What About Today?

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What About Today?
What About Today? cover
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released July 1969 (1969-07)
Recorded 1968–1969
Genre Pop
Length 34:22
Label Columbia
Producer Wally Gold
Professional reviews
Barbra Streisand chronology
A Christmas Album
(1967)		 What About Today?
(1969)		 Stoney End
(1971)

What About Today? is an album released in July 1969 by Barbra Streisand. It is considered to be her first attempt at recording contemporary pop songs and was received poorly, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The album features songs originally recorded by The Beatles and Paul Simon among others. The cover photograph was an outtake from a 1968 Vogue shoot with Richard Avedon.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "What About Today?" (David Shire) – 2:57
  2. "Ask Yourself Why" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:03
  3. "Honey Pie" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:39
  4. "Punky's Dilemma" (Paul Simon) – 3:29
  5. "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:55

[edit] Side two

  1. "That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom" (Harold Arlen, Martin Charnin) – 3:02
  2. "Little Tin Soldier" (Jimmy Webb) –3:53
  3. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:40
  4. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:20
  5. "The Morning After" (Richard Maltby, Jr., Shire) – 2:40
  6. "Goodnight" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:44

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Region Date Format Catalog
United States July 1969 (1969-07) vinyl –
Worldwide reissue 19 October 1993 CD 47014

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