Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow are two of the biggest musical acts of the ’70s and ’80s. Since then, they have been (and perhaps continue to be) the defining artists of their genre that still deliver impressively creative output to this day.
Barely a year after the 2014 concert album “Back to Brooklyn,” Streisand’s latest, “Partners,” has her singing with everyone from the brightest to the legendary. The Brooklyn native revisits her own catalogue of hits (from her 1963 debut) as well as some choice covers for her 34th studio album. Stevie Wonder (“People”), Michael Bublé (“It Had To Be You”), Lionel Richie (“The Way We Were”), and Andrea Bocelli (“I Can Still See Your Face”) are just some of the names here to make you go ‘wow’ and more!
Younger listeners have Blake Shelton, who infuses country flavor to “I’d Want It To Be You”; John Legend evoking Streisand’s magic on “What Kind Of Fool”; and John Mayer, dishing off some B.B. King-esque guitar leads on the bluesy “Come Rain Or Shine.” The album also includes her exquisite duet with fellow N.Y. native Billy Joel on his 1977 song “New York State of Mind”; and a “duet” with Elvis Presley on “Love Me Tender.”
Manilow has a slightly different take on the ‘partner’ retrospective. Pulling off the seemingly impossible with “My Dream Duets,” he shares songs with legendary vocalists of our time: John Denver on “Sunshine On My Shoulder”; Andy Williams on “Moon River”; and young Frankie Lymon doo-wopping on “Goody Goody.”
The album goes from the emotional, with the late Whitney Houston on “I Believe In You And Me,” to charming with Sammy Davis, Jr. on “The Candyman” and Louis Armstrong on “What A Wonderful World.” Who knew resurrecting these singing greats would sound fresh and fun?
Audio Junkie: Perfect partners, dreamy duets
Source: Mb.com.ph (January 31, 2015 at 02:58PM)
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