ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)

ButterFly
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	October 1974
Genre	Pop
Length	35:40
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jon Peters
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Way We Were (1974) ButterFly (1974) Lazy Afternoon (1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	unfavorable[2]
Billboard	favorable[3]

ButterFly is a studio album by Barbra Streisand, recorded and released in 1974. The credited producer is Streisand's then-boyfriend Jon Peters, with arrangements by Tom Scott. The album contains contemporary material from a diverse selection of writers, as well as interpretations of standards. In a 1992 interview with Larry King, Streisand cited ButterFly as the least favorite of her albums.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Love in the Afternoon" (Ben Geminaro, Evie Sands, Richard Wiseman) – 4:07
2. "Guava Jelly" (Bob Marley) – 3:17
3. "Grandma's Hands" (Bill Withers) – 3:27
4. "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) – 4:19
5. "Jubilation" (Paul Anka, Johnny Harris) – 3:55
6. "Simple Man" (Graham Nash) – 3:03
7. "Life on Mars?" (David Bowie) – 3:11
8. "Since I Don't Have You" (Joseph Rock, James Beaumont, Lenny Martin) – 2:52
9. "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 2:52
10. "Let The Good Times Roll" (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) – 4:54

Singles

• "Guava Jelly" / "Love in the Afternoon" (1974)
• "Jubilation" / "Let the Good Times Roll" (1975)

Personnel

• John Bahler – vocal arrangement, horn arrangements
• Ben Benay – guitar
• Max Bennett – bass
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Hank Cicalo – engineer, remixing
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Carl Furuta – photography
• John Guerin – drums
• Lee Holdridge – arranger
• King Errisson – conga
• Michael Lietz – engineer
• Clarence McDonald – keyboards
• Jon Peters – producer, art direction, design
• Steve Schapiro – photography
• Tom Scott – flute, arranger, tenor saxophone, woodwind, soloist
• Bill Shirley – paintings
• Barbra Streisand – vocals (background)

Sales/chart performance

In the United States, the album was certified Gold for sales of 500,000 copies.

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