Barbra Streisand - Release Me 2 (2021) [Japan] {Blu-Spec CD2}

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Date: April 24, 2024

Barbra Streisand - Release Me 2 (2021) [Japan] {Blu-Spec CD2}
Pop/Rock, Vocal, Ballad | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 33:51 | 1,09 Gb
Label: Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# SICP 31469 | Released: 2021-08-25 (2021-08-06)

"Release Me 2" is a compilation album of ten rare and previously unreleased recordings by American singer Barbra Streisand. Released on CD, vinyl and digital formats on August 6, 2021, it is a follow-up to her 2012 compilation "Release Me". The album debuted at #10 on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart, selling 23,700 units (19.7k pure) in the United States and became the 3rd highest debut of the week. It also debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200 with 22,000 units sold and became the third top-selling album of the week (second by a female artist). Streisand also re-entered Billboard's Artist 100 at #15. On Billboard's Top Current Albums Sales, the album debuted at #2, while on Billboard's Vinyl Album Chart, the album debuted at #5. Sales of "Release Me 2" extended Streisand's successful chart history in the U.S., making her the only woman with a Top-20 album in each decade since the 1960s.
~Wikipedia


It's hard to think of Barbra Streisand recording anything that wouldn't get released, but with 2021's Release Me 2, she has put together a gorgeous collection of rare and previously unreleased recordings going back the beginnings of her studio career. A companion album to 2012's Release Me, Release Me 2 again features recordings Streisand made that, for a variety of reasons, were never included on their intended albums. It's a deeply felt, well-curated album that finds Streisand applying her distinctive style to melodies by a bevy of iconic songwriters, such as Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Alanand Marilyn Bergman, Barry Gibb, and others. Adding to the wealth of material are the superb arrangements by such longtime Streisand associates as Don Costa, Walter Afanasieff, Michel Legrand, and more. Some tracks, like her duet with Willie Nelson on "I'd Want It to Be with You" (initially intended for inclusion on 2014's Partners), were only partly finished and given a final polish in 2020. Others, like 1962's "Right as Rain" (recorded for 1963's The Barbra Streisand Album), are presented as they were originally intended, capturing the then-20-year-old singer in her effusive rise to stardom. Elsewhere, we get other delights, including a 1979 duet with Kermit the Frog on "Rainbow Connection," a 1971 rendition of Randy Newman's "Living Without You" left off of Stoney End, and an emotive take on Carole King's "You Light Up My Life" recorded for 1974's Butterfly with some final studio additions done in 2020. As with the first Release Me volume, Release Me 2 is much more than a rarities compilation and feels like a classic Streisand album rediscovered.
~Review by Matt Collar





Release of this album: 2021, August, 6 [LP Columbia Records, Cat.# 19439863411, USA]
Release of this CD: 2021, August, 25 [CD Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Japan), Cat.# SICP 31469, EAN: 4547366519082]
℗&© 2021 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Manufactured by Sony Music Labels Inc.
Made in Japan

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:

Debut Chart Date: 21-08-2021
No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 1
Peak Chart Position: #15

"Release Me 2" … track by track:

• Track 1 - Recorded: in 1971 at A&M Studios, Hollywood & 2020 at Blue Studios, Malibu.
• Track 2 - Recorded: in 1974 at The Burbank Studios and 2020 at Blue Studios, Malibu.
• Track 3 - Recorded: in 2014 at Grandma’s House, Malibu/WallyWorld Studios, Hollywood/the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage/Sony Pictures, Culver City/Pedernales Recording, Austin & 2020 at Masterfonics, Nashville/Blue Studios, Malibu.
• Track 4 - Recorded: in April 7, 1994 at the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage/Sony Pictures, Culver City.
• Track 5 - Recorded: in 1971 at Columbia Records Studios, NY & 2020 at WallyWorld Studios, Hollywood/Blue Studios, Malibu.
• Track 6 - Recorded: in 1968 at Columbia Records Studios, Hollywood.
• Track 7 - Recorded: in 1979 at Capitol Studios & Sound Labs, Hollywood & 2020 Blue Studios, Malibu/Grandma’s House, Malibu.
• Track 8 - Recorded: in 1962 at Columbia Studio C, NYC.
• Track 9 - Recorded: in 2005 at Middle Ear Studio, Miami/Criteria Studios, Miami/Grandma’s House, Malibu & 2020 at Red Door Studio, Nashville.
• Track 10 - Recorded: in 1973 at Sunset-Highland Recording Studios- Hollywood, CA.

Credits:

Executive Producers – Barbra Streisand & Jay Landers
Art Direction – Barbra Streisand & Gabrielle Raumberger
Cover Photo Design – Barbra Streisand
Package Design – Gabrielle Raumberger
Barbra Streisand Archivist/Production Supervision – Kim Skalecki
Production Coordinator – Grace Handy
Photography Front Cover – Bert Stern
Photo Restoration – Brynn Shuller
Liner Notes – Barbra Streisand & Jay Landers
Liner Notes Editor – Todd Sussman
Product Manager – Chriss Poppe
Tape Transfers – Post Haste Digital, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by – Jochem van der Saag & Paul Blakemore

Tracklist:

01. Be Aware (03:40)
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
02. You Light Up My Life (03:39)
(Carole King)
03. I’d Want It To Be You (Duet with Willie Nelson) (04:03)
(Steve Dorff, Bobby Tomberlin, Jay Landers)
04. Sweet Forgiveness (05:12)
(Walter Afanasieff, John Bettis)
05. Living Without You (02:05)
(Randy Newman)
06. One Day (A Prayer) (03:06)
(Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
07. Rainbow Connection (Duet with Kermit The Frog) (03:24)
(Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher)
08. Right As The Rain (03:00)
(E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen)
09. If Only You Were Mine (Duet with Barry Gibb) (02:35)
(Barry Gibb, Ashley Gibb, Stephen Gibb)
10. Once You’ve Been In Love (03:07)
(Michel Legrand, Marilyn & Alan Bergman)

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