Memories (Barbra Streisand album)

Memories
Compilation album by Barbra Streisand
Released November, 1981
Genre Pop
Length 40:21
Label Columbia
Producer Phil Ramone, Gary Klein
Barbra Streisand chronology
Guilty
(1980)		 Memories
(1981)		 Yentl
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Memories is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA,[2] reaching number 10 on the US albums chart.[3] First released on Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the UK, where it was released as Love Songs, it reached number 1 on the albums chart for nine weeks (seven of them consecutively[4]) and it became the UK's best-selling album of 1982, the first album by female performer to achieve it.[5] The album was certified platinum in the UK (prior to multi-platinum awards being given), and 6× platinum in Australia. Three previously unreleased tracks, "Memory", "Comin' In and Out of Your Life", and "Lost Inside of You" were featured on the album. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" was the most successful of the new singles, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

The album won Best Album at the 1983 Brit Awards.

Track listing

# Title Composer Time Previously released Notes
1 "Memory" Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn 3:57 Previously unreleased
2 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond 3:26 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Duet with Neil Diamond
3 "My Heart Belongs to Me" Alan Gordon 3:23 Streisand Superman
4 "New York State of Mind" Billy Joel 4:46 Streisand Superman
5 "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" Paul Jabara, Bruce Roberts 4:43 Columbia single Duet with Donna Summer
6 "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" Richard Parker, Bobby Whiteside 4:10 Previously unreleased
7 "Evergreen" (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) Streisand, Paul Williams 3:07 A Star Is Born soundtrack
8 "Lost Inside of You" Leon Russell, Streisand 3:59 Previously unreleased Solo recording of a song previously recorded as a duet with Kris Kristoferson for A Star Is Born
9 "The Love Inside" Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Andy Gibb 5:09 Guilty
10 "The Way We Were" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch 3:31 The Way We Were

Additional tracks

The CBS re-release of 1981 and the retitled re-release Love Songs contained four additional tracks.[6][7]

Title Composer Time Previously released Notes
"Wet" Sue Sheridan, Streisand, David Wolfert 4:00 Wet
"A Man I Loved" 4:02 Songbird
"I Don't Break Easily" 3:55 Songbird
"Kiss Me in the Rain" Santo Farina, L. Ratner 4:21 Wet

Singles

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Albums Chart 10
Australian Albums Chart 7
Austrian Albums Chart 17
Canadian Albums Chart 14
Dutch Albums Chart 12
French Albums Chart 5
New Zealand Albums Chart 2
Norwegian Albums Chart 6
Spanish Albums Chart 20
Swedish Albums Chart 4
UK Albums Chart 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[8] Gold 30,000x
Australia (ARIA)[9] 6× Platinum 420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[10] Platinum 50,000x
Canada (Music Canada)[11] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[12] Platinum 71.207[12]
France (SNEP)[13] 2× Platinum 509,300[14]
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[15] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[17] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ RIAA
  3. ↑ All US charts Memories at AllMusic
  4. ↑ Love Songs chartstats.com. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ "1980s Albums Chart Archive". everyHit.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ Memories(CBS) at AllMusic
  7. ↑ Love Songs at AllMusic
  8. ↑ "Disos de Oro y Platino". CAPIF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  10. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Barbara Streisand – Memories" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Barbara Streisand in the field Interpret. Enter Memories in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Music Canada.
  12. 1 2 "Barbara Streisand" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  13. ↑ "French album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Guilty" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  14. ↑ "Les Albums Double Platine". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  15. ↑ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1984". IFPI Hong Kong.
  16. ↑ "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Love Songs in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  17. ↑ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

Preceded by
Dare by The Human League
The Gift by The Jam		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
January 30, 1982 – March 19, 1982
March 27, 1982 – April 9, 1982 		Succeeded by
The Gift by The Jam
The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
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