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The Greatest Songs of the Eighties (2008)

Where the lyrics of The Greatest Songs of the Eighties take you, and where it was really made.

All twelve tracks on this 2008 Barry Manilow album are covers of songs from the 1980s.

Key places

Recorded at The Studio, Beverly Hills (2008)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — Discogs credits list The Studio in Beverly Hills as a recording location for this album. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Pepper Tree Studio, Las Vegas (2008)

Recording site Studio at the Palms — Discogs credits list Pepper Tree Studio in Las Vegas as a recording location for this album. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Shore, Malibu (2008)

Recording site Bob Dylan's garage studio (Malibu) — Discogs credits list The Shore in Malibu as a recording location for this album. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Album by Barry Manilow, released November 24, 2008 through Arista
• Follow-up to his 2007 album The Greatest Songs of the Seventies
• Features 12 songs from the 1980s
• Every track is a cover of a song first associated with another artist
• Packaging: jewel case with transparent tray and 8-page booklet (Discogs)

Background

• Manilow previewed the album on QVC before release
• The preview was an hour-long show, QVC Live from the Las Vegas Hilton, on November 20, 2008
• Two tracks are duets: Islands in the Stream with Reba McEntire, and Hard to Say I'm Sorry with Chicago

Recording

• Discogs credits list several studios: The Studio in Beverly Hills, Bill Schnee Studios, Pepper Tree Studio, The Shore in Malibu, SongLee Studio, and Sha Intermedia
• Pepper Tree Studio is credited in Las Vegas
• Mixing credits: Bill Schnee Studios, SongLee Studio, and The Studio in Beverly Hills
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab
• Concertmaster credit: Assa Drori

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

• Released November 24, 2008 through Arista
• Manilow previewed the album on QVC on November 20, 2008, in an hour-long show, QVC Live from the Las Vegas Hilton
• Record company credit on Discogs: Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Positioned as the follow-up to The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, released in 2007
• Track listing: 12 songs, each a cover of a song from the 1980s
• Covered artists include Journey, Rick Astley, Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, George Michael, Richard Marx, Christopher Cross, Chicago, Cyndi Lauper, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

Records

• Packaging: jewel case with transparent tray and 8-page booklet
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab
• Concertmaster credit: Assa Drori
• Duet with Reba McEntire on the opening track, Islands in the Stream
• Duet with Chicago on Hard to Say I'm Sorry
• No chart, sales, certification, or award data is given in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Islands in the Stream, the opening track, is performed as a duet with Reba McEntire.
• Hard to Say I'm Sorry is performed with Chicago.
• Every Time You Go Away was released in the UK but left off the final track list.
• Biggest Part of Me, Everybody Wants To Rule the World, and Every Breath You Take did not make the final cut; they appear on the rare Songs From the Vault CD.
• The album was mastered at The Mastering Lab.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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