The Ultimate Collection (2010 Barbra Streisand album)

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The Ultimate Collection
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ReleasedMarch 29, 2010
Recorded1964–2009
Genre Vocal
Label Legacy, Columbia
Barbra Streisand chronology
Love Is the Answer
(2009)
The Ultimate Collection
(2010)
What Matters Most
(2011)
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The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released in 2010 by American singer Barbra Streisand.

Contents

The album peaked at #8 in the United Kingdom, [4] with sales of 24,736. [5]

The Ultimate Collection was the 51st best-selling album of 2011 in the UK, with sales of 231,000. [6] The BPI certified the album Platinum on December 20, 2013.

In Canada the album peaked at number 24 and had sold 23,357 copies as of March 2013. It was certified Gold in Hungary. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Woman in Love" (from Guilty, 1980)3:52
2."Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born (soundtrack), 1976)
3:06
3."The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were, 1974) Marty Paich 3:31
4."You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond, from Greatest Hits Volume 2, 1978)
Mike Berniker 3:23
5."Guilty" (Duet with Barry Gibb, from Guilty, 1980)
  • Barry Gibb
  • Galuten
  • Richardson
4:24
6."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet with Donna Summer, from Wet, 1979) Gary Klein 4:44
7."Don't Rain on My Parade" (from Funny Girl (soundtrack), 1968) Jack Gold 2:45
8."Memory" (from Memories, 1981)Webber3:53
9."Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (from Yentl (soundtrack), 1983)
  • Streisand
  • Alan Bergman
  • Marilyn Bergman
3:31
10."As If We Never Said Goodbye" (from Back to Broadway, 1993) Andrew Lloyd Webber Streisand4:43
11."Tell Him" (Duet with Celine Dion, from Higher Ground, 1997)
  • Foster
  • Afanasieff
4:51
12."Stranger in a Strange Land" (from Guilty Pleasures, 2005)
  • Barry Gibb
  • John Merchant
4:50
13."I've Dreamed of You" (from A Love Like Ours, 1999)Streisand4:52
14."Send in the Clowns" (from The Broadway Album, 1985)SondheimStreisand4:42
15."People" (from People, 1964)Streisand3:41
16."Smile" (from The Movie Album, 2003) Tommy LiPuma 4:16
17."In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (from Love Is the Answer, 2009) Diana Krall 4:02
18."Somewhere" (from The Broadway Album, 1985)Foster4:46

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ) [18] Gold3,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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