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
Released	November 10, 1981
Genre	Pop
Length	40:21
Label	Columbia
Producer	Phil Ramone Gary Klein
Barbra Streisand chronology
Guilty (1980) Memories (1981) Yentl (1983)
Singles from Memories
"Comin' In and Out of Your Life" / "Lost Inside of You" Released: 1981 "Memory" / "Evergreen" Released: 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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 #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.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Memory" (the theme from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats)	Andrew Lloyd Webber T. S. Eliot Trevor Nunn	Webber	3:53
2.	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond, from Greatest Hits Volume 2, 1978)	Neil Diamond Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Bob Gaudio	3:24
3.	"My Heart Belongs to Me" (from Superman, 1977)	Alan Gordon	Gary Klein Charlie Calello	3:22
4.	"New York State of Mind" (from Superman, 1977)	Billy Joel	Klein	4:43
5.	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet with Donna Summer, from Wet, 1979)	Paul Jabara Bruce Roberts	Klein	4:43

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"Comin' In and Out of Your Life"	Richard Parker Bobby Whiteside	Webber	4:09
7.	"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born, 1976)	Barbra Streisand Paul Williams	Streisand Phil Ramone	3:05
8.	"Lost Inside of You" (solo, differs from A Star Is Born duet)	Leon Russell Streisand	Klein	3:57
9.	"The Love Inside" (from Guilty, 1980)	Barry Gibb	Gibb Albhy Galuten Karl Richardson	5:04
10.	"The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were, 1974)	Marvin Hamlisch Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Marty Paich	3:30

Love Songs & CBS re-issue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Memory" (the theme from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats)	Andrew Lloyd Webber T. S. Eliot Trevor Nunn	Webber	3:53
2.	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond, from Greatest Hits Volume 2, 1978)	Neil Diamond Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Bob Gaudio	3:24
3.	"My Heart Belongs to Me" (from Superman, 1977)	Alan Gordon	Gary Klein Charlie Calello	3:22
4.	"Wet" (from Wet, 1979)	David Wolfert Sue Sheridan Barbra Streisand	Klein	4:43
5.	"New York State of Mind" (from Superman, 1977)	Billy Joel	Klein	4:43
6.	"A Man I Loved" (from Songbird, 1978)	Niki Oosterveen George Michalski	Klein	4:09
7.	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet with Donna Summer, from Wet, 1979)	Paul Jabara Bruce Roberts	Klein	4:43
8.	"Comin' In and Out of Your Life"	Richard Parker Bobby Whiteside	Webber	4:09
9.	"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born, 1976)	Streisand Paul Williams	Streisand Phil Ramone	3:05
10.	"I Don't Break Easily" (from Songbird, 1978)	Roberts	Klein	3:51
11.	"Kiss Me in the Rain" (from Wet, 1979)	Santo Farina Lisa Ratner	Klein	4:18
12.	"Lost Inside of You" (solo, differs from A Star Is Born duet)	Leon Russell Streisand	Klein	3:57
13.	"The Love Inside" (from Guilty, 1980)	Barry Gibb	Gibb Albhy Galuten Karl Richardson	5:04
14.	"The Way We Were" (from The Way We Were, 1974)	Marvin Hamlisch Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Marty Paich	3:30

Personnel

• Charles Calello – producer
• Nancy Donald – design
• Albhy Galuten – producer
• Bob Gaudio – producer
• Barry Gibb – producer
• Greg Gorman – photography
• Gary Klein – producer
• Charles Koppelman – executive producer
• Tony Lane – design
• Andrew Lloyd Webber – producer
• Marty Paich – arranger, producer
• Phil Ramone – producer
• Karl Richardson – producer
• Barbra Streisand – producer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1981) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 17 Canadian Albums Chart 14 Japanease Albums (Oricon)[8] 56 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 6 French Albums Chart 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 6 Spanish Albums Chart[12] 20 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 1 US Billboard 200[15] 10

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 7 UK Albums (OCC)[17] 1 US Cash Box[18] 50

Charting Singles

Two new recordings, "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" and "Memory", were released as singles and charted.

Single Chart Position Coming In and Out of My Life Billboard Hot 100 11 US A/C 2 U.S. Cash Box 9 Australian 84 Canada (RPM) 24 Canada A/C 1 Netherlands 19 UK 66

Single Chart Position Memory Billboard Hot 100 52 US A/C 9 U.S. Cash Box 48 Australian 59 Canada A/C 3 Netherlands 19 UK 34

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[19]	Gold	30,000^^
Australia (ARIA)[20]	6× Platinum	420,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[22]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[23]	Platinum	71.207[23]
France (SNEP)[24]	2× Platinum	509,300[25]
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[26]	Gold	10,000^*
Japan	—	14,760[8]
Netherlands (NVPI)[27]	Platinum	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28]	Platinum	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] released as Love Songs	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[30]	5× Platinum	5,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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. "Australiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
8. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
10. "Charts.nz – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
12. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
13. "Swedishcharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
14. "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
15. "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
16. "Top Selling Albums of 1982". Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-04.. Nztop40.co.nz.
17. "Chart Archive - 1980s Albums". everyHit.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
18. "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1982". Archived from the original on September 21, 2012.. Cash Box magazine.
19. "Disos de Oro y Platino". CAPIF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
20. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
21. "Austrian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in German). IFPI Austria.
22. "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Music Canada.
23. "Barbara Streisand" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
24. "French album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
25. "Les Albums Double Platine". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
26. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1984". IFPI Hong Kong.
27. "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.
28. "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
29. "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Memories in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
30. "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Memories". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 

External links

• Barbra Archives - Memories album page.