Memories (Barbra Streisand album)

Memories is a compilation album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA,[2] reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200.[3] First released on Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the UK, where it was released as Love Songs, it reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for nine weeks (seven of them consecutively and it became the best-selling album of 1982 there, the first album by a female performer to achieve it).[4] The album was certified platinum in the UK (prior to multi-platinum awards being given), and 6× platinum in Australia. According to the liner notes of Streisand's retrospective box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in the Netherlands and in Switzerland.[5]

Memories
Compilation album by
Barbra Streisand
ReleasedNovember 10, 1981
GenrePop
Length40:21
LabelColumbia
Producer
Barbra Streisand chronology
Guilty
(1980)		 Memories
(1981)		 Yentl
(1983)
Singles from Memories
  1. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life"
    Released: November 1981
  2. "Memory"
    Released: February 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Two brand new recordings "Memory" and "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" were included and both released as singles. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" was the most successful of the new singles, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album also included a previously unreleased solo version of "Lost Inside of You" which had appeared on her 1976 soundtrack album A Star Is Born as a duet with Kris Kristofferson.

The album won Brit Award for British Album of the Year as Best Selling Album at the 1983 Brit Awards. It sold over 10 million copies worldwide.[6]

Track listing
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Memory" (the theme from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats)
Webber3:53
2."You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond, from Greatest Hits Volume 2, 1978)
Bob Gaudio3:24
3."My Heart Belongs to Me" (from Superman, 1977)Alan Gordon
3:22
4."New York State of Mind" (from Superman, 1977)Billy JoelKlein4:43
5."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Edit) (Duet with Donna Summer, edited from the 8:20 version from Wet and 11:43 version from On The Radio, 1979)
Klein4:43
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Comin' In and Out of Your Life"
  • Richard Parker
  • Bobby Whiteside
Webber4:09
7."Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born, 1976)
3:05
8."Lost Inside of You" (solo, differs from A Star Is Born duet)
Klein3:57
9."The Love Inside" (from Guilty, 1980)Barry Gibb
5:04
10."The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were, 1974)
Marty Paich3:30
Love Songs & CBS re-issue
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Memory" (the theme from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats)
Webber3:53
2."You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond, from Greatest Hits Volume 2, 1978)
Bob Gaudio3:24
3."My Heart Belongs to Me" (from Superman, 1977)Alan Gordon
3:22
4."Wet" (from Wet, 1979)
Klein4:43
5."New York State of Mind" (from Superman, 1977)Billy JoelKlein4:43
6."A Man I Loved" (from Songbird, 1978)
  • Niki Oosterveen
  • George Michalski
Klein4:09
7."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Edit) (Duet with Donna Summer, 1979)
Klein4:43
8."Comin' In and Out of Your Life"
  • Richard Parker
  • Bobby Whiteside
Webber4:09
9."Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born, 1976)
3:05
10."I Don't Break Easily" (from Songbird, 1978)RobertsKlein3:51
11."Kiss Me in the Rain" (from Wet, 1979)
Klein4:18
12."Lost Inside of You" (solo, differs from A Star Is Born duet)
Klein3:57
13."The Love Inside" (from Guilty, 1980)Barry Gibb
5:04
14."The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were, 1974)
Marty Paich3:30

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[21] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[22] 6× Platinum 420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[24] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[25] Platinum 71,207[25]
France (SNEP)[26] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[27] Gold 10,000*
Japan — 14,760[11]
Netherlands (NVPI)[28] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] Platinum 15,000^
Portugal (AFP)[30] Silver 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]
released as Love Songs 		Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[32] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^
Yugoslavia — 35,244[33]
Summaries
Worldwide — 10,000,000[6]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. RIAA
  3. All US charts Memories at AllMusic
  4. "1980s Albums Chart Archive". everyHit.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  5. Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991
  6. Wilson, David. "Barbra Streisand's Memories hasn't aged well, for all that it was a big seller". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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  11. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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  14. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  21. "Disos de Oro y Platino". CAPIF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
  22. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  23. "Austrian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in German). IFPI Austria.
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  26. "French album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  27. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1984". IFPI Hong Kong.
  28. "Dutch album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Memories in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1984 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  29. "New Zealand album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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