1985 Barbra Streisand – The Broadway Album
The Broadway Album is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released by Columbia Records on November 4, 1985. Consisting mainly of classic show tunes, the album marked a major shift in Streisand’s career. She had spent ten years appearing in musicals and singing standards on her albums in the 1960s. Beginning with the album Stoney End in 1971 and ending with the album Emotion in 1984, Streisand sang mostly rock, pop, folk, and disco-oriented songs for Columbia records. Noted Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim personally penned additional lyrics for the songs “Putting It Together” and “Send in the Clowns” on request of the singer. The album, originally released on the Columbia label and subsequently re-released by Columbia and Sony Records, was a critical and commercial success. First certified gold by the RIAA on January 13, 1986, it reached four times platinum on January 31, 1995.
The album was accompanied by a television special, Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album. The original LP and cassette releases contained 11 tracks, while the CD release included the bonus track “Adelaide’s Lament”. Columbia re-released The Broadway Album in 2002 with an additional bonus track, originally cut in 1985, “I Know Him So Well”.
Tracks
1 Putting It Together (Stephen Sondheim) 04:20
2 If I Loved You (Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) 02:38
3 Something’s Coming (Leonard Bernstein; Stephen Sondheim) 02:55
4 Not While I’m Around (Stephen Sondheim) 03:29
5 Being Alive (Stephen Sondheim) 03:23
6 I Have Dreamed / We Kiss In A Shadow / Something Wonderful (Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) 04:50
7 Adelaide’s Lament (Frank Loesser) 03:24
8 Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) 04:41
9 Pretty Women / The Ladies Who Lunch (Stephen Sondheim) 05:09
10 Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man (Jerome Kern; Oscar Hammerstein II) 03:30
11 I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I’s Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman) (George Gershwin; DuBose Heyward; Ira Gershwin) 04:35
12 Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein; Stephen Sondheim) 04:29
Biography
Musicians
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Barbra Streisand |
Other Musicians
1 Putting It Together
| Voice | David Geffen |
| Voice | Ken Sylk |
| Voice | Sydney Pollack |
2 If I Loved You
| French Horn | Brian O’Connor |
5 Being Alive
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Steve Schaeffer |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
6 I Have Dreamed / We Kiss In A Shadow / Something Wonderful
| Keyboards | Bob Esty |
| Programming | Rhett Lawrence |
| Strings | Jeremy Lubbock |
7 Adelaide’s Lament
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Sol Gubin |
8 Send In The Clowns
| Piano | Randy Kerber |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| Horn | Earl Dumler |
| Oboe | Earl Dumler |
9 Pretty Women / The Ladies Who Lunch
| Drums | Sol Gubin |
| Acoustic Guitar | Oscar Castro Neves |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
10 Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
| Harmonica | Stevie Wonder |
11 I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I’s Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman)
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Barbra Streisand |
12 Somewhere
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Keyboards | Randy Waldman |
| Synthesizer | David Foster |
| Programming | Michael Boddicker |
Liner Notes
Producer – Barbra Streisand (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Producer – Peter Matz (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Producer – Richard Baskin (Tracks 3, 4)
Producer – Bob Esty, Paul Jabara (Track 6)
Producer – David Foster (Track 12)
Producer (Executive) – Barbra Streisand, Peter Matz
Arranged By – Peter Matz (Tracks 2, 9)
Arranged By – Randy Waldman, Richard Baskin (Track 3)
Arranged By – Bob Esty, Paul Jabara (Track 6)
Arranged By – Barbra Streisand (Track 9)
Arranged By – David Foster (Track 12)
Arranged By (Horns) – Jerry Hey (Track 3)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Sid Ramin (Track 7)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Jeremy Lubbock (Track 8)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Peter Matz (Tracks 9, 10)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Conrad Salinger (Track 10)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Alexander Courage (Track 11)
Concertmaster – Israel Baker (Track 8)
Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci (Track 10)
Conductor – Peter Matz (Tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Conductor – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 4, 8)
Conductor – Peter Matz (Track 5)
Coordinator – Kim Skalecki
Engineer – Humberto Gatica (Track 12)
Engineer (Additional) – Magic Moreno (Track 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – Benny Faccone, Magic Moreno
Engineer (Assistant) – Woody Woodruff (Track 12)
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen (Tracks 1, 3, 8, 12)
Recorded By – Don Hahn (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Recorded By – John Arrias (Tracks 3, 6, 8)
Remix – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 11)
Remix – John Arrias (Tracks 3, 6, 8, 10)
Remix – Don Hahn (Track 4)
Remix (Assistant) – Jay Willis, Laura Livingston
Art Direction – Lane/Donald
Photography – Richard Corman
Mastered At Precision Lacquer
Recorded At A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At Randy Waldman Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Recorded At Village Recorders, West LA
Recorded At Westlake, LA, CA
Recorded At Evergreen Recording Studio, Burbank, CA
Recorded At Lighthouse Studio, North Hollywood, CA
Remixed At Lion Share Recording Studio
Remixed At Village Recorders
Remixed At A&M Recording Studios
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
Copyright CBS Inc