| Yentl | ||||
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| Released | November 8, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Musical | |||
| Length | 45:30 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Barbra Streisand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin, Phil Ramone | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 40th Anniversary edition cover | ||||
| Singles from Yentl | ||||
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Yentl is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on November 8,1983,by Columbia Records. [1] The album was produced by Streisand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman,and arranged and conducted by Michel Legrand. The music is by Legrand and the lyrics by the Bergmans. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 LP chart was gold and platinum status on January 9,1984,by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 and 1 million copies,respectively. [1]
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"The Way He Makes Me Feel" was released as the album's lead single reaching number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spending two weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart. [2] "Papa,Can You Hear Me?" was released as a follow-up and became another Top 30 Adult Contemporary Hit. "No Matter What Happens" was released as the second single in the UK.
In 1991,Streisand released three demos from the album sessions on her retrospective box set: Just for the Record including the previously unreleased song "The Moon And I."
According to the liner notes of Just for the Record,the album also received a record certification in France,the Netherlands and Israel. [3] Streisand told Digital Audio &Compact Disc Review magazine,that the album sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. [4]
