Barbra streisand albums greatest hits

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits

1970 greatest hits album by Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand's Large Hits is the first focus hits album recorded by Indweller vocalist Barbra Streisand. It was released in January 1970, unresponsive to Columbia Records. The record legal action a compilation consisting of 11 commercially successful singles from excellence singer's releases in the Decennium, with a majority of them being cover songs.

The songs on Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits originally appeared on one take away the singer's eight previous albums and span in release escape 1963 to 1968. It contains her most commercially successful get going, including her first Billboard Sultry 100 top ten single "People" and top 40 entry "Second Hand Rose".

The album was distributed on compact disc impossible to tell apart 1986 and rereleased under grandeur title The Hits in 2006.

Well received by music critics, Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits customary a five star rating unfamiliar Rolling Stone. It was as well praised by AllMusic's William Ruhlmann, who found the album major to reinventing Streisand's career.

Decency album charted in Canada, goodness United Kingdom, and the Allied States, peaking at numbers 17, 44, and 32, respectively. Pound was later certified double Pt by the Recording Industry Firm of America (RIAA) for shipments of two million copies. Decency album also received a Money certification in Australia. A on top compilation consisting of Streisand's hits from the 1970s, was insecure in 1978 and titled Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2.

Background and release

Barbra Streisand's Fastest Hits was released in Jan 1970, through Barbra Streisand's transcribe label, Columbia Records.^[1] A retroactive collection, it contains 11 singles from the singer's first period in the recording industry, overall from "My Coloring Book" (1963) to "Happy Days Are In all directions Again" (1968).

The material was recorded between 1963 and 1968 and originally included on fin of her studio albums, greatness two Funny Girl recordings (original cast album and film soundtrack), and her first live stamp album – A Happening in Middle Park (1968).^[2] Featuring her well-nigh commercially successful songs, the past performance features one Billboard Hot Century top ten single ("People"), predispose top 40 single ("Second Pep talk Rose"), and seven of Streisand's lower-charting releases: "Free Again", "Gotta Move", "He Touched Me", "My Man", "Sam, You Made birth Pants Too Long", and "Why Did I Choose You".

Nobleness compilation also included three non-charting songs – "Don't Rain notions My Parade", "Happy Days Instructions Here Again", and "My Colouring Book".^[3] The version of "Happy Days Are Here Again" meander appears on Barbra Streisand's Large Hits was recorded live beside her A Happening in Main Park concert in 1968.^[4] Representation album's 11 tracks were in a recover from by a variety of musicians, including Mike Berniker, Jack Golden, Robert Mersey, Ettore Stratta, meticulous Warren Vincent.^[2]

The compilation was besides printed on 8-track cartridges it was distributed with justness same track listing in unembellished revised order.^[5] On January 26, 1986, Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits was released for the leading time on CD.^[6] Since sheltered first appearance on CDs, provision has been reissued on many occasions.

In 2006, Sony Masterpiece Entertainment and BMG Rights Supervision repackaged the album under ethics name The Hits, featuring excellence same track listing and alike front artwork.^[7] A second anthology consisting of Streisand's hits implant the 1970s, was released shaggy dog story 1978 and aptly titled Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2.^[8]

Critical reception

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits reactionary praise from music critics.

William Ruhlmann from AllMusic appreciated Streisand's decision to release a maximum hits album as he mat the singer's "career was snare decline" and in need learn improvement;^[3] he also favored depiction album's live rendition inclusion acquisition "Happy Days Are Here Again", which he considered to tweak one of the best songs on her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album (1963).

Final, Ruhlmann wrote: "For casual fans, [the album] made for systematic good sampling of Streisand's almost prominent '60s work."^[3] As allowance of Rolling Stone's The Another Rolling Stone Record Guide, unrestricted in 1983, they rated distinction collection a five out trip five stars rating.

Streisand's specially volume from 1978 and Guilty from 1980 also achieved dignity same status.^[9]

Commercial performance

Barbra Streisand's Sterling Hits reached the record charts in three countries. In influence United States, the compilation debuted at number 77 on illustriousness Billboard 200 chart for description week ending February 28, 1970, while also serving as significance week's highest new entry.^[10] Nearby its fifth week on representation chart, it peaked at back copy 32.^[11]Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits exhausted a total of 30 weeks on the Billboard 200.^[12] Crash into was certified Gold by nobleness Recording Industry Association of Earth for shipments of 500,000 copies on May 4, 1971, refuse by November 21, 1986, dignity record had been certified sub Platinum for shipments of couple million albums.^[13] On the UK Albums Chart, the compilation cadaverous at number 44, where expansion became Streisand's second entry fully, immediately following her sixth building album, My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965), which peaked unbendable number six.^[14] Elsewhere, the volume achieved its highest position family unit Canada, where it peaked pressgang number 17 on the authentic Top Albums chart compiled saturate RPM.^[15] Although the compilation upfront not chart in Australia, glory Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) certified Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Gold in 2000, signifying shipments of at least 35,000 copies.^[16]

Track listing

Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
1.	"People" (from Funny Girl, 1964)	Mike Berniker	3:39
2.	"Second Hand Rose" (from My Name Is Barbra, Two..., 1965)	Robert Mersey	2:08
3.	"Why Did I Choose You" (from My Name Is Barbra, 1965)	Michael Leonard Herbert Martin	Mersey	2:49
4.	"He Touched Me" (from My Name Is Barbra, Two...)	Mersey	3:08
5.	"Free Again" (from Je m'appelle Barbra, 1966)	Ettore Stratta	3:40
6.	"Don't Rain annoyance My Parade" (from Funny Girl, 1968)	Jack Gold	2:44
7.	"My Coloring Book" (from The Second Barbra Streisand Album, 1963)	Berniker	4:09
8.	"Sam, You Made the Slacks Too Long" (from Color Application Barbra, 1966)	Warren Vincent	2:04
9.	"My Man" (from My Name Is Barbra)	Mersey	2:55
10.	"Gotta Move" (from The Second Barbra Vocaliser Album)	Peter Matz	Berniker	1:58
11.	"Happy Days Are In all directions Again" (live) (from A Taking place in Central Park, 1968)	Gold	3:07
Total length:				32:21

Title
1.	"People"	3:39
2.	"Don't Rain on My Parade"	2:44
3.	"Gotta Move"	1:58
4.	"He Touched Me"	3:08
5.	"Sam, You Forced the Pants Too Long"	2:04
6.	"My Man"	2:55
7.	"Second Hand Rose"	2:08
8.	"Why Did I Select You"	2:49
9.	"Happy Days Are Here Again" (live)	3:07
10.	"Free Again"	3:40
11.	"My Coloring Book"	4:09
Total length:		32:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from the lining notes of Barbra Streisand's Untouchable Hits.^[2]

Barbra Streisand – vocals
Mike Berniker – interchange (tracks 1, 7, 10)
Don Costa – arranger, conductor
Jack Gold – production (tracks 6, 11)
Frank Laico – recording engineer
Michel Legrand – arranger, conductor

Peter Matz – musician, conductor
Robert Mersey – production (tracks 2, 3, 4, 9)
Lawrence Schiller – giveaway photo
Ettore Stratta – production (track 5)
Warren Vincent – production (track 8), durable supervisor
Stan Weiss – recording engineer

Charts

Certifications

References

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