Track Listing

1. I Write The Songs
2. One Voice
3. Old Songs
4. Don't Want To Walk Without You
5. Some Good Things Never Last
6. Somewhere Down The Road
7. When I Wanted You
8. Stay
9. Even Now
10. Read 'Em And Weep
11. Somewhere In The Night
12. I Made It Through The Rain
13. Daybreak
14. Please Don't Be Scared
15. Looks Like We Made It
16. Mandy
17. If I Should Love Again
18. All The Time
19. Copacabana
20. Keep Each Other Warm
21. Weekend In New England
22. Lonely Together
23. Can't Smile Without You
24. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again
25. Could It Be Magic
26. Brooklyn Blues
27. Who Needs To Dream
28. Ready To Take A Chance Again
29. If I Can Dream

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4597 in Music
• Released on: 1993-12-31
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

This One's For You!
Truly the best of the albums, when Barry was at the peak of his career. As he says "I write the songs that make the young girls cry". He can certainly make this old girl cry with renditions of "If I Should Love Again" and "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again". The favourites, Copacabana, Mandy etc are all there.

If there's one album you should have in your collection it should be this one!

They don't make 'em like Barry any more
In an age where most people placed more importance on the beat of a song than the song itself, Barry came along in the seventies to remind us what great songwriting is really all about. He wrote or co-wrote several of his classic songs but he was always willing to record quality songs written by others. Fortunately for Barry, there were still enough people around in the seventies and eighties who loved great songs, so he was able to become a major star despite being unfashionable in some quarters. Of course, he got – and continues to get – plenty of criticism from those with different musical tastes, but the appreciation of his fans provides him with more than adequate compensation.

This British compilation covering his most successful years contains many of Barry's classic songs though there are some strange omissions. Although Barry had many UK hits, only one of them actually made the top ten (I wanna do it with you) and it's not included here. Two other UK hit (Let's hang on, I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter) are also missing. Some of his other American hits are also missing but as this is a British compilation and they didn't make the UK charts that is understandable. Nevertheless, this is a fine compilation and a class act like Barry should not be judged on hits alone.

Among the many classic songs included here are I write the songs (ironically, not written by Barry), The old songs, Somewhere in the night, I made it through the rain, Daybreak, Bermuda triangle, Mandy, Copacabana at the copa, Can't smile without you and Could it be magic. Barry provides a brief comment (usually just one sentence) on each song here.

Despite the absence of some hits, this compilation provides a great introduction to Barry's music.

Fantastic songs, sung with style and conviction
Being under 30, I wrongly presumed that Barry Manilow's music was old hat elevator music, but I openly admit how very wrong I was. This is an excellent album with a fantastic collection of well written tunes. I challenge anyone to listen to the whole album and then not be caught singing away to some of the tracks. It is, admittedly, not the kind of album that you would play on a Friday night, but it certainly is the one to listen to on a sunny Sunday afternoon.