Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)

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Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures (album artwork).png
Studio album by
Barbra Streisand
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2005
RecordedApril–June, 2005
Studio Hit Factory Criteria (Miami), Sony (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length47:43
Label Columbia
Producer Barry Gibb • John Merchant
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Movie Album
(2003)		Guilty Pleasures
(2005)		 Live in Concert 2006
(2007)
Singles from Guilty Pleasures
  1. "Stranger in a Strange Land"
    Released: August 16, 2005
  2. "Night of My Life"
    Released: September 27, 2005
  3. "Come Tomorrow"
    Released: December 19, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The New York Times Positive [2]

Guilty Pleasures is the thirty-first studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released in September 2005 in conjunction with Barry Gibb, who co-wrote all of the tracks. In Ireland and the UK, the album is titled Guilty Too. It is the follow-up to Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty , which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features a cover of Gibb's late brother Andy's song "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away".

Contents

In the United States the album peaked at no. 5 and has been certified Gold (500,000 copies sold), continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist, [3] and in second place in general behind Elvis Presley. The album was also top 3 in the UK, where it has been certified Platinum (over 300,000 copies sold). Both albums can also be considered partial-collaboration albums, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb, but Gibb could also be heard as a background vocalist in a few other songs solely by the artist herself, along with the fact that both singers were on the cover for both albums issued.

DualDisc edition

A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in PCM Stereo, behind the scenes footage of the making of the album, interviews with Streisand and Gibb and 4 video performances, including an alternate piano version of "Letting Go".

Track listing

All songs published by Crompton Songs (BMI) and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., except where noted.

  1. "Come Tomorrow" with Barry Gibb (Ashley Gibb, Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 5:01
  2. "Stranger in a Strange Land" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 4:50
  3. "Hideaway" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:14
  4. "It's Up to You" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:32
  5. "Night of My Life" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:01
  6. "Above the Law" with Barry Gibb (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb, Streisand; Crompton Songs/Warner-Tamlerlane Publishing Corp./Emanuel Music-Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./WB Music) – 4:27
  7. "Without Your Love" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:48
  8. "All the Children" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 5:14
  9. "Golden Dawn" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:40
  10. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" (B. Gibb, Blue Weaver) – 4:01
  11. "Letting Go" (George Bitzer, B. Gibb) – 3:53

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Gold50,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [25] Platinum15,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [26] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [28] Gold509,000 [29]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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