Barry Manilow II

Barry Manilow II
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released October 1974
1996 (re-release)
2006 (re-release)
Genre Pop
Easy listening
Length 38:14 (original release)
41:37 (1996 re-release)
44:23 (2006 re-release)
Label Arista
Producer Barry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow chronology
Barry Manilow
(1973)
Barry Manilow II
(1974)
Tryin' to Get the Feeling
(1975)
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Barry Manilow II is the second studio album by Barry Manilow released in 1974. It included the mega hit song "Mandy", as well as "It's a Miracle". First issued by Bell Records, it was reissued after the company was reorganized into Arista Records.

The album's cover illustration was later parodied by Ray Stevens in the picture sleeve illustration for his 1980 single I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby" - 4:18 (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson)
  2. "Early Morning Strangers" - 3:24 (Manilow, Hal David)
  3. "Mandy" - 3:32 (Scott English, Richard Kerr)
  4. "The Two Of Us" - 3:05 (Manilow, Marty Panzer)
  5. "Something's Comin' Up" - 2:51 (Manilow)

Side 2

  1. "It's a Miracle" - 3:58 (Manilow, Panzer)
  2. "Avenue C" - 2:37 (Buck Clayton, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert)
  3. "My Baby Loves Me" - 3:18 (Ivy Hunter, Sylvia Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson)
  4. "Sandra" - 4:35 (Manilow, Anderson)
  5. "Home Again" - 5:34 (Manilow, Panzer)

1996 Remaster

  1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
  2. Early Morning Strangers
  3. Mandy
  4. The Two Of Us
  5. Something's comin' up
  6. It's A Miracle
  7. Avenue C
  8. My Baby Loves Me
  9. Sandra
  10. Home Again

Bonus:

  1. Halfway Over The Hill

2006 Expanded Edition

  1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
  2. Early Morning Strangers
  3. Mandy
  4. The Two Of Us
  5. Something's Comin' Up
  6. It's A Miracle
  7. Avenue C
  8. My Baby Loves Me
  9. Sandra
  10. Home Again

Bonus:

  1. Good News
  2. Halfway Over The Hill

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