| A Gift of Love | ||||
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| Released | December 4, 2015 | |||
| Length | 75:07 | |||
| Label | Warner, Rhino | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin, Chuck Plotkin, Paul A. Rothchild, Don Was, Marc Shaiman & Moogy Klingman | |||
| Bette Midler chronology | ||||
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A Gift of Love is a 2015 compilation album of ballads recorded by Bette Midler from 1976 to 2014. [2] It was released on December 4, 2015 and reached number 46 on the charts in Australia and number 25 in the UK.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Favorite Waste of Time (from 1983 album No Frills )" | Marshall Crenshaw | 2:46 |
| 2. | "In This Life (from 1995 album Bette of Roses )" | Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin | 4:12 |
| 3. | "The Gift of Love (from 1990 album Some People's Lives )" | Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Bed of Roses (from 1995 album Bette of Roses )" | Bonnie Hayes | 4:12 |
| 5. | "From a Distance (from 1990 album Some People's Lives )" | Julie Gold | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Wind Beneath My Wings (from 1988 album Beaches )" | Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar | 4:54 |
| 7. | "Come Rain or Come Shine (from 1991 album For the Boys )" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:15 |
| 8. | "The Rose (from 1979 album The Rose )" | Amanda McBroom | 3:24 |
| 9. | "As Dreams Go By (from 1995 album Bette of Roses )" | Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield | 5:10 |
| 10. | "It's Too Late (from 1995 album Bette of Roses )" | Bonnie Hayes, Bob Thiele Jr., Tonio K | 4:42 |
| 11. | "All I Need to Know (from 1983 album No Frills )" | Barry Mann, Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil | 4:08 |
| 12. | "Every Road Leads Back to You (from 1991 album For the Boys )" | Diane Warren | 3:49 |
| 13. | "Shining Star (from 2000 album Bette )" | Leo Graham Jr., Paul Richmond | 4:48 |
| 14. | "To Deserve You (from 1995 album Bette of Roses )" | Maria McKee | 5:15 |
| 15. | "Night and Day (from 1990 album Some People's Lives )" | Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman | 5:31 |
| 16. | "(Talk to Me of) Mendocino (from deluxe edition of 2014 album It's the Girls! )" | Kate McGarrigle | 3:00 |
| 17. | "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game (from deluxe edition of 2014 album It's the Girls! )" | Smokey Robinson | 3:36 |
| 18. | "Let Me Just Follow Behind (from 1976 album Songs for the New Depression )" | Moogy Klingman | 3:40 |
| Total length: | 75:07 | ||
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] | 46 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) [4] | 74 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] | 10 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [6] | 25 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) [7] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook is a studio album by American singer Bette Midler. Produced by Barry Manilow, it serves as a follow-up to their Grammy Award-nominated Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook (2003). Released in 2005, the Peggy Lee tribute was Midler's first album produced in the DualDisc format, although the DVD features were limited to a few short video clips; the initial release was affected by Extended Copy Protection technology.
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Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to the Academy Award-nominated 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. Midler performs most of the tracks on the album, released on the Atlantic Records label. The album also reunited her with producer Arif Mardin. It features one of Midler's best-known songs, the ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings", which was a number-one hit.
Jackpot! The Best Bette, released as The Best Bette in Europe, is a compilation album of recordings by American singer Bette Midler released on September 23, 2008. The album release was originally set to coincide with Midler's Las Vegas show, Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On which debuted on February 20, 2008 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, but was postponed to April, then August 26, and later to the actual September release.
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