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[frana]

Hi  

Barbra Streisand is a great singer  

Her voice is amazing  

[Céline's Blues]

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Nice day to you! 

[celinesounds]

Her voice is still good fo her age

[shady pines ma]

Today's the day! Sadly, I won't be able to get it for a while, but I'm still hoping for a great sales response and chart position. #1 would be amazing, because of that whole #1 album in every decade of activity thing, but since Mariah's also releasing her album today, I'm sure her lambs will come out in droves to pick it up, even though it's possibly her worst album ever. I swear, some of those people would buy a CD of her farting in a can for 45 minutes if she had the guts to release it. :|

But I'm definitely hoping for a Grammy in 2011 and Gold, maybe even Platinum sales.

And to discuss her body of work in general, what are everyone's favorite Barbra songs and albums?

For songs, I'd go with:
My Man
Evergreen
Stoney End
Time Machine (A little-known track buried on her largely unknown 1984 album Emotion.)
The Morning After (Another little-known track, this one buried on her underrated 1969 album What About Today?)
People
Happy Days Are Here Again (Especially the duet with Judy Garland which has Judy singing "Get Happy" as a counterpoint.)
Tell Him (with guess who)
Somewhere
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Left In The Dark
Woman In The Moon
At The Same Time
Woman In Love
A Piece Of Sky
Putting It Together
No More Tears (with Donna Summer)
He Touched Me
Second Hand Rose
Lover Come Back To Me
A whole lot more...she has a LOT of songs and albums.

As for favorite albums, two of my favorites are actually ones that aren't quite as well known as albums such as People and The Broadway Album, although I think those are great albums too. But my two favorites are 1969's What About Today? and 1984's Emotion. What About Today? was her first attempt at singing more contemporary material and was met with lukewarm critical and commercial reception, missing the top 30 on the Billboard Album Charts and being one of only a handful of her 60+ albums not to even get a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association Of America. Some criticisms are that she sang current songs but kept them in the style of her previous albums, but I find that quite genius. Who else could get away with turning a Beatles song like "Honey Pie" into a comic vaudeville-styled number? And for those who saw her Timeless concert and recall her story about how she'd forgotten she'd recorded a version of "Alfie," this is the album she sang it on. Emotion was somewhat more successful - it reached the top 20 and went Platinum, but it's not very well-known these days and was mostly just something to release in between Yentl and The Broadway Album. Although some of the tracks are better-than-average filler, there's some real gems here, such as "Left In The Dark," "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" with Kim Carnes, "Time Machine," the title track, "Here We Are At Last," and "Heart Don't Change My Mind."

Other albums of hers I've enjoyed:
My Name Is Barbra and My Name Is Barbra, Too
A Christmas Album
Stoney End
The Broadway Album
A Star Is Born
One Voice
People
Barbra Joan Streisand
Live Concert At The Forum

And, of course, Love Is The Answer, which is just gorgeous.

[Céline's Blues]

Her best album to date is of course The B Streisand Album. Little masterpiece.

[Alex_Incognito]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
Barbra never dissapoints. She's in form.

[Prince Whiskers]

The Streisand has projects she plans to direct.

Forget Vegas. Give her a call, CelDi.

[CelineFan93]

I ADORE Barbra Streisand!! And I am unbelievably excited because of 'Love is the answer' being on Spotify!!
I'm going to go and buy it tomorrow!!!!!     

LOVE ITTTT!!!!!

[shady pines ma]

Well so far, I've heard of four different versions:
-The standard album with the orchestrated versions
-The 2-CD Deluxe Edition with a bonus disc of quartet versions
-Vinyl, although I'm not sure how widely released that was
-Starbucks exclusive, which mixes and matches the orchestra and quartet versions onto one CD.

[GoldenLeaf]

Her new album is a MASTERPIECE!!! I ordered it yesterday it and I can't wait to receive it.

[CelineFan93]

Did any English viewers watch Barbra on BBC1 last night at 9.00? She was on the Jonathan Ross show!!! It was AMAZING!! I also spent the entire afternoon listening to the new album! Mind Blowing!! Gives me chills every time!! Amazing!!

[Davey84]

I have to admit her voice is still so amazing! (due to not having 175 shows in a tour or sniffing crack up our noose no doubt!) but her album is one big snooze fest! I like If you go away, but the rest just put me too sleep....

[GoldenLeaf]

Hits

CHART DATE: 10/05/2009
LAST UPDATE: 10/05/2009 17:19:30
NOW IN: 56.90%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 134,340
BRAND NEW EYES
-- 2 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 133,070
LOVE IS THE ANSWER
-- 3 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 128,406
MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL
-- 4 ALICE IN CHAINS VIRGIN 92,155
BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE
-- 5 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 86,809
DEAR AGONY
-- 6 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 44,438
KISS & TELL
2 7 JAY-Z ROC NATION 43,204
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 8 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 41,854
REVOLUTION
-- 9 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 38,040
CELEBRATION
1 10 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 35,888
BACKSPACER

Barbra is currently #2!!!

[boyblackuk]

According to the offical UK mid week charts which now counts from saturday rather than Monday she is number 1 just ahead of Madonna, Looks like she is winning with this album

http://www.musicweek...n...1038847&c=1

[CelineFan93]

Wooh!!

How amazing must she feel to know that even at her age, and with let's face it, a pretty peculiar album (comparing it to modern day 'pop' crap) she can still sell so many and have hit albums!!   

Spectacular!!!
love it!! (L)

[GoldenLeaf]

Hits

CHART DATE: 10/05/2009
LAST UPDATE: 10/06/2009 12:52:44
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 184,547 --
BRAND NEW EYES
-- 2 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 176,663 --
LOVE IS THE ANSWER
-- 3 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 172,742 --
MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL
-- 4 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 136,036 --
DEAR AGONY
-- 5 ALICE IN CHAINS VIRGIN 128,473 --
BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE
2 6 JAY-Z ROC NATION 86,938 -33%
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 7 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 70,311 --
CELEBRATION
-- 8 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 67,528 --
REVOLUTION
-- 9 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 64,613 --
KISS & TELL
1 10 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 58,727 -69%
BACKSPACER

http://www.hitsdaily...es/salescht.cgi

[Edwin]

That old woman still has some fire in her. Way to go Barbra!

[I Love You]

She is my third favorite singer. I am listen to her right now.  

[Raevaz]

I just saw this on her Facebook page.. Her album is now #1 on the US charts..  That means she met her record of #1 albums in every decade for the past 5 decades!!!!    Way to go Barbra!!

[Bellamy]

Raevaz, on Oct 7 2009, 12:26 PM, said:

I just saw this on her Facebook page.. Her album is now #1 on the US charts..  That means she met her record of #1 albums in every decade for the past 5 decades!!!!    Way to go Barbra!!

That's really great!

[Black Kitten]

the final verdict...

-- 1 STREISAND*BARBRA LOVE IS THE ANSWER 180,415 999 197 180,612
-- 2 PARAMORE BRAND NEW EYES 175,112 999 348 175,464
-- 3 CAREY*MARIAH MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL 167,912 999 934 168,858
-- 4 BREAKING BENJAMIN DEAR AGONY 134,489 999 787 135,276
-- 5 ALICE IN CHAINS BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE 126,146 999 64 126,210
2 6 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 88,609 -34 134,134 996,744
-- 7 MADONNA CELEBRATION 72,159 999 255 72,414
-- 8 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 65,875 999 15 65,890
-- 9 SELENA GOMEZ & SCENE KISS AND TELL 65,803 999 75 65,878
-- 10 PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 58,374 -69 189,292 247,666

Source: bks from PMB

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she still has it. congrats, Babs!

[Alex_Incognito]

So glad to see this!  Long live Barbra---the real queen of pop.
Her 5th decade to have a #1 album.

[luciusbright]

Congratulations~~~
She is a modal!!!
Happy for her, and a real Diva!!

[Prince Whiskers]

Alex_Incognito, on Oct 7 2009, 11:21 PM, said:

Her 5th decade to have a #1 album.

Untouchable record, I think.

[GoldenLeaf]

This woman is a true LEGEND!!! She really deserves to be #1 in both US and UK charts! I'm so happy for her.

Edited by Calypso, 07 October 2009 - 11:10 AM.

[GoldenLeaf]

Quote

Barbra Streisand Surprises With Ninth No. 1 On Billboard 200

While many were focused on a battle between Paramore's "Brand New Eyes" and Mariah Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" for the top slot on the Billboard 200 this week, Barbra Streisand trumps them both.  "Love Is the Answer" earns Streisand her ninth No. 1 on the chart, opening with 180,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The debut extends Streisand's lead as the female act with the most No. 1s in the history of the Billboard 200. It's also the her best sales week and highest charting album since 1997, when "Higher Ground" started at No. 1 with 207,000.

"Answer" beats the arrivals of Paramore's "Brand New Eyes," which enters at No. 2 with 175,000, and Mariah Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel," arriving at No. 3 with 168,000. First-week sales projections had estimated that Paramore would finish ahead of the two divas. As it turns out, Streisand surprised many with how well her album sold in non-traditional ways -- such as through Starbucks, QVC and via her Web site -- and that likely threw a wrench into forecasting sales.

"Brand New Eyes" gives Paramore its best sales week and highest charting album ever. The band's sophomore album, "Riot!," peaked at No. 15 in 2007. "Eyes" also starts at No. 1 on the Top Digital Albums tally with a whopping 73,000 downloads.

Carey's "Memoirs" begins its Billboard 200 life with 168,000 -- off quite a bit from the opening of her last set, 2008's "E=MC2." The latter effort bowed at No. 1 with 463,000, her biggest first-week sum ever.

Those titles are just three of the record-breaking eight entries in the top 10. Rock band Breaking Benjamin's "Dear Agony" arrives at No. 4 with the act's best sales week -- 134,000. It's the Hollywood Records band's first release since 2006's "Phobia" debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 125,000.

Alice in Chains visits the top 10 for the first time since 1996 as its new album, "Black Gives Way to Blue," bows at No. 5 with 126,000. The album is the band's first with new vocalist William DuVall, who replaced the band's late frontman Layne Staley in 2006.

Madonna's new greatest hits set, "Celebration," starts the party at No. 7 this week with 72,000. Rounding out the top 10 entries are Miranda Lambert's third album, "Revolution" (No. 8 with 66,000) and Selena Gomez and the Scene's "Kiss and Tell," which debuts just a little behind Lambert's sum at No. 9 with 66,000. Only two albums in this week's top 10 also appeared on last week's chart: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" falls from No. 1 to No. 10 with 58,000 (down 69%) while Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" drops from No. 2 to No. 6 with 89,000 (down 34%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 4) totaled 6.87 million units, up 16% compared to the sum last week (5.93 million) and down 8% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.50 million). Year to date album sales stand at 263.4 million, down 14% compared to the same total at this point last year (305.3 million).

http://www.billboard...004019217.story

Wonderful news!!! Love it!

[boyblackuk]

IM so glad we have a thread about her, this is fantastic news, Number 2 in Canada 1000 copies behind Madonna who is number 1 and early figures are saying Number 1 in the UK this week which would be fantastic and all this will a little promotion. Long Live Barbra

[Bellamy]

Prince Whiskers, on Oct 8 2009, 12:35 AM, said:

Alex_Incognito, on Oct 7 2009, 11:21 PM, said:

Her 5th decade to have a #1 album.

Untouchable record, I think.

Indeed.

[Davey84]

i'm sure this album will be doing great around x-mas time too! I wonder if René got céline a copy already!

[Black Kitten]

my mom loves this album so much that she actually plays it in repeat mode for like the whole day.