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Barbra Streisand - Emotion
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Barbra Streisand - Emotion
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Released in 1984, this album came at a point where Barbra Streisand's career was thriving more than ever. This came after Guilty, perhaps her greatest pop album, her surprising best-seller Memories, and of course the positive reaction to the Yentl project, so it had a good chance of being a huge success as well. Unfortunately, this did not match the success of any of her other 80s projects up to that point.
To this day, many critics and fans alike consider Emotion Barbra's worst album. While I agree that this is far from her best, there are still plenty of shining moments for Barbra here. The title track is perhaps the most fun of all her recordings, and one of the few that even non-fans may enjoy, "Heart Don't Change My Mind" is a very catchy and well-sung ballad, "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" is a surprisingly good duet with then-fading star Kim Carnes, and "Here We Are At Last," written by Barbra and her then-boyfriend Richard Baskin, has a quiet sincerity to it.
That being said, this album is maligned for a reason. For one thing, the album jumps around to the point that there's no consistency, and the end result feels too unfocused. But more detrimental to it all is that Barbra, who is known for feeling the lyrics to a song and making it her own, just doesn't seem to be willing to make these songs hers. Even listening to a lot of them, you can picture other artists singing them, and perhaps even doing it better. Just a few examples: "Heart Don't Change My Mind" sounds like it was meant to be a ballad for Aretha Franklin, "Time Machine" could have been a killer dance track for Chaka Khan, "Make No Mistake He's Mine" sounds like a Carole King performance, and "Here We Are At Last" would have sounded great on an Anita Baker album.
Overall, while this album is not a classic, there are enough high points to make it an okay listen. However, it should be bought more for the curiosity factor than the want for a great Streisand album.
Track list
1. Emotion
2. Make No Mistake He's Mine
3. Time Machine
4. Best I Could
5. Left In The Dark
6. Heart Don't Change My Mind
7. When I Dream
8. You're A Step In The Right Direction
9. Clear Sailing
10. Here We Are At last
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Barbra Streisand - Emotion
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Barbra Streisand - Emotion
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Released in 1984, this album came at a point where Barbra Streisand's career was thriving more than ever. This came after Guilty, perhaps her greatest pop album, her surprising best-seller Memories, and of course the positive reaction to the Yentl project, so it had a good chance of being a huge success as well. Unfortunately, this did not match the success of any of her other 80s projects up to that point.
To this day, many critics and fans alike consider Emotion Barbra's worst album. While I agree that this is far from her best, there are still plenty of shining moments for Barbra here. The title track is perhaps the most fun of all her recordings, and one of the few that even non-fans may enjoy, "Heart Don't Change My Mind" is a very catchy and well-sung ballad, "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" is a surprisingly good duet with then-fading star Kim Carnes, and "Here We Are At Last," written by Barbra and her then-boyfriend Richard Baskin, has a quiet sincerity to it.
That being said, this album is maligned for a reason. For one thing, the album jumps around to the point that there's no consistency, and the end result feels too unfocused. But more detrimental to it all is that Barbra, who is known for feeling the lyrics to a song and making it her own, just doesn't seem to be willing to make these songs hers. Even listening to a lot of them, you can picture other artists singing them, and perhaps even doing it better. Just a few examples: "Heart Don't Change My Mind" sounds like it was meant to be a ballad for Aretha Franklin, "Time Machine" could have been a killer dance track for Chaka Khan, "Make No Mistake He's Mine" sounds like a Carole King performance, and "Here We Are At Last" would have sounded great on an Anita Baker album.
Overall, while this album is not a classic, there are enough high points to make it an okay listen. However, it should be bought more for the curiosity factor than the want for a great Streisand album.
Track list
1. Emotion
2. Make No Mistake He's Mine
3. Time Machine
4. Best I Could
5. Left In The Dark
6. Heart Don't Change My Mind
7. When I Dream
8. You're A Step In The Right Direction
9. Clear Sailing
10. Here We Are At last
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