Wet

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

A concept album of sorts in the sense that each of the songs has something to do with water, Wet was the third of a trilogy of albums produced by Gary Klein in a soft rock vein increasingly set in the synth-pop style of the late '70s and early '80s. The concept allowed for a range of material, from old favorite Harold Arlen's "Come Rain or Come Shine" to an updated version of the old Bobby Darin hit "Splish Splash." The album's number one hit was "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a disco duet with Donna Summer. But most of the songs were newly written ballads attempting to re-create the "Evergreen"/"The Way We Were" style of Streisand's recent hits. "Kiss Me in the Rain''" grazed the Top 40. Yet there was enough variety on the album to make it an average Streisand outing. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Columbia / Sony Bmg
UPC:	0886972397726
Rank:	6008

Tracks

1. Wet
2. Come Rain or Come Shine
3. Splish Splash
4. On Rainy Afternoons
5. After the Rain
6. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
7. Niagara
8. I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight
9. Kiss Me in the Rain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist,Vocals
Donna Summer   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Paulinho Da Costa   Guest Artist,Percussion
Jeff Porcaro   Guest Artist,Drums
Richard Tee   Guest Artist,Piano
Larry Carlton   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Bill Payne   Guest Artist,Piano
Marvin Hamlisch   Guest Artist,Conductor
David Foster   Guest Artist,Piano
David Hungate   Bass
Lee Holdridge   Conductor
Jay Graydon   Guitar
Dean Parks   Guitar
Lalo Schifrin   Conductor
Gayle Levant   Harp
Ed Greene   Drums
Charles Calello   Conductor
Jeff Baxter   Guitar
Fred Tackett   Guitar
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals (Background)
Mitch Holder   Guitar
Tom Scott   Saxophone
Luther Waters   Vocals (Background)
Lincoln Mayorga   Piano
Julia Waters   Vocals (Background)
Greg Mathieson   Piano,Conductor,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Neil Stubenhaus   Bass
Bobbye Hall   Percussion
Michael Boddicker   Synthesizer
Michael Lang   Piano
Jon Joyce   Vocals (Background)
Tom Kelly   Vocals (Background)
Alan Broadbent   Piano (Electric)
Jim Haas   Vocals (Background)
Gary Coleman   Percussion
Dan Ferguson   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Steven Schaeffer   Drums
Stan Farber   Vocals (Background)
Steve Lukather   Guitar (Electric)
Bill Champlin   Vocals (Background)
Rick Shlosser   Drums
Ian Underwood   Synthesizer
Bobby Kimball   Vocals (Background)
Jai Winding   Clavinet,Piano (Electric)
James Gadson   Drums

Technical Credits

Juergen Koppers   Engineer
Jean Murray   Composer
Lee Holdridge   Arranger
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer,Arranger
Carole Bayer Sager   Composer
Charles Calello   Arranger,Producer
Charles Koppelman   Executive Producer
John Arrias   Mixing,Engineer
Barbra Streisand   Composer
David Foster   Arranger,Vocal Arrangement
Alan Gordon   Composer
Luther Waters   Vocal Arrangement
Gary Klein   Producer
Don Henderson   Assistant Engineer
Sue Sheridan   Composer
David Wolfert   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Santo Farina   Composer
Mike Reese   Mastering
Greg Mathieson   Arranger
Michel Legrand   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
Bruce Roberts   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Paul Jabara   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Barbara Isaak   Assistant Engineer
Frank DeCaro   Arranger,Contractor
Al Schmitt, Jr.   Assistant Engineer
Linda Tyler   Assistant Engineer
Linda Gerrity   Production Coordination
Terry Becker   Assistant Engineer
Bill Champlin   Vocal Arrangement
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bobby Darin   Composer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer