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If I Should Love Again (1981)
Where the lyrics of If I Should Love Again take you, and where it was really made.
The title song was written while Manilow played piano facing the ocean in a rented beach house in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Where the album was recorded (1981)
Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded at United Western Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. This point uses the city-center location, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- If I Should Love Again: eighth studio album by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow
- Released in 1981 and certified gold
- Ten tracks, five on each side of the original release
- Produced by Manilow together with Michael DeLugg
- Issued on the Arista label and distributed by BMG
Background
- Manilow described it as “the most romantic album that I ever made”
- He wrote the title song while playing piano facing the ocean in a rented beach house in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Manilow co-wrote seven of the album's tracks and handled its arrangements
Recording
- Recorded at United Western Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California
- Manilow sang and played acoustic piano on the album
- Session players included Dean Parks, Will Lee, Bud Harner and Ed Greene
- Michael DeLugg engineered, with Gary Boatner and Ira Siegel as assistant engineers
- Concertmaster credited as Sidney Sharp
- Mastered by Ken Perry at Capitol Mastering in Hollywood, California
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Tracklist
| 1 | The Old Songs | 4:44 |
| 2 | Let’s Hang On | 3:10 |
| 3 | If I Should Love Again | 5:31 |
| 4 | Don’t Fall in Love With Me | 3:37 |
| 5 | Break Down the Door | 3:02 |
| 6 | Somewhere Down the Road | 4:00 |
| 7 | No Other Love | 4:37 |
| 8 | Fools Get Lucky | 4:12 |
| 9 | I Haven’t Changed the Room | 2:17 |
| 10 | Let’s Take All Night (to Say Goodbye) | 4:04 |
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
Reappraisal
- AllMusic's Bryan Buss later called the album “classic Barry Manilow; shamelessly well-crafted adult contemporary”
- Buss concluded that it may not be the biggest album of Manilow's career
- He credited the album with showing Manilow's greatest skill, making heartbreak sound hopeful
Records
- Certified gold
- A 2007 re-release of Nina's self-titled album, which featured the Barry Manilow hits, released the title track as its second single
- That single peaked at No. 2 on the Philippine charts
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Manilow wrote the title song while facing the ocean at a rented beach house in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Nina's 2007 single from the title track peaked at No. 2 on the Philippine charts.
- Four singles came out from the album between 1981 and the following year.
- Manilow co-wrote seven of the ten tracks, so the album is mostly his own writing.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org
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