Greatest Hits Vol. II (Barry Manilow album)

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Greatest Hits Vol. II
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 1983
Genre Pop
Easy listening
Length44:05
Label Arista
Producer Barry Manilow & Ron Dante, Jim Steinman [1]
Barry Manilow chronology
Here Comes the Night
(1982)
Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1983)
2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
(1984)

Greatest Hits Vol. II is the thirteenth album released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow in 1983. [2] In Britain, Manilow's first Greatest Hits album had been issued as Manilow Magic , thus this second volume was issued there as A Touch More Magic.

Contents

The album was mostly compilation, with the exception of three new tracks: "You're Looking Hot Tonight", "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" and "Read 'Em and Weep" #1 A/C (for 6 weeks) and #18 in the United States, his last Top 40 on the Hot 100 to date, and also a cover of the Meat Loaf hit of the same name, albeit with an altered second verse and instrumental arrangement). The album reached platinum sales in 1993. [3]

In 1989, Arista deleted this album, and its 1978 predecessor. However, Arista repackaged these two prior compilations into a series of three budget-oriented hits collections, released simultaneously: Greatest Hits, Volume I, with its tracklisting similar to Record One of the 1978 double album (with "Some Kind Of Friend" replacing "Ready To Take A Chance Again"; Greatest Hits, Volume II, which corresponds to Record Two of the 1978 double album, with a previously unreleased song, "You're My Only Girl (Jenny)", added, and Greatest Hits, Volume III, which features eight songs from this album. "You're Lookin' Hot Tonight" and "Put A Quarter In The Jukebox" are omitted but adds "Ready To Take A Chance Again" and the previously unreleased "Dirt Cheap".

Track listing

Source: [4]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ships" Ian Hunter 3:46
2."Some Kind of Friend"Barry Manilow; Adrienne Anderson4:04
3."I Made It Through the Rain" Gerard Kenny; Drey Shepperd; Barry Manilow; Bruce Sussman; Jack Feldman 4:08
4."Read 'Em and Weep" Jim Steinman 5:28
5."Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" (with Ronnie Milsap)Barry Manilow3:27
6."Somewhere Down the Road" Cynthia Weil; Tom Snow 3:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."One Voice"Barry Manilow3:01
8."The Old Songs" David Pomeranz; Buddy Kaye 4:14
9."Let's Hang On" Bob Crewe; Sandy Linzer; Denny Randell 3:08
10."Memory" Andrew Lloyd Webber; Trevor Nunn; T. S. Eliot 4:54
11."You're Lookin' Hot Tonight"Barry Manilow3:57
Total length:44:05

Charts

Chart (1983)Position
United States (Billboard 200)30
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  3. 1 2 "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – Greatest Hits Volume II". Recording Industry Association of America.
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