Friday, November 16, 2018

Barbra Streisand

Artist:  Barbra Streisand
Birth Name:  Barbara Joan Streisand
Born:  April 24, 1942.  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre:  Pop, Traditional Pop, Adult Contemporary, Standards, Broadway, Jazz
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter,  Actress, Author, Producer, Director


Barbra Streisand is a Jewish-American Singer and Songwriter, Author, Actress.  She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards.  She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, wit more than 75 million albums in U.S. and 245 million records sold worldwide.  She is the best-selling female artist on the RIAA, Top Selling Album Artists List and she won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.  According to the RIAA, she holds the record for the most top ten albums of any female recording artist, 51 Gold Albums, 30 Platinum Albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum Albums in U.S.















Title:  Walls  (2018)
Genre:  Pop, Traditional Pop, Adult Contemporary, Standards, Broadway, Jazz
Label:  Columbia Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:


Format:  CD:

 1.  What's On My Mind  (5:16)
 2.  Don't Lie To Me  (3:58)
 3.  Imagine/What A Wonderful World  (5:20)
 4.  Walls  (3:55)
 5.  Lady Liberty  (3:52)
 6.  What The World Needs Now  (4:37)
 7.  Better Angels  (4:08)
 8.  Love's Never Wrong  (4:06)
 9.  The Rain Will Fall  (4:43)
10. Take Care Of This House  (4:10)
11. Happy Days Are Here Again  (3:54)

















Format:  LP:

Side A:

 1.  What's On My Mind  (5:16)
 2.  Don't Lie To Me  (3:58)
 3.  Imagine/What A Wonderful World  (5:20)
 4.  Walls  (3:55)

 5.  Lady Liberty  (3:52)

Side B:

 1.  What The World Needs Now  (4:37)
 2.  Better Angels  (4:08)
 3.  Love's Never Wrong  (4:06)
 4.  The Rain Will Fall  (4:43)
 5.  Take Care Of This House  (4:10)

 6.  Happy Days Are Here Again  (3:54)

Personnel:

Barbra Streisand:  Vocals

Walter Afanasieff:   Keyboards, Synths on Tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8
Leo Amuedo:  Acoustic Guitar on Track 1
John Shanks:  Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Bass, Background Vocals on TrackS: 2, 9
Blake Slatkin:  Keyboards, Programming on Track 2
Annie Bosko, Lucy Woodward, Jonas Myrin:  Background Vocals on Track 2
Nathan East:  Bass on Tracks: 3, 6
Clay Perry, Desmond Child:  Keyboards, Programming on Track 5
Tim Pierce:  Electric Guitar on Track 6
Mabvuto Carpenter, Missi Hale, Tiffany Palmer:  Background Vocals on Track 6
Tariqh Akoni:  Acoustic Guitar on Track 7
Tim Davis:  Choir Director on Track 7
Keith Gretlein:  Additional Programming on Track 9
Missi Hale:  Background Vocals Missi Hale 9

Walls is the thirty-sixth studio album by Barbra Streisand, released November 2, 2018 by Columbia.  The lead single "Don't Lie To Me" was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the presidency of Donald Trump, calls for a wall at the Mexico border.




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