DUETS

Columbia #CK 86126 (CD) Original Release: November 26, 2002

Executive Producers: Barbra Streisand and Jay Landers
Cover Photos:  Bert Stern (shaded image on left) and Steve Schapiro (bright image on right)

  1.  I Won't Be The One To Let Go (with Barry Manilow) {previously unreleased} [4:41]
         (R. Marx / B. Manilow)
  2.  Guilty (with Barry Gibb) [4:24]
         (B. Gibb / R. Gibb / M. Gibb)
  3.  You Don't Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond) [3:24]
         (M. Bergman / A. Bergman / N. Diamond)
  4.  I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams) [3:42]
         (B. Streisand / M. Hamlisch / R.J. Lange / B. Adams)
  5.  Cryin' Time (with Ray Charles) [2:18] 
         (B. Owens)
  6.  I've Got A Crush On You (with Frank Sinatra) [3:22]
         (G. Gershwin / I. Gershwin)
  7.  Tell Him (with Celine Dion) [4:53]
         (D. Foster / L. Thompson / W. Afanasieff)
  8.  No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer) [4:43] 
         (P. Jabara / B. Roberts)
  9.  What Kind Of Fool (with Barry Gibb) [4:05]
         (B. Gibb / A. Galuten)
10.  I Have A Love/One Hand, One Heart (with Johnny Mathis) [4:44]
         (L. Bernstein / S. Sondheim)
11.  One Less Bell To Answer/A House Is Not A Home (with Barbra Streisand) [6:29]
         (H. David / B. Bacharach)
12.  Lost Inside Of You (with Kris Kristofferson) [2:54]
         (B. Streisand / L. Russell)
13.  Till I Loved You (with Don Johnson) {radio edit} [4:16] 
         (M. Yeston)
14.  Make No Mistake, He's Mine (with Kim Carnes) [4:09]
         (K. Carnes)
15.  If You Ever Leave Me (with Vince Gill) [4:36] 
         (R. Marx)
16.  The Music Of The Night (with Michael Crawford) [5:35]
         (A. Lloyd Webber / C. Hart / R. Stilgoe)
17.  Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (with Harold Arlen) [1:54]
         (H. Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)
18.  Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again (with Judy Garland) [2:20]
        ("Happy Days" - M. Ager / J. Yellen; "Get Happy" - H. Arlen / T. Koehler)
19.  All I Know Of Love (with Josh Groban) {previously unreleased} [4:29]
         (D. Foster / L. Thompson)

Footnotes

• Streisand's 59th album, containing two recently recorded duets.
• All tracks newly remastered by Stephen Marcussen.
• Insert booklet (14 pages) includes rare photos of Barbra and duet partners, plus brief note from Barbra:  "Thanks to all my wonderful singing partners for sharing the gift of your time and talent with me... and to the memory of someone who meant a lot to me, Peter Matz."
• "I Won't Be The One To Let Go" written by Manilow & Marx specifically for Barbra & Barry. October 10, 2002 recording produced and arranged by Walter Afanasieff & Marx, orchestra arranged & conducted by William Ross. Full-length audio stream premiered exclusively on AOL Music's First Listen on November 4 and at Netscape Music's First Listen the next day. Special promo CD single (Columbia #CSK 59450) containing radio version and radio version edit sent to Adult Contemporary radio stations the week of January 6, 2003. Read about these tracks in The Streisand Singles. Request the song! Barbra discussed this duet and her recording with Josh Groban in her 1/23/03 Delilah® Show interview. Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS auctioned the song's original music chart autographed by Barbra, Barry, and Richard Marx on eBay Feb. 7-14, 2003. There is no single planned for commercial release. View magazine cover with Barbra & Barry.
• "All I Know Of Love" produced & arranged by David Foster, orchestra arranged & conducted by William Ross. Warner Bros. prohibited Columbia from using Josh Groban's name in advertising, promotion, and publicity for Duets. However, Groban has discussed his duet with Barbra while on November/December 2002 promotional tour.
• Track #6 first appearance on Streisand CD, originally released on Frank Sinatra's Duets (1993).
• Track #13 first appearance on Streisand CD album, originally released as U.S. radio promo CD single and UK 7-inch single (1988).
• View the U.S. mail order TV commercial. 11 x 14-inch "lithograph" poster included with mail order CD. 
• Read Columbia's official 11/1/02 press release.
• Retail Promotional Material:  wall poster/perforated banner (24 x 30 inches), 2-sided flat/perforated banner (12 x 18 inches), "lithograph" poster of 4 covers (11 x 14 inches), display bin (view above), H-clip header card (2 x 5.5 inches).  
• TV and print ads began in November, commencing with full-page ads in New York Times and LA Times (11/24).
• Related Streisand Interviews:  USA Today (12/5/02), Associated Press (12/6/02)
• International Release Dates (#509812)
  - Europe, Australia (1st week: 35,000 units), South Africa, Singapore: 11/18/02
• Four different collectors covers available in U.S. stores (same catalog number, three displayed below), each varying the colors in the primary dual portrait cover displayed above. Subsequently, only the primary cover will remain in print.
• Sony Music Direct:  For a limited time fans who ordered Duets online from SonyMusicDirect
  also received a limited edition Barbra Streisand holiday ornament. Also on sale individually, this ornament was not sold in other stores.
• Billboard 200: 12-14-02 (chart debut) / Peaked at #38 in first week (last charted at #188 after 14 weeks)
• RIAA Album Certifications: G, 1/9/03 (her 48th Gold) [review all certifications in the BSMG's Album Directory]

      

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