Back to Broadway
| Back to Broadway | ||||
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | June 29, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 49:41 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Foster, Andrew Lloyd Webber | |||
| Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] |
Back to Broadway is the twenty-sixth studio album by Barbra Streisand, released in 1993. The album was Streisand's second collection of songs from Broadway musicals, after 1985's The Broadway Album. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and gave her the title of "only female artist to have a number one album in four different decades." The album sold 189,000 copies in the first week, and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, her fifth album to do so.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Some Enchanted Evening" | 3:52 | |
| 2. | "Everybody Says Don't" | Stephen Sondheim | 2:34 |
| 3. | "The Music of the Night" (duet with Michael Crawford) | 5:35 | |
| 4. | "Speak Low" | 4:08 | |
| 5. | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" |
|
4:44 |
| 6. | "Children Will Listen" | Sondheim | 4:09 |
| 7. | "I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart" (duet with Johnny Mathis) |
|
4:44 |
| 8. | "I've Never Been in Love Before" | Frank Loesser | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Luck Be a Lady" | Loesser | 3:31 |
| 10. | "With One Look" |
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3:32 |
| 11. | "The Man I Love" | 3:39 | |
| 12. | "Move On" | Sondheim | 5:24 |
Chart performance
The album was another smash hit for Streisand and reached number 1 on July 17, 1993 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and reached the top 10 in Canada, the UK and Australia.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Albums Chart | 23 |
| US Billboard Top 200 | 1 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 3 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 6 |
| UK Albums Chart | 6 |
| German Albums Chart | 81 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 32 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 11 |
Award nominations
The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards for:
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group: "The Music of the Night" (duet with Michael Crawford)
| Preceded by janet. by Janet Jackson |
Billboard 200 number-one album July 17–23, 1993 |
Succeeded by Zooropa by U2 |
References
- ↑ Back to Broadway at AllMusic
- ↑ Greg Sandow (25 June 1993). "Back to Broadway (Entertainment Weekly Review)". www.ew.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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