- Source: Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)
Emotion is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in October 1984 by Columbia Records. It was her first studio album in four years after the release of Guilty, which has since become her highest selling studio album worldwide.
The album was promoted with the release of three singles, but none of them entered the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. The album wasn't as successful as its predecessor, having peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI.
Overview
This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and composers. Produced by Jim Steinman, "Left in the Dark" was the lead single peaking at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Make No Mistake, He's Mine", a duet with Kim Carnes, was the album's second single and charted at #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The final single "Emotion", featuring the Pointer Sisters on background vocals, was also released as extended 12" remix.
An instrumental version of "Here We Are At Last" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 feature film Nuts.
The video for "Left in the Dark" reunited Streisand with Kris Kristofferson, her co-star from A Star Is Born. The video to the album's title track "Emotion", which received some airplay on MTV, featured cameos from The Who's Roger Daltrey and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
The album peaked at #19 on the US Billboard 200 and #15 on the UK Pop Album chart. Emotion has also been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI.
In 2023, in her memoir My Name Is Barbra, Streisand described the album as a "hodgepodge", vowing to "never again" make a pop record like "Emotion".
Track listing
Unreleased songs
"When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'"
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing" (this song was later re-recorded and included on The Movie Album).
Personnel
Barbra Streisand – vocals
Roy Bittan – piano
Abraham Laboriel, Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Nathan East, Steve Buslowe, Bob Lizik – bass guitar
Peter Bliss – programming, guitar
Bill Cuomo – piano, synthesizer
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Randy Waldman, Michel Colombier – synthesizer
James Newton Howard – keyboards
Steve Mitchell – synthesizer, Hammond B-3
Albhy Galuten – synthesizer, keyboards
Gary Mallaber, Max Weinberg, Tom Radke, Russ Kunkel, Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Ed Tossing – piano, Fender Rhodes
Paulinho Da Costa, Joe Porcaro, Jimmy Maelen, Steve Forman – percussion
Gary Chang – additional synthesizer, programming
Paul Jackson Jr., Don Felder, Steve Lukather, Rick Derringer, Dann Huff, Craig Hull, George Doering, Bruce Gaitsch – guitar
Ray Kelley – cello
Lon Price, Jerry Peterson, John Phillips – saxophone
Maurice White, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydene Jackson, Julia Waters Tillman – backing vocals
Charts
Certifications and sales
References
External links
Streisand on making of the "Emotion" video
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Barbra Streisand
- Diskografi Barbra Streisand
- Penghargaan Grammy ke-53
- Rekaman Dansa Terbaik (Grammy Award)
- Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)
- Walls (Barbra Streisand album)
- Barbra Streisand discography
- Streisand effect
- Duets (Barbra Streisand album)
- The Broadway Album
- The Movie Album (Barbra Streisand album)
- Barbra Streisand
- Release Me 2
- Emotion (disambiguation)