Barry (Remaster) Barry Manilow

• 1Lonely Together04:19
• 2Bermuda Triangle03:45
• 3I Made It Through the Rain04:23
• 4Twenty Four Hours a Day05:25
• 5Dance Away03:56
• 6Life Will Go On03:50
• 7Only in Chicago03:33
• 8The Last Duet04:00
• 9London05:18
• 10We Still Have Time04:12
• Total Runtime42:41

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„1980's Barry from Barry Manilow featured his last Top Ten hit, 'I Made It Through the Rain,' finding him still in control of the adult contemporary charts, but starting to fade on the Top 40. It's an interesting piece of the Manilow collection, the singer covering Kenny Nolan, co-writing with Maurice White, penning a song for another film -- 'We Still Have Time' from the motion picture Tribute -- and including a campy duet with Lily Tomlin. Their unlikely pairing on 'The Last Duet' is a kinda 'Copacabana' redux, borrowing heavy melody from Orleans' 'Love Takes Time' and lifting lyrics from '70s songs -- 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart,' 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers,' 'You're the One That I Want,' and others. Manilow produces two of the ten tracks without production partner Ron Dante and composes half of the album with Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, including the hit. Maybe it was a conscious effort to become an album artist rather than a singles act because Barry is more listenable all the way through than previous discs, which contained bigger and more significant hits. There are many musicians in the mix too -- Dean Parks, Paul Schaeffer, Abe Laboriel, Alan Estes, arrangements by Artie Butler -- all the stops seem to get pulled out to good effect. Kenny Nolan's tune has the syrup that artist is known for with Manilow adding the sincerity missing in Nolan's own hits. The song could very well have charted, as could have two terrific songs from 'Mandy' co-writer Richard Kerr, 'Life Will Go On' and 'Dance Away.' The movie theme is pretty good too. 'We Still Have Time' is Manilow finally writing a song that is up there with hits he found from other composers -- something he really wasn't quite able to capture before this. A shame it or another good song from this fine disc didn't follow 'I Made It Through the Rain' up the Top 40. It was almost a year before David Pomeranz's 'The Old Songs' would go Top 15 for Manilow toward the end of 1981, and one wonders if there was resistance at radio, because the album Barry had more than enough great material and strong performance to continue the chart run that gave Manilow his enormous popularity.“ (Joe Viglione, AMG)

Produced by Barry Manilow, Ron Dante

Digitally remastered

Barry Manilow
born June 17, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, United States is an American pop singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as “Could It Be Magic”, “Mandy”, “Can’t Smile Without You”, and “Copacabana (At the Copa).”

Barry Manilow's unparalleled career encompasses virtually every arena of music, including performing, composing, arranging and producing. A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Manilow has triumphed in every medium of entertainment. With worldwide record sales exceeding 80 million, Barry Manilow is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time with over 50 top 40 hits.

In 1978, five of his albums were on the best-selling charts simultaneously, a feat equaled only by Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Mathis. He has recorded a string of Billboard hit singles and multi-platinum albums that have resulted in his being named Radio & Records number one Adult Contemporary artist and winning three straight American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

Several well-known entertainers have given Manilow their “stamp of approval,” including Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s regarding Manilow, “He’s next.” In 1988, Bob Dylan stopped Manilow at a party, hugged him and said, “Don't stop what you’re doing, man. We’re all inspired by you.”

As well as producing and arranging albums for other artists, such as Bette Midler and Dionne Warwick, Manilow has written songs for musicals, films, and commercials. From February 2005 to December 30, 2009, he was the headliner at the Las Vegas Hilton, performing hundreds of shows before ending relationship with the hotel.

From March 2010, he has headlined at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide.

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