Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

Between the release of Barbra Streisand's first hits collection in 1970 and her second in 1978, she essentially became a different kind of recording artist. In the 1960s, she made a series of consistent albums devoted largely to show music material, but she scored precious few singles hits, with only one, "People," and reaching the Top Ten. But in the 1970s, she shifted to contemporary soft-rock and released a series of highly successful ballad singles, while her albums became largely inconsistent. For that reason, the hit quotient of her second hits album was much higher--"The Way We Were," "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)," and the duet version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," sung with songwriter Neil Diamond and released on album here for the first time, all were number one hits, while "Stoney End" and "My Heart Belongs to Me" were Top Tens and "Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead," "Songbird," and "Love Theme From 'Laura Mars' (Prisoner)" reached the Top 40. That was enough material to make Volume 2 Streisand's definitive hits collection, so much so that later compilations like Memories and A Collection/Greatest Hits...And More would be forced to cannibalize it. It was also a genre-defining album in terms of the emergence of a post-'60s contemporary pop music that drew upon the rock revolution to redefine classic pop for a new generation. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0074643567923

Tracks

1. Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")
2. Prisoner (Love Theme from "Eyes of Laura Mars")
3. My Heart Belongs to Me
4. Songbird
5. You Don't Bring Me Flowers
6. The Way We Were
7. Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
8. All in Love Is Fair
9. Superman
10. Stoney End

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist
Neil Diamond   Primary Artist,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

David Wolfert   Composer
R. Snyder   Composer
Nick DeCaro   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Phil Ramone   Producer
Richie Snyder   Composer
Tommy LiPuma   Producer
Alan Lindgren   Arranger
Toni Stern   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Paul Williams   Composer
Gene Page   Arranger
Charles Calello   Arranger,Producer
Charles Koppelman   Executive Producer
Barbra Streisand   Composer,Producer
Marty Paich   Arranger,Producer
Neil Diamond   Composer,Performer
Bob Gaudio   Producer
Larry Carlton   Arranger,Rhythm Arrangements
Richard Perry   Producer
Laura Nyro   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Alan Gordon   Composer
Gary Klein   Producer
Francesco Scavullo   Photography
Don Hannah   Arranger
Nancy Donald   Design
Tony Lane   Design
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Steve Nelson   Composer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
Carole King   Composer