Duets

by Barry Manilow

Overview

Duets is a canny compilation of duets Barry Manilow has recorded over his years at Arista. These 15 tracks span from 1980's Barry to 2008's Greatest Songs of the Eighties, so this isn't quite prime Manilow; in other words, there are no big hits but there are plenty of big names, including Bette Midler, Reba McEntire, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughan, and Barbra Streisand, a cast of characters which also suggests the range of the tunes here. Barry does hold his own singing a torch song with Torme, trading lines with Barbra, and proves a good foil for Vaughan, and he's also quite comfortable using the Association as his support on a medley of their hits "Cherish" and "Windy." It should come as no great surprise that most of this is straight down the middle of the road, because that is where Barry is at his strongest, so that makes the inclusion of the wild Kid Creole & the Coconuts duet "Hey Mambo" most welcome: it shows that when he wants to, Manilow can have some knowing fun with his Copacabana persona. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2011
Label:	Arista / Arista Records / Legacy
UPC:	0886978209320

Tracks

1. You¿¿¿ve Got a Friend
2. Hey Mambo
3. Let Me Be Your Wings [From Tumbelina]
4. Cherish/Windy
5. Look to the Rainbow
6. Islands in the Stream
7. Big City Blues
8. On a Slow Boat to China
9. Run to Me
10. Summertime
11. Sincerely/Teach Me Tonight
12. Blue
13. Now and Forever
14. I Won¿¿¿t Be the One to Let Go
15. The Last Duet

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barry Manilow   Primary Artist
Gerry Mulligan   Featured Artist
Stan Getz   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Scott Erickson   Producer
Sara Zichuhr   Art Direction
Frank Loesser   Composer
Burton Lane   Composer
Barry Manilow   Composer,Producer,Compilation Producer
Terry Kirkman   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Gretchen Brennison   Project Director
Eddie Arkin   Producer
Lawrence Dermer   Producer
Emilio Estefan, Jr.   Producer
Carole King   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Ruthann Friedman   Composer
Ron Dante   Producer
Rob Santos   A&R
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Richard Marx   Composer,Producer
Walter Afanasieff   Producer
Tom Kelly   Composer
Alan Freed   Composer
Al Quaglieri   Compilation Producer
David Benson   Producer
Bruce Sussman   Composer
Barry Gibb   Composer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer
Jack Feldman   Composer
Joe Galdo   Producer
Clive Davis   Producer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Robbie Buchanan   Producer
Robin Gibb   Composer
Maurice Gibb   Composer
Adrienne Anderson   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
John Adams   Project Director
Emilio and The Jerks   Producer