Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties
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Artist: Barry ManilowEdition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-11-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
- Islands in the Stream (duet w/ Reba McEntire)
- Open Arms
- Never Gonna Give You Up
- Have I told You Lately
- I Just Called to Say I Love You
- Against All Odds
- Careless Whisper
- Right Here Waiting
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
- Time After Time
- I've Had The Time of My Life
Music reviews of The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties
Music Review: Great job (again), Barry!
Rating: 5 Stars
Well, I wondered what Barry would do with the '80s. I couldn't even remember anything from the '80s that I liked, but darn if B didn't find some real good uns! He has a way of singing these songs that make me really hear the words as I never did before. B's enunciation is very clear, unlike many artists over the years. There is a really nice selection here. Some of these songs, I didn't even really appreciate until after I heard B do them. He puts so much feeling into his music.
There are 12 great songs in all, for a total of about 45 minutes, and B shines once again.
1) Islands in the Stream--(4:07) a bouncy duet with Reba McEntire, a country song that has Reba doing the track overlay thing that Barry does from time to time.
2) Open Arms--(3:41) my favorite on the album, just because it is. It sounds so beautiful and has so much feeling in it. Listening to the song with all the feeling B puts into it, the Pisces in me can visualize the scenes from the words (like a movie)- the guy coming towards his lady with his arms open, singing this song. *sigh* (a hopeless romantic)
3) Never Gonna Give You Up--(2:55) my 2nd favorite on the album, this song was made famous by Rick Astley, the kid with the big voice (from Britain, I believe.) I have always loved this up-tempo song and the very lively Astley album it came from. I would have never guessed this one for B but he does a great job with it and I am so glad he selected it.
4) Have I Told You Lately (that I love you)--(4:03) another song I love. (I really love them all.) Of course, B does a great job with this one too--slow and pretty. I actually have it on one of his other albums as a bonus track.
5) I Just Called to Say I Love You--(4:07) light guitar, sounds like an easy-listening bossa-nova--pretty.
6) Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)--(3:13) OMG! So much feeling in this one--another one I can visualize. B sings certain songs with so much feeling that I can feel them in my heart. I just love this one-slow and pretty.
7) Careless Whisper--(4:00)Which one was this, you ask? "I'm never gonna dance again. Guilty feet, I've got no rhythm. . .I'm never gonna dance again, the way I danced with you. . ." Sound familiar? Slow and pretty. Yes, another one I can visualize.
8) Right Here Waiting--(3:39) slow and pretty
9) Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)--(3:48) Now who did not see this Arthur movie? I think pretty much everybody knows this song unless they were away on another planet for about 25 years. (As a matter of fact, I think I need to add that movie to my dvd collection.) B does a great job with the song-kind of up-tempo but slow. The sax player is great too--plays his little heart out.
10) Hard To Say I'm Sorry--(4:05) slow and pretty--a lot of feeling.
11) Time After Time--(4:08) also slow and pretty. When I saw the title, I was thinking of the old song but this ain't it. This one is: "If you're lost and you look, you will find me, time after time. . ."
12) I've Had the Time of My Life--(3:55) Now who did not watch Dirty Dancing at least 20 times? Come on--step right up! This is the final song in the movie where everybody at the resort starts dancing. B does this one as a slow ballad and it is very nice.
This album completes B's wonderful series of albums of the '40s through the '80s (Singin' With the Big Bands; Songs of the '50s; Songs of the '60s; Greatest Songs of the '70s; The Greatest Songs of the Eighties)-or DOES IT???
Go ahead, Barry--Now do the '90s. I DARE YA! I bet ya a sawbuck that ya can't do it! (he he)
Yes, I LOVE this album!
Description of The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties
The Greatest Songs of The Eighties is the next release in a best-selling series of tribute albums of popular music which includes The Greatest Songs of The Fifties, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties and The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies whose cumulative sales, along with Ultimate Manilow have surpassed 5 million units worldwide. The Greatest Songs of The Eighties continues the productive and successful reunion between Manilow and Clive Davis, Arista founder and Chief Creative Officer, Sony BMG. Davis has been Manilow's hitmaking collaborator on virtually all his recordings, since they first worked together on "Mandy". His debut #1 single, as the first artist signed to Arista by Davis in 1974. The two produced The Greatest Songs of The Fifties, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties and The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies together, and that magic has carried over to the new album as well.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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