Barbra Streisand - What About Today?

What About Today?

Columbia 47014 (CD) Original Release: July 1969

Produced by Wally Gold
Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz, Don Costa, and Michel Legrand

Original Recording Engineer: Don Meehan

Cover Photo: Richard Avedon

Liner Notes: Barbra Streisand

What About Today? [2:57]
(D. Shire)
Ask Yourself Why [3:03]
(M. Bergman / A. Bergman / M. Legrand)
Honey Pie [2:39]
(J. Lennon / P. McCartney)
Punky's Dilemma [3:29]
(P. Simon)
Until It's Time For You To Go [2:55]
(B. Sainte-Marie)
That's A Fine Kind O' Freedom [3:02]
(M. Charnin / H. Arlen)
Little Tin Soldier [3:53]
(J. Webb)
With A Little Help From My Friends [2:40]
(J. Lennon / P. McCartney)
Alfie [3:20]
(H. David / B. Bacharach)
The Morning After [2:40]
(D. Shire / R. Maltby, Jr.)
Goodnight [3:44]
(J. Lennon / P. McCartney)

Footnotes

Recorded during sessions in March '68, Feb. '69, and Spring '69.

Barbra dedicated the album to "the young people who push against indifference, shout down mediocrity, demand a better future, and who write and sing the songs of today."

For the Richard Avedon cover photo, a variation of which appeared in Vogue (March 1968), Barbra wore curls and said, "I secretly always wanted to have curls, but I didn't want to return to the Victorian era. I wanted the look in a modern way."

Tracks 3, 8 and 11 were originally recorded by The Beatles, the latter two songs sung by Ringo Starr.

In 1988 on Dutch TV, Barbra recalled that in 1987, while riding in a car, she found a particular song on the radio "so pretty," remarking "God, that's good." She asked her secretary to phone the station and discover the female singer's name. Answer: Barbra Streisand. The song was "Alfie." "I couldn't recognize my own voice...I absolutely forgot that I recorded the song." Barbra recounts this story in her Timeless concert.

Digitally restored/remastered CD released.

BB: 9-6-69 / 40 / #31 || no gold or platinum