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The Greatest Songs of the Seventies

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Released
  
September 18, 2007

Artist
  
Barry Manilow

Label
  
Arista Records

Recorded
  
2007

Release date
  
18 September 2007

Genres
  
Pop music, Easy listening

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The Greatest Songs of the Seventies (2007)
  
In the Swing of Christmas (2007)

Producers
  
Barry Manilow, Clive Davis, Walter Afanasieff, Scott Erickson

Similar
  
Barry Manilow albums, Pop music albums

The Greatest Songs of the Seventies is Barry Manilow's follow up to his previous album, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties. The album was released on September 18, 2007. Album producer Clive Davis said about Manilow: "No one can reinvent the great classics better than Barry Manilow. He breathes new life and vitality into these truly wonderful songs and they sound fresh and timeless. We continue on the mission to bring to a new generation the great songs of a different era." Davis has worked with Manilow since the 1970s and have been good friends. The album was released under Arista Records. It also features some of Manilow's hits in acoustic.

Contents

The Greatest Songs of the Seventies debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 113,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

  1. "The Way We Were" (Barbra Streisand cover, 1974)
  2. "My Eyes Adored You" (The Four Seasons cover, 1975)
  3. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel cover, 1970)
  4. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" (Bee Gees cover, 1971)
  5. "It Never Rains in Southern California" (Albert Hammond cover, 1972)
  6. "You've Got a Friend" (Duet with Melissa Manchester) (James Taylor cover, 1971)
  7. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Hollies cover, 1970)
  8. "Sailing" (Christopher Cross cover, 1979)
  9. "The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles cover, 1970)
  10. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (The Carpenters cover, 1970)
  11. "If" (Bread cover, 1971)
  12. "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (Elton John cover, 1976)
  13. "Mandy" (Acoustic), 1974
  14. "Weekend in New England" (Acoustic), 1977
  15. "Copacabana (At The Copa)" (Acoustic), 1978
  16. "Even Now" (Acoustic), 1978
  17. "Looks Like We Made It" (Acoustic), 1977
  18. "I Write the Songs" (Acoustic), 1975

Tracks 13-18 originally recorded by Barry Manilow in their respective years.

Songs

1The Way We Were2:54
2My Eyes Adored You3:34
3Bridge Over Troubled Water4:55

References

The Greatest Songs of the Seventies Wikipedia
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