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Released
  
July 1969 (1969-07)

Length
  
34:22

Release date
  
July 1969

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1968–1969

Artist
  
Barbra Streisand

Producer
  
Wally Gold

Genre
  
Pop music

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What About Today? (1969)
  
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)

Similar
  
Barbra Streisand albums, Pop music albums

Barbra streisand what about today


What About Today? is an album released in July 1969 by Barbra Streisand. It is considered to be her first attempt at recording contemporary pop songs and was received poorly, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It is one of only three studio albums by Streisand (the others being 1973's Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments and 2011's What Matters Most) not to have received an RIAA sales certification in the United States. The album features songs originally recorded by The Beatles and Paul Simon among others. The cover photograph was an outtake from a 1968 Vogue shoot with Richard Avedon.

Contents

Side one

  1. "What About Today?" (David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.) – 2:57
  2. "Ask Yourself Why" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:03
  3. "Honey Pie" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:39
  4. "Punky's Dilemma" (Paul Simon) – 3:29
  5. "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:55
  6. "That's A Fine Kind O' Freedom" (Harold Arlen, Martin Charnin) - 3:02

Side two

  1. "Little Tin Soldier" (Jimmy Webb) –3:53
  2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:40
  3. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:20
  4. "The Morning After" (Maltby, Shire) – 2:40
  5. "Goodnight" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:44

Unreleased tracks

Three songs were recorded for the album, but not included:

  • "One Day" - Barbra recorded three versions of "One Day" in the studio. Peter Matz and Michel Legrand each tried to arrange it. The last version in May 1969 was arranged by David Shire. The song never made it onto a Streisand album. However, it was used in 1990's Earth Day Special.
  • "Lost in Wonderland" - released in 2012 on the album Release Me
  • "Tomorrow I Will Bring You a Rose" - still unreleased

    • Singles

  • "The Morning After" / "Where Is the Wonder?" 1968
  • "Frank Mills" / "Punky's Dilemma" 1969
  • "Little Tin Soldier" / "Honey Pie" 1969

    • Personnel

  • Barbra Streisand – singer, liner notes
  • Wally Gold – producer
  • Michel Legrand – arranger, conductor
  • Peter Matz – arranger, conductor
  • Don Costa – arranger, conductor
  • Don Meehan – recording engineer
  • Richard Avedon – photographer

    • Songs

    1What About Today?2:58
    2Ask Yourself Why3:03
    3Honey Pie2:39

    References

    What About Today? Wikipedia
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