnson) - Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Duet with Kim Carnes) - If You Ever Leave Me (Duet with Vince Gill) - The Music Of The Night (Duet with Michael Crawford) - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Duet with Harold Arlen) - Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again (Duet with Judy Garland) - All I Know Of Love (Duet with Josh Groban) Streisand's Collaborations 2002 is the 40th anniversary of Barbra Streisand's recording career with Columbia Records. She signed her first contract with them on Oct. 1, 1962! Columbia, in celebration of this, released ESSENTIAL BARBRA STREISAND along with several remastered Streisand albums earlier this year. As 2002 draws to a close, Columbia has released *another* collection of Streisand hits - this time DUETS - Streisand's collaborations with Various singers over the years. The DUETS album has 2 new tracks: a duet with Barry Manilow ("I Won't Be The One To Let Go") and another with freshman and producer David Foster protege Josh Groban ("All I Know of Love"). The new tracks show that, at 60, Barbra is still in excellent voice and singing like a dream. The Manilow song (cowritten by Richard Marx) is an old-fashioned pop tune which I like a lot. "All I Know Of Love" (written by Foster) takes some getting used to. It's a "busy" song, half classical, half pop. Groban sings in Italian. Barbra does not. Yet, it is a fresh sound for Streisand and she rises to the occasion. The rest of the tracks have appeared on previous Streisand albums. A new fan may not have heard these songs. They range from excellent (the duet with Judy Garland; Ray Charles; "One Hand One Heart" with Johnny Mathis) to simply ordinary. There are some overlooked gems that I am Glad were included here. I happen to like the Don Johnson duet ("Till I Loved You"). If you can get past the obvious Johnson jokes, it is actually a good song and their voices (rough and sweet) mix wonderfully. "Make No Mistake He's Mine" is the best Streisand duet with another woman, IMHO. Again, Kim Carnes' gritty voice is a great Foil for Streisand's smooth one. "One Less Bell" is a duet from the BARBRA JOAN STREISAND album - Barbra duets with herself! This is an incredible track. Some will make fun of the fact that Streisand duets with herself, but I suggest listening first - it's an instant classic and I am Glad it's getting the exposure on this DUETS album. I would be happy never seeing "Enough Is Enough", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" and "Guilty" on another Streisand album again. They have already appeared on at least 3 other albums. They are excellent songs and definitely have a place in Streisand's catalog. I just wish they'd stop getting recycled. (It would be cool to hear a remix of "Enough is Enough" though...) I gave this cd 5 stars because I Love Streisand and am Glad everyone will get to hear these classic duets assembled on one cd. ODD PAIRINGS SOUND GOOD! This album is Truly showcasing Barbra's wide range of duetting attitudes: you have Streisand goin' country with Vince Gill, disco with Donna Summer, easy listening with Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow (on a new song written by Richard Marx), R'n'B with Ray Charles, AC with Celine Dion, Kim Carnes and Bryan Adams and pop with Barry Gibb.<BR>But then let's not forget that she is an actress as well as a singer, so it ain't that peculiar finding a duet with Don Johnson or Kris Kristofferson.<BR>Yet, Barbra is not only a silver screen star, she's also a huge theatre stage talent, so here comes a duet with Michael Crawford and Johnny Mathis.<BR>With such a stellar resumé, it is only Fair TV gurus would give her due recognition thru TV specials, and so you find also a gem of a duet with the late Judy Garland.<BR>Barbra proves to be an everchanging work of art, one of the new duets is with Josh Gorban - although I know it should have been performed by Barbra and Andrea Bocelli...and i am still wondering why it did not come off like that at the last minute? Easy answer: Gorban is along-time David Foster protegé.<BR>Anyway: this album is very nidce collection of diverse genres and artists that put a feather in their caps by duetting with the most talented performer alive! The best duets ever While this is just another way for a huge record company to dig it's hands into the pockets of fans and give them what they already have, this album is nothing less than brilliant. Barbra Streisand is the only artist, that I know of, who has collaborated with this many huge music stars. Bryan Adams, Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Barry Gibb, Ray Charles and Judy Garland are just some of the Extreme talents Barbra has worked with. My Favorite duet on this album, and favorite song of all time, is "Tell Him" which Barbra recorded with Celine Dion. To me, Barbra and Celine have the voices of Angels and when they're together it's the most extraordinary sound in the world. My other favorite duet is with My Favorite male artist, Bryan Adams in the song "I Finally Found Someone." Chances are, anybody can find a song on this album they will love. The Barry Manilow duet is all right. He sounds a bit bland and does not have what it takes to sing with Barbra. On the other hand, Josh Groban is amazing in the song "All I Know Of Love." I'm trilled Barbra chose to sing with this amazing new talent. He is certainly worthy of recording with this legend. While Barbra's voice does sound aged in the new songs, she proves she still has a powerful enough voice to topple most all of the artists who are in their prime today. Buy Barbra Streisand Duets at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
