Release Me (Barbra Streisand album)
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Compilation album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | LP: September 25, 2012 CD: October 8, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 1967–2011 | |||
Studio | Various | |||
Genre | Vocal pop | |||
Length | 41:45 | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Boston Globe | Favorable[5] |
Daily News | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
The Independent | Favorable[4] |
Release Me is a 2012 compilation album of eleven rare and previously unreleased studio performances by American singer Barbra Streisand.
A companion compilation of ten more unreleased tracks followed in 2021: Release Me 2.
Overview
Streisand announced the album's release on her official website in August 2012.[6] It contains tracks recorded between her 1967 Simply Streisand and 2011 What Matters Most albums, gathering unreleased material from, among others, Stoney End, The Broadway Album, and Back to Broadway. The compilation's release was accompanied by a series of short video clips posted onto YouTube, in which Barbra discussed every track.[7] A music video for "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" was directed, photographed and edited by Matt Amato.[8]
The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 albums sales chart (with approximately 40,000 copies sold), making this her 32nd Top 10 album and her 6th consecutive Top 10 effort since The Movie Album in 2003.[9]
Track listing
- "Being Good Isn't Good Enough" (From Hallelujah, Baby!) – 3:30 (Intended for The Broadway Album)
- "Didn't We" – 2:36 (Intended for aborted album The Singer in 1970)
- "Willow Weep for Me" – 3:31 (Intended for Simply Streisand)
- "Try to Win a Friend" – 4:07 (Intended for Streisand Superman)
- "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 3:27 (Intended for Stoney End)
- "With One More Look at You" (From A Star Is Born) – 3:39 (Unreleased studio take)
- "Lost in Wonderland" – 3:33 (Often cited as being recorded during the What About Today? sessions) [10]
- "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"/"Heather on the Hill" (From Finian's Rainbow/Brigadoon) – 4:34 (Intended for unreleased version of Back to Broadway)
- "Mother and Child" – 5:03 (Intended for aborted album Life Cycle of a Woman)
- "If It's Meant to Be" – 4:08 (Intended for What Matters Most)
- "Home" (From The Wiz) – 3:37 (Intended for The Broadway Album)
Charts
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 114 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 125 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 130 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] | 8 |
French Albums (SNEP)[15] | 138 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[16] | 29 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] | 83 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] | 37 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] | 33 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 78 |
UK Albums (OCC)[21] | 31 |
US Billboard 200[22] | 7 |
References
- ^ John Bush (October 2012). "Release Me - Barbra Streisand : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ Jim Farber (October 2, 2012). "Album Review: Barbra Streisand, 'Release Me'". www.nydailynews.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ Jessica Shaw (October 3, 2012). "Release Me - review - Barbra Streisand Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ Nick Coleman (7 October 2012). "Album: Barbra Streisand, Release Me (Columbia)". The Independent. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Sarah Rodman (8 October 2012). "Decades of gems from Streisand's vaults". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "RELEASE ME - Barbra's new compilation of unreleased material to debut on September 25". www.barbrastreisand.com. 2012-08-23. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- ^ "RELEASE ME". www.youtube.com. October 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "I Think It's Going To Rain Today". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Keith Caulfield (October 13, 2012). "Barbra Streisand Set For 32nd Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". www.billboard.com. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Archives - What About Today?". www.barbra-archives.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand ARIA chart history (albums), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Barbra Streisand – Release Me" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Barbra Streisand – Release Me" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Release Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2012. 45. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Release Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Barbra Streisand – Release Me" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Release Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Release Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
External links
- Barbra Archives: Release Me (2012)
- "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" lyric video
- v
- t
- e
- The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Third Album (1964)
- People (1964)
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
- Color Me Barbra (1966)
- Je m'appelle Barbra (1966)
- Simply Streisand (1967)
- A Christmas Album (1967)
- What About Today? (1969)
- Stoney End (1971)
- Barbra Joan Streisand (1971)
- Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- ButterFly (1974)
- Lazy Afternoon (1975)
- Classical Barbra (1976)
- Superman (1977)
- Songbird (1978)
- Wet (1979)
- Guilty (1980)
- Emotion (1984)
- The Broadway Album (1985)
- Till I Loved You (1988)
- Back to Broadway (1993)
- Higher Ground (1997)
- A Love Like Ours (1999)
- Christmas Memories (2001)
- The Movie Album (2003)
- Guilty Pleasures (2005)
- Love Is the Answer (2009)
- What Matters Most (2011)
- Partners (2014)
- Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016)
- Walls (2018)
- A Happening in Central Park (1968)
- Live Concert at the Forum (1972)
- One Voice (1987)
- Barbra: The Concert (1994)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
- Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
- Back to Brooklyn (2013)
- The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! (2017)
- Live at the Bon Soir (2022)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1978)
- Memories (1981)
- A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More (1989)
- Just for the Record... (1991)
- The Essential Barbra Streisand (2002)
- Duets (2002)
- Barbra: The Ultimate Collection (2010)
- Release Me (2012)
- The Classic Christmas Album (2013)
- Release Me 2 (2021)
- Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records (2023)
and soundtracks
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962)
- Funny Girl (1964)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- Funny Lady (1975)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Yentl (1983)
- Nuts (1987)
and videos
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard (2010)
- Barbra Streisand in Concert
- Timeless
- Streisand
- Barbra Live
- Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic
- Yentl (1983)
- The Prince of Tides (1991)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
- Streisand effect
- "Mecha-Streisand"
- Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend) (featuring album)
- Elliott Gould (first husband)
- Jason Gould (son)
- James Brolin (second husband)
- Roslyn Kind (half-sister)
- My Name Is Barbra (2023 memoir)
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