Product Description

Tracklisting subject to change

Track Listing

1. The Way We Were
2. My Eyes Adored You
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
5. It Never Rains in Southern California
6. You've Got a Friend (Duet With Melissa Manchester)
7. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
8. Sailing
9. The Long and Winding Road
10. (They Long To Be) Close to You
11. If
12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
13. Mandy (Acoustic)
14. Weekend in New England (Acoustic)
15. Copacabana (At the Copa) (Acoustic)
16. Even Now (Acoustic)
17. Looks Like We Made It (Acoustic)
18. I Write The Songs (Acoustic)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6996 in Music
• Brand: Arista
• Released on: 2007-09-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

By Jove... Inspiration IS DEAD???...
It seems that musical inspiration is dead, if it's let in the hands of the Big Nose guys.
Yeap, as it happened with Rod Stewart's "Still The Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time", Barry Manilow attempts to REFURBISH (in a bad manner), classic tunes of the 70s that are authentic musical treasures by themselves, in their original versions. Therefore, nothing new is to be given to these wonderful tunes!
Don't waste your money on this CD. Go instead to the song list, and if by any chance it happens you don't have the original version of the song:
- THE WAY WE WERE (Gladys Knight & The Pips, and even Barbra Streisand have much better performances of this song)
- MY EYES ADORED YOU (Frankie Valli - the same from The Four Seasons)
- BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (Simon & Garfunkel)
- HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART (Bee Gees)
- IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Albert Hammond)
- YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND (both by Carole King and James Taylor, in separate solo versions)
- HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER (The Hollies)
- SAILING (Christopher Cross)
- THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD (The Beatles)
- (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU (Carpenters)
- IF (Bread)
- SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD (Elton John)

Get any good "The Best Of..." or "Greatest Hits" compilations of these authentic Music megastars, and enjoy the original version!

Karaoke from Clive
The main reason to own this latest collection from the Clive Davis assembly line is the tastefully stripped down and, at moments, breathtaking renditions of Barry's own hit songs from the nakesake decade. It is on these tracks (most notably Copacabana and Even Now) that there is a trace of emotional connection between the singer and the song, and something new to be found in revisiting familiar territory.

While it's impossible to dispute the commercial success of the formulaic collections that have become the Davis stock-in-trade, it is none-the-less unfortunate that a talent such as Barry, who has demonstrated an aptitude in the distant past for much more interesting interpretations of classic songs, is now satisfied with turning out such utterly bland and pointless material.

Just a repeat
If you love Barry Manilow, you probably already have all you need. Don't bother.