Songs 1975-1990 [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1990 retrospective on Arista featuring 21 of the popvocalist's 25 top 40 hits from 1975-1990, including everyone of his top 10 smashes, plus four live tracks. 34 trackstotal - a cheaper & considerably easier way to get all ofManilow's best without buying all three U.S. hits packageson Arista. Double jewel case with an illustrated 12 pagebooklet featuring track-by-track annotation of every cut byBarry. From 'Mandy' to 'I Write The Songs' to 'Copacabana(At The Copa)' to 'Can't Smile Without You', it's here!

Tracks:

I Write the Songs
One Voice
Old Songs
I Don't Want to Walk Without You
Some Good Things Never Last [Live] - Debra Byrd
Somewhere Down the Road
When I Wanted You
Stay [Live]
Even Now
Read 'Em and Weep
Somewhere in the Night
I Made It Through the Rain
Daybreak
Please Don't Be Scared
Looks Like We Made It
Some Kind of Friend
Bermuda Triangle
This One's for You

Tracks:

Mandy
If I Should Love Again [Live]
All the Time
Copacabana (At the Copa)
Keep Each Other Warm
Weekend in New England
Lonely Together
Can't Smile Without You
Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again
Could It Be Magic
Brooklyn Blues
Who Needs to Dream
Ready to Take the Chance Again
If I Can Dream [Live]
Ships
London

Album Description

1990 retrospective on Arista featuring 21 of the popvocalist's 25 top 40 hits from 1975-1990, including everyone of his top 10 smashes, plus four live tracks. 34 trackstotal - a cheaper & considerably easier way to get all ofManilow's best without buying all three U.S. hits packageson Arista. Double jewel case with an illustrated 12 pagebooklet featuring track-by-track annotation of every cut byBarry. From 'Mandy' to 'I Write The Songs' to 'Copacabana(At The Copa)' to 'Can't Smile Without You', it's here!

Customer Reviews:

They don't make 'em like Barry any more.......2004-02-06

In an age where most people placed more importance on the beat of a song than the song itself, Barry came along in the seventies to remind us what great songwriting is really all about. He wrote or co-wrote several of his classic songs but he was always willing to record quality songs written by others. Fortunately for Barry, there were still enough people around in the seventies and eighties who loved great songs, so he was able to become a major star despite being unfashionable in some quarters. Of course, he got - and continues to get - plenty of criticism from those with different musical tastes, but the appreciation of his fans provides him with more than adequate compensation.

This British compilation covering his most successful years contains many of Barry's classic songs though there are some strange omissions. Although Barry had many UK hits, only one of them actually made the top ten (I wanna do it with you) and it's not included here. Two other UK hit (Let's hang on, I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter) are also missing. Some of his other American hits are also missing but as this is a British compilation and they didn't make the UK charts that is understandable. Nevertheless, this is a fine compilation and a class act like Barry should not be judged on hits alone.

Among the many classic songs included here are I write the songs (ironically, not written by Barry), The old songs, Somewhere in the night, I made it through the rain, Daybreak, Bermuda triangle, Mandy, Copacabana at the copa, Can't smile without you and Could it be magic. Barry provides a brief comment (usually just one sentence) on each song here.

Despite the absence of some hits, this compilation provides a great introduction to Barry's music.

Corrections to the Previous Review.......2003-11-02

In trying to choose the "best" Manilow compilation, I've noticed that the review below regarding missing tracks is incorrect.

While it's true that "It's a Miracle", "Bandstand Boogie", "NYC Rhythm", "Jump Shout Boogie" and "Memory", among others, are missing here and available on other compilations, the other songs referred to below are definitely included. In addition, this is the only "mainstream" collection that includes "I Don't Want To Walk Without You", "When I Wanted You", and "Stay".

Just wanted to set the record straight. Now, if we could just drag "Oh Julie!" out of purgatory...

Classic Manilow.......2002-08-22

this is a Cool Overview of Barry Manilow's Career.many of His Best Songs&includes some Live stuff as well.this is a Better overall Buy than the Arista 3 different Hits Collections.this is Cool along with His Box Set.glad to See Him Making His Comeback&Just doing His thing.

The best collection I ever have.......2000-10-08

I've bought quite a number of Barry's CDs, including "The Manilow Collection - Classic Hits", "Even Now (Remastered)", "Trying to get the feeling (Remastered)", "One Voice (Remastered)", etc. "The Songs 1975-1990" is the best I ever have so far. It's an almost complete collection of Barry's classical hits and the quality of the recordings is unexpectedly good. It's best CD that I would recommend to Barry Manilow fans.

Best Barry Offering Yet.......1999-10-17

I have the "Complete Collection" box set and love it, but this collection puts all Barry's hits together. I can't stop playing it since I bought it. It's the greatest collection of Barry's hits released to date. Every Barry fan should have this in their collection.