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15 Minutes (2011)

Where the lyrics of 15 Minutes take you, and where it was really made.

Barry Manilow released 15 Minutes on his own Stiletto Entertainment label, his first independent release after leaving Arista.

Key places

Recorded at The Complex, Los Angeles (2011)

Recording site The Complex — The Complex in Los Angeles is credited as a recording location for this album. The listing gives this studio at building level, so the point marks that building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Studio, Beverly Hills (2011)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — The Studio in Beverly Hills is credited as a recording location for this album. The point sits at the city centre, so it shows only the general area. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Pepper Tree Studios, Palm Springs (2011)

Recording site Madison Club — Pepper Tree Studios in Palm Springs is credited as a recording location for this album. The point sits at the city centre, so it shows only the general area. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 15 Minutes is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
• Released June 14, 2011, by Stiletto Entertainment
• Distributed by Fontana/Universal Music
• The first independent release of Manilow's career
• Most songs were co-written with longtime lyricist Enoch Anderson
• The song "Wine Song" was co-written with another longtime lyricist, Adrienne Anderson

Background

• Released through Manilow's Stiletto Entertainment label
• Came after his second departure from Arista
• The decision to go independent followed from that departure
• Manilow still believed he could be relevant as a songwriter
• His long-time friend and mentor Clive Davis had doubted that an album of new Manilow songs would sell, given the string of cover albums he released in the 1990s and 2000s

Recording

• Garry C. Kief is credited as executive producer
• Barry Manilow and Michael Lloyd are credited as producers
• Michael Lloyd also handled overdub engineering and mixing
• Recording locations credited: The Complex in Los Angeles, The Studio in Beverly Hills, and Pepper Tree Studios in Palm Springs
• Dave Collins mastered the album at Dave Collins Mastering in Hollywood, California
• Laurence Juber and Tim Pierce played guitars
• Matt Bissonette played bass and Gregg Bissonette played drums

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York City.
• Began as a commercial jingle writer and singer in the 1960s, writing and singing TV jingles for brands such as Band-Aid and State Farm.
• Signed by Columbia/CBS Music vice-president Tony Orlando, and recorded as Featherbed on Bell Records.
• Bette Midler chose him as her pianist and producer in the early 1970s.
• Breakthrough hit "Mandy" (1974), the start of a long string of hit singles and albums.
• Hits include "Could It Be Magic", "I Write the Songs", "Copacabana (At the Copa)", and "Can't Smile Without You".
• Has released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary chart, including 13 number ones.
• Has sold more than 85 million records as a solo artist worldwide.
• Nominated for a Grammy Award 15 times from 1973 to 2015, winning once.
• Performed a long Las Vegas residency at the Las Vegas Hilton and the Paris Hotel.

Members

• Solo artist; Featherbed was a studio group name used in the early 1970s.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that Manilow rides a tightly wound drum loop on "Work the Room" and also raps, a development nearly as disconcerting as the cuss he slips into its chorus
• Erlewine said the album offers something "unexpected"
• Erlewine wrote that Manilow is trying hard to deliver serious, sharply crafted pop
• Erlewine said that even if the album doesn't entirely work, it is hard not to give Manilow considerable credit for his ambition

Records

• Billboard 200 debut at its peak position of number 7
• The album was his first studio album of mostly original songs to crack the Top 10 since 1979's One Voice
• UK Albums Chart debut at its peak of number 20
• Canadian Albums Chart peak of number 36
• Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2012

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• In 2011 interviews, Manilow said Clive Davis had told him that an album of new Manilow songs could not sell, given the cover albums of the 1990s and 2000s
• Only one song, "Wine Song", was co-written with Adrienne Anderson; the rest were co-written with Enoch Anderson
• Dave Collins mastered the album at his own studio in Hollywood, California
• The album was Manilow's first studio album of mostly original songs to reach the Top 10 since 1979's One Voice
• Distribution came through Fontana/Universal Music, while the release itself came from Stiletto Entertainment

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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