What About Today?

What About Today?
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	July 1969 (1969-07)
Recorded	1968–1969
Genre	Pop
Length	34:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Wally Gold
Barbra Streisand chronology
A Christmas Album (1967) What About Today? (1969) Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)

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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. It is one of only three studio albums by Streisand (the others being 1973's Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments and 2011's What Matters Most) not to have received an RIAA sales certification in the United States. 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.

Track listing

Side one

1. "What About Today?" (David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.) – 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

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" (Maltby, Shire) – 2:40
6. "Goodnight" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:44

Unreleased tracks

Three songs were recorded for the album, but not included:^[2]

• "One Day' - Barbra recorded three versions of “One Day” in the studio. Peter Matz and Michel Legrand each tried to arrange it. The last version in May 1969 was arranged by David Shire. The song never made it onto a Streisand album. However, it was used in 1990’s Earth Day Special.
• "Lost in Wonderland” - released in 2012 on the album "Release Me"
• “Tomorrow I Will Bring You a Rose” - still unreleased

Personnel

• Barbra Streisand – singer, liner notes
• Wally Gold – producer
• Michel Legrand – arranger, conductor
• Peter Matz – arranger, conductor
• Don Costa – arranger, conductor
• Don Meehan – recording engineer
• Richard Avedon – photographer

Release history

References

External links

• Official Site Discography
• The Barbra Streisand Music Guide - What About Today?
• Barbra Streisand Archives: Records/What About Today?