Barbra Streisand - Walls (2018) [Japan Blu-spec CD2]

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Date: Aug. 24, 2020

Barbra Streisand - Walls (2018) [Japan Blu-spec CD2]
Pop/Rock, Vocal, Ballad | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 47:59 | 479,84 Mb
Label: Columbia/Sony Music Labels Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# SICP 31226 | Released: 2018-12-12 (2018-11-02)

"Walls" is the 36th studio album by American singer and songwriter Barbra Streisand, released on November 2, 2018 by Columbia Records. The lead single "Don't Lie to Me" was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the presidency of Donald Trump, while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a wall at the Mexico border. "Walls" debuted at #12 on the US Billboard 200, and opened at #6 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 15,604 copies and giving Streisand her 36th Top 75 album and 15th Top 10 entry in the United Kingdom. In Australia, "Walls" debuted at #7 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
~Wikipedia


Having established her own philanthropic foundation in 1986, Barbra Streisand has long been an outspoken proponent for the protection of the environment, world peace, civil rights, and women's rights. She brings these passions to bear on her sophisticated 2018 studio album Walls. While Walls is certainly borne out of Streisand's own deeply heartfelt feelings regarding the state of the world and the seemingly divisive nature of American politics circa 2018, it's also a lushly produced and ruminative album that allows the multi-Grammy-winning singer to strike a pleasingly sincere tone with a broad appeal. Executive-produced by Streisand and Jay Landers, along with production and songwriting pros including Carole Bayer Sager, Walter Afanasieff, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others, Walls features a mix of newly penned originals and thoughtfully curated covers that evokes the adult-contemporary pop she championed throughout the '70s and '80s. Explicitly, the orchestral title-track, delivered with Broadway-level drama by Streisand, is a plea for bridging our personal differences rather than walling ourselves off. It's a sweeping, movie-perfect song, and showcases how Streisand's highly resonant voice has only grown richer with age. Several other songs, including the classical guitar-accented "What's on My Mind" and the hypnotic, piano-driven "Don't Lie to Me," are earnest meditations on the need for kindness, empathy, and honesty in our society. Elsewhere, she and writer/producer Desmond Child weave lines from Emma Lazarus' 1883 Statue of Liberty sonnet "The New Colossus" into their sweeping ballad "Lady Liberty." Similarly, with the Sager, Landers, and Jonas Myrin co-write "Better Angels," Streisand draws directly upon President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural address singing "We are not enemies, there is no good in that." Streisand's cover choices also evoke a thoughtful timeliness as she pairs with Michael McDonald and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Vietnam-era classic "What the World Needs Now." Equally timely is her gorgeously melancholy reading of the standard "Happy Days Are Here Again." There's both a sadness and warmth to Streisand's performances on Walls that befits the album's subject matter and speaks to her own ability to communicate to, and often for, her audience.
~Review by Matt Collar







Release of this album: 2018, November, 2 [CD Columbia (USA), Cat.# CD 19075895482 / UPC: 190758954820]
Release of this CD: 2018, December, 12 [CD Columbia/Sony Music Labels Inc. (Japan), Cat.# SICP 31226 / EAN: 4547366385137]
℗&© 2018 Sony Music Entertainment.
Manufactured by Sony Music Labels Inc.
Made in Japan

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:

Debut Chart Date: 11/17/2018
No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 2
Peak Chart Position: #12

Footnotes:

• Debuted 11/17/18 at #4 on Billboard's Digital Album Sales Chart (The week's top-downloaded albums across all genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music).
• Debuted 11/17/18 at #2 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart (The week's top-selling albums across all genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music). It moved to #21 on the 11/24/18 chart; then to #51 on the 12/1/18 chart.

Credits:

Contractor – Gina Zimmitti, Kris Wilkinson, Shari Sutcliffe, Whitney Martin
Coordinator [Score Coordinator] – Mary Webster
Design – Jeri Heiden, SMOG Design, Inc.
Engineer – Adrian Bradford, Dmytro Gordon, Tyler Gordon
Liner Notes – Barbra Streisand
Liner Notes, Executive-Producer, A&R – Jay Landers
Management [Barbra Streisand Representation] – Martin Erlichman
Management [Music Preparation] – Mark Graham
Mastered By – Vlado Meller
Music Consultant [Song Consultant] – Evan Lamberg
Musical Assistance [Personal Assistant To Mr. Erlichman] – Tracy Quinn
Musical Assistance [Personal Assistant] – Renata Buser
Photography By – Russell James
Recorded By [Orchestra] – Shawn Murphy
Technician – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals, Executive-Producer, Art Direction – Barbra Streisand

Tracklist:

01. What's On My Mind (05:16)
(Jay Landers, Jonas Myrin, Carole Bayer Sager, Barbra Streisand)
02. Don't Lie To Me (03:58)
(Jay Landers, Jonas Myrin, John Shanks, Barbra Streisand)
03. Imagine / What A Wonderful World (05:20)
(John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Thiele, George David Weiss)
04. Walls (03:55)
(Walter Afanasieff, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
05. Lady Liberty (03:52)
(Desmond Child)
06. What The World Needs Now (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds) (04:37)
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
07. Better Angels (04:08)
(Jay Landers, Jonas Myrin, Carole Bayer Sager)
08. Love's Never Wrong (04:06)
(Steve Dorff, Jay Landers, Marty Panzer)
09. The Rain Will Fall (04:43)
(Jay Landers, Charlie Midnight, Jonas Myrin, Barbra Streisand)
10. Take Care of This House (from "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue") (04:10)
(Leonard Bernstein, Jay Landers, Alan Jay Lerner, David Pack)
11. Happy Days Are Here Again (03:54)
(Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)

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