Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)

Guilty Pleasures is the thirty-first studio album by Barbra Streisand in conjunction with Barry Gibb released in September 2005. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, the album is titled Guilty Too. It is the follow-up to Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty, which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features a cover of Gibb's late brother Andy's song "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away". In the United States the album peaked at no. 5 and has been certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist,[3] and in second place in general behind Elvis Presley. The album was also top 3 in the UK, where it has been certified Platinum (over 300,000 copies sold). Both albums can also be considered partial-collaboration albums, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb, but Gibb could also be heard as a background vocalist in a few other songs solely by the artist herself, along with the fact that both singers were on the cover for both albums issued.

Guilty Pleasures
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	September 20, 2005
Recorded	April and May: Hit Factory Criteria, Miami • May and June 2005: Sony, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop • soul • adult contemporary
Length	47:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Barry Gibb • John Merchant
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Movie Album (2003) Guilty Pleasures (2005) Live in Concert 2006 (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New York Times	Positive[2]

DualDisc edition

A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in PCM Stereo, behind the scenes footage of the making of the album, interviews with Streisand and Gibb and 4 video performances, including an alternate piano version of "Letting Go".

Track listing

All songs published by Crompton Songs (BMI) and Warner-Tamlerlane Publishing Corp., except where noted.

1. "Come Tomorrow" with Barry Gibb (Ashley Gibb, Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 5:01
2. "Stranger in a Strange Land" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 4:50
3. "Hideaway" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:14
4. "It's Up to You" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:32
5. "Night of My Life" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:01
6. "Above the Law" with Barry Gibb (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb, Streisand; Crompton Songs/Warner-Tamlerlane Publishing Corp./Emanuel Music-Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./WB Music) – 4:27
7. "Without Your Love" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:48
8. "All the Children" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 5:14
9. "Golden Dawn" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:40
10. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" (B. Gibb, Blue Weaver) – 4:01
11. "Letting Go" (George Bitzer, B. Gibb) – 3:53

Personnel

Barbra Streisand – vocals Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar, string arrangement Dan Warner – guitar Doug Emery – keyboard, programming, string arrangement Eero Turunen – keyboard Julio Hernandez – bass Lee Levin – drums Richard Bravo – percussion Tom Scott – saxophone on "Come Tomorrow" and "Hideaway" Beth Cohen – vocals on "Night of My Life" Leesa Richards – vocals on "Night of My Life" Peter Graves – string arrangement, conductor Larry Warrilow – string arrangement

Production Barry Gibb - producer John Merchant - producer, recording, engineering, mixing Javier Carrion - additional engineering Ethan Carlson - assistant engineering Brett Thorngren - assistant engineering Adam Michala - assistant engineering Greg Loskorn - assistant engineering Patrick Magee - assistant engineering Bob Ludwig - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 22 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 20 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 23 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 9 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 30 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 6 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 59 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 31 Greek Albums Chart[13] 15 Irish Albums Chart[14] 13 Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 34 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 12 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 29 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 21 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 51 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 3 US Billboard 200[21] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[22] 46

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	Gold	50,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[24]	Platinum	15,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[25]	Gold	7,500^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[26]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[27]	Gold	509,000[28]
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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