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"Woman in Love" is a song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her 1980 album Guilty. The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who received the 1980 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. [3] It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit. [4]
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits received praise from music critics.William Ruhlmann from AllMusic appreciated Streisand's decision to release a greatest hits album as he felt the singer's "career was in decline" and in need of improvement; [3] he also favored the album's live rendition inclusion of "Happy Days Are Here Again", which he considered to be one of the best songs on her debut album ...
Barbra Streisand is an American actress and singer. Her discography consists of 118 singles, 36 studio albums, 12 compilations, 11 live albums, and 15 soundtracks.According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Streisand is the second-best-selling female album artist in the United States with 68.5 million certified albums in the country, [1] [2] and a career total ranging from 150 ...
Lady Liberty (Barbra Streisand song) Left in the Dark; Let's Face the Music and Dance; Let's Start Right Now; Life on Mars (song) The Lord's Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte song) Love's Never Wrong; Lover, Come Back to Me; Loving You (Barbra Streisand song) Luck Be a Lady
The best-known version of the song was a hit for Barbra Streisand in 1971 (as "Hands Off The Man (Flim Flam Man)"). It was the final single of three releases from her Stoney End LP. The song was suggested to Streisand by record producer Richard Perry. The song reached number 82 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971.
In 1989, Barbra Streisand began devoting most of her time towards directing the 1991 film adaptation of Pat Conroy's 1986 novel The Prince of Tides.Due to her tight schedule and limited availability, Columbia Records approached Streisand on releasing another greatest hits album, since she had been in a similar situation during the distribution of her prior compilation release, Memories (1981). [1]
Memories is a compilation album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. First released on Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks.
The song was well received among music critics. J.D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun described it as "pop-oriented fare", that "offers an impressive emotional depth." [3] Chuck Taylor from Billboard declared it as a "luscious power ballad", noting that "it's hard to imagine a better combination of mature voices than that on this tantalizing song about needing to spend every minute with the ...