The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)
The Third Album | ||||
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | February 1964 | |||
Recorded | January 29, 1963; October 30, 1963; November 20, 1963; January 6, 1964 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 30:49 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Mike Berniker | |||
Barbra Streisand chronology | ||||
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The Third Album is the third solo studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in February 1964. By 1966, the album sold over one million copies worldwide.
Artwork
The photograph on the album cover was taken by actor Roddy McDowall when Streisand was performing on The Judy Garland Show in October 1963.
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Record Mirror | [1] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B− ()[2] |
AllMusic gave the album a retrospective three (out of five) stars, and called it "another demonstration of the beauty of Barbra Streisand's voice, also suggested that her interpretive abilities remained limited."
Commercial performance
After the success of Streisand's previous two albums, The Barbra Streisand Album and The Second Barbra Streisand Album, it was expected that The Third Album would do as well. The album turned out to be very successful; it reached #5 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It stayed on the Billboard 200 for 74 weeks.
Song information
- "My Melancholy Baby" was first performed by William Frawley in 1912.
- "Just in Time" was introduced in the musical Bells Are Ringing. The arrangement on this LP makes use of the Prelude from J.S. Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in C Major" from the Well-Tempered Clavier.
- "Taking a Chance on Love" was introduced by Ethel Waters in the musical Cabin In The Sky.
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" was introduced in the musical Pal Joey.
- "Never Will I Marry" was introduced by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 musical Greenwillow.
- "As Time Goes By" was introduced in the musical Everybody's Welcome, and featured in the 1942 film Casablanca.
- "It Had to Be You" was first published in 1924.
- "Make Believe" was introduced in the musical Show Boat.
- "I Had Myself a True Love" was introduced in the 1946 musical St. Louis Woman.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Melancholy Baby" | Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton, Maybelle E. Watson | 3:02 |
2. | "Just in Time" | lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green; music: Jule Styne | 2:16 |
3. | "Taking a Chance on Love" | Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche | 2:34 |
4. | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 2:54 |
5. | "Never Will I Marry" | Frank Loesser | 2:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "As Time Goes By" | Herman Hupfeld | 3:46 |
2. | "Draw Me a Circle" | Cy Young | 2:15 |
3. | "It Had to Be You" | music: Isham Jones; lyrics: Gus Kahn | 3:46 |
4. | "Make Believe" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | 2:41 |
5. | "I Had Myself a True Love" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 4:23 |
Personnel
- Barbra Streisand – vocals
- Mike Berniker – producer
- Ray Ellis, Sid Ramin, Peter Daniels, Peter Matz – arrangements, conductor
- Frank Laico, Ted Brosnan – recording engineer
- Roddy McDowall – cover photography from The Judy Garland Show, October 1963
- Sammy Cahn – liner notes
Chart positions
Weekly charts
Chart | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[3] | 5 |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 1,000,000[5] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
External links
- The Barbra Streisand Music Guide – The Third Album
References
- ^ Jones, Peter (September 4, 1964). "Barbra Streisand: The Third Album" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 182. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – The Third Album". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Lurie, Diana (March 18, 1966). "Stricken with phenomenal success at 23, Barbra Streisand is more ridden than ever by self-doubts and fears". Life. Time Inc. pp. 93–. ISSN 0024-3019.
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- The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Third Album (1964)
- People (1964)
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
- Color Me Barbra (1966)
- Je m'appelle Barbra (1966)
- Simply Streisand (1967)
- A Christmas Album (1967)
- What About Today? (1969)
- Stoney End (1971)
- Barbra Joan Streisand (1971)
- Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- ButterFly (1974)
- Lazy Afternoon (1975)
- Classical Barbra (1976)
- Superman (1977)
- Songbird (1978)
- Wet (1979)
- Guilty (1980)
- Emotion (1984)
- The Broadway Album (1985)
- Till I Loved You (1988)
- Back to Broadway (1993)
- Higher Ground (1997)
- A Love Like Ours (1999)
- Christmas Memories (2001)
- The Movie Album (2003)
- Guilty Pleasures (2005)
- Love Is the Answer (2009)
- What Matters Most (2011)
- Partners (2014)
- Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016)
- Walls (2018)
- A Happening in Central Park (1968)
- Live Concert at the Forum (1972)
- One Voice (1987)
- Barbra: The Concert (1994)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
- Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
- Back to Brooklyn (2013)
- The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! (2017)
- Live at the Bon Soir (2022)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1978)
- Memories (1981)
- A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More (1989)
- Just for the Record... (1991)
- The Essential Barbra Streisand (2002)
- Duets (2002)
- Barbra: The Ultimate Collection (2010)
- Release Me (2012)
- The Classic Christmas Album (2013)
- Release Me 2 (2021)
- Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records (2023)
and soundtracks
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962)
- Funny Girl (1964)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- Funny Lady (1975)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Yentl (1983)
- Nuts (1987)
and videos
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard (2010)
- Barbra Streisand in Concert
- Timeless
- Streisand
- Barbra Live
- Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic
- Yentl (1983)
- The Prince of Tides (1991)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
- Streisand effect
- "Mecha-Streisand"
- Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend) (featuring album)
- Elliott Gould (first husband)
- Jason Gould (son)
- James Brolin (second husband)
- Roslyn Kind (half-sister)
- My Name Is Barbra (2023 memoir)
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