Walls (Barbra Streisand album)

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Walls
Streisand-Walls cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 2018 (2018-11-02)
RecordedNovember 2017–September 2018
Studio
  • Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage (Culver City California)
  • Blue Studio (Malibu, California)
  • Capitol (Hollywood, California)
  • Grandma's House (Malibu, California)
  • Henson Recording (Los Angeles, California)
  • Multiview Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Sound Design (Santo Barbara, California)
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • The Gentlemen's Club Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • WallyWorld Studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Vocal pop
Length47:09
Label Columbia
Producer
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic!
(2017)
Walls
(2018)
Release Me 2
(2021)
Singles from Walls
  1. "Don't Lie to Me"
    Released: September 28, 2018
  2. "Imagine/What a Wonderful World"
    Released: October 12, 2018
  3. "Lady Liberty"
    Released: October 26, 2018

Walls is the thirty-sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Barbra Streisand, released on November 2, 2018, by Columbia Records. [1] The lead single "Don't Lie to Me" was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the presidency of Donald Trump, [2] [3] while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a wall at the Mexico border. Receiving critical acclaim, the album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Walls received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Walls has an average score of 84 based on 5 reviews. [4]

Walls was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Year-end lists

PublicationAccoladeRef.
Rolling Stone The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2018
[9]

Commercial performance

Walls debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 but then dropped off the charts after a second week. [10] Walls opened at number six on the UK Albums Chart, selling 15,604 copies and giving Streisand her 36th top-75 album and 15th top-10 entry in the United Kingdom. [11] In Australia Walls debuted at number seven on the ARIA Albums Chart. [12]

Track listing

Adapted from Playbill . [13]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."What's on My Mind"5:16
2."Don't Lie to Me"
  • Shanks
  • Myrin
3:57
3."Imagine/What a Wonderful World"
  • Afanasieff
  • Streisand
5:20
4."Walls"
  • Afanasieff
  • Streisand
3:54
5."Lady Liberty" Desmond Child
  • Child
  • Streisand
3:52
6."What the World Needs Now"
  • Afanasieff
  • Streisand
4:36
7."Better Angels"
  • Bayer Sager
  • Myrin
  • Landers
4:08
8."Love's Never Wrong"
  • Afanasieff
  • Streisand
4:06
9."The Rain Will Fall"
  • Shanks
  • Myrin
4:42
10."Take Care of This House" (from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue )Streisand4:10
11."Happy Days Are Here Again"Streisand3:53
Total length:47:09

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [14]

Charts

Walls became Streisand's first studio album not to reach the top ten since Emotion in 1984. As of January 2023, the album is Streisand's fifth studio album not to be certified Gold or Platinum by RIAA.

Chart performance for Walls
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 37
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [19] 33
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [20] 59
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 15
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 145
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 34
Irish Albums (IRMA) [24] 34
Italian Albums (FIMI) [25] 58
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [26] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [28] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 19
UK Albums (OCC) [30] 6
US Billboard 200 [10] 12

Certifications

Certifications for Walls
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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