Artist:Barbra Streisand
Song:Smile
Album:The Movie Album
At 60 years old, Barbra Streisand could record anything and Columbia Records would figure out how to sell it. Her 1997 album Higher Ground sold five million copies and her single with Bryan Adams I Finally Found Someone was a top ten pop hit. So she's sitting around with her manager Jay Landers trying to decide what to do. I'm sure fans recall the success of the 1985 album The Broadway Album and the 1993 sequel Back to Broadway. So Landers suggests doing a similar album but with movie themes. They would call it The Movie Album. Barbra produced the album and chose the songs. She said she was inspired by her marriage to James Brolin to choose songs about love and relationships. Songwriters Marilyn and Alan Bergman were brought in to change lyrics as requested. They also did this on The Broadway Album. The album was recorded with a 75 piece orchestra. Smile kicks off the album. Of course Charles Chaplin wrote that for the 1936 film Modern Times. Smile was arranged by Jeremy Lubbock. He arranged several songs on the album and has worked with Barbra in the past. Other arrangers include Jorge Calandrelli and Robbie Buchanan. No singles were released for this album and it was certified Gold. So it did well enough that maybe Barbra will do a sequel. The Movie Album is available as a budget CD. Here's Barbra Streisand performing Smile on Oprah 2003.
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