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Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)

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Length
  
46:12

Release date
  
9 October 1984

Genre
  
Pop music

Artist
  
Barbra Streisand

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Released
  
October 9, 1984 (1984-10-09)

Recorded
  
Los Angeles, California and New York City in 1984

Emotion (1984)
  
The Broadway Album (1985)

Producers
  
Richard Perry, Maurice White, Jim Steinman, Albhy Galuten, Kim Carnes

Similar
  
Barbra Streisand albums, Pop music albums

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Emotion is the twenty-third studio album released by Barbra Streisand. It was released on October 9, 1984, and went platinum in the United States on December 18 the same year.

Contents

This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and writers. The title track, the third single released from the album, is an upbeat number with The Pointer Sisters on background vocals. This song was also released as a 12" single, remixed by Jellybean Benitez, popular for his work with Madonna. "Make No Mistake, He's Mine", the second single released from the album, is a duet with Kim Carnes with lush cello and piano sounds. Produced by Jim Steinman, "Left in the Dark", the first single released from the album, clocks in at over seven minutes and features Roy Bittan on piano and Max Weinberg on drums. Another ballad is "Heart Don't Change My Mind," written by Diane Warren. "You're a Step in the Right Direction", with lyrics by Streisand and music by John Mellencamp, is a fast, rocking tune. The album concludes with "Here We Are at Last", originally written to be the ending theme for the 1978 American romantic comedy film The Main Event. An instrumental version of this song would later be used on the soundtrack to the 1987 drama Nuts.

The album was promoted by a music video of the title track "Emotion", starring Streisand, The Who's Roger Daltrey and Mikhail Baryshnikov. "Left in the Dark" also received a music video, reuniting Streisand with Kris Kristofferson, her costar from A Star Is Born.

The album peaked at number 19 on the US chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in Holland.

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Unreleased songs

  • "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'"
  • "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" (this song was later re-recorded and included on The Movie Album).
  • Personnel

  • Barbra Streisand, Kim Carnes – vocals
  • George Doering, Paul Jackson, Jr., Steve Lukather, Don Felder – guitar
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Larry Fast – synthesizer
  • Nathan East, Abraham Laboriel – bass
  • Max Weinberg, Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa, Joe Porcaro – percussion
  • Pointer Sisters: Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer, Maurice White – background vocals
  • Charles Koppelman - executive producer
  • Songs

    1Emotion4:59
    2Make No Mistake - He's Mine4:11
    3Time Machine4:56

    References

    Emotion (Barbra Streisand album) Wikipedia