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Released | September 18, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
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Genre | Easy Listening/Pop | |||
Length | 1:08:24 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
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The Greatest Songs of the Seventies is Barry Manilow's follow up to his previous album, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties . The album was released on September 18, 2007. The album was released under Arista Records and it features some of Manilow's hits in acoustic.
The Greatest Songs of the Seventies debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 113,000 copies in its first week. [3]
Album producer Clive Davis said about Manilow, "No one can reinvent the great classics better than Barry Manilow. He breathes new life and vitality into these truly wonderful songs and they sound fresh and timeless. We continue on the mission to bring to a new generation the great songs of a different era." [4] Davis has worked with Manilow since the 1970s and had been good friends.
UK Release Bonus Track
Tracks 13-18 had all originally been recorded by Barry Manilow himself in their respective years.
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [5] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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