The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | February 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 30:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mike Berniker | |||
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The Third Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's third solo studio album which was released in February 1964.
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album three (out of five) stars, and called it "another demonstration of the beauty of Barbra Streisand's voice, also suggested that her interpretive abilities remained limited.."
Chart performance and sales
After the success of Streisand's previous two albums, The Barbra Streisand Album and The Second Barbra Streisand Album, it was expected that The Third Album would do as well. The album turned out to be very successful; it reached #5 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It stayed on the Billboard 200 for 74 weeks.
Album cover
The photograph on the album cover was taken by actor Roddy McDowall when Streisand was performing on The Judy Garland Show in October 1963.
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Track listing
Side One
- "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton, Maybelle E. Watson) – 3:02
- "Just in Time" (Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne) – 2:16
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 2:34
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:54
- "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser) – 2:27
SIde Two
- "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 3:46
- "Draw Me a Circle" (Cy Young) – 2:15
- "It Had to Be You" (Music by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn) – 3:46
- "Make Believe" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:41
- "I Had Myself a True Love" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:23
Song information
- "My Melancholy Baby" was first performed by William Frawley in 1912.
- "Just in Time" was introduced in the musical Bells Are Ringing. The arrangement on this LP makes use of the Prelude from J.S. Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in C Major" from the Well-Tempered Klavier.
- "Taking a Chance on Love" was introduced by Ethel Waters in the musical Cabin In The Sky.
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" was introduced in the musical Pal Joey.
- "Never Will I Marry" was introduced by Anthony Perkins in the musical Greenwillow.
- "As Time Goes By" was introduced in the musical Everybody's Welcome, and featured in the film Casablanca.
- "It Had to Be You" was first published in 1924.
- "Make Believe" was introduced in the musical Show Boat.
- "I Had Myself a True Love" was introduced in the musical St. Louis Woman.
Personnel
- Barbra Streisand: vocals
- Produced by Mike Berniker
- Arranged and conducted by Ray Ellis, Sid Ramin, Peter Daniels, and Peter Matz
- Original recording engineers: Frank Laico, Ted Brosnan
- Cover photo: Roddy McDowall (from The Judy Garland Show, October 1963)
- Liner notes: Sammy Cahn
