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Aggregate scores
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Metacritic(55/100)[1]
Review scores
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Allmusic[2]
New York Daily News[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The New York TimesDesfavorable[5]
The Telegraph (UK)[6]

Partners is the thirty-fourth studio album by Barbra Streisand, released in September 2014. The album features Streisand singing duets with an all-male lineup including John Legend, Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, and Elvis Presley. The collection also features Streisand's first studio-recorded duet with her son, Jason Gould.[7] The album release was promoted on The Tonight Show, where Streisand was the evening's sole guest and sang a medley with host Jimmy Fallon.[8]

While the recordings are new, most of the songs have a previous history as Streisand releases. Two classic Streisand duets are updated with new partners: "What Kind of Fool", newly performed with John Legend (originally with Barry Gibb) and "Lost Inside of You", newly performed with Babyface (originally with Kris Kristofferson). The deluxe edition features an additional duet with Babyface along with previously released material featuring Frank Sinatra, Bryan Adams, Barry Manilow, and Barry Gibb.

Partners topped the Billboard 200 with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades.[9]

Track listing

Standard edition[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partnerLength
1."It Had to Be You"Gus Kahn, Isham JonesMichael Bublé4:23
2."People"Bob Merrill, Jule StyneStevie Wonder4:14
3."Come Rain or Come Shine"Johnny Mercer, Harold ArlenJohn Mayer4:11
4."Evergreen"Paul Williams, Barbra StreisandBabyface3:14
5."New York State of Mind"Billy JoelBilly Joel4:47
6."I'd Want It to Be You"Steve Dorff, Jay Landers, Bobby TomberlinBlake Shelton4:05
7."The Way We Were"Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin HamlischLionel Richie4:29
8."I Still Can See Your Face"Bernie Herms, Charlie Midnight, Jay LandersAndrea Bocelli4:13
9."How Deep Is the Ocean"Irving BerlinJason Gould4:18
10."What Kind of Fool"Barry Gibb, Albhy GalutenJohn Legend4:43
11."Somewhere"Stephen Sondheim, Leonard BernsteinJosh Groban4:05
12."Love Me Tender"Ken Darby, W. W. Fosdick, George R. PoultonElvis Presley3:31
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partnerLength
13."Lost Inside of You" (2014, previously unreleased)Leon Russell, Barbra StreisandBabyface4:18
14."I've Got a Crush on You" (1993, Duets)Ira Gershwin, George GershwinFrank Sinatra3:22
15."I Finally Found Someone" (1996, The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack)Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John "Mutt" LangeBryan Adams3:41
16."I Won't Be the One to Let Go" (2002, Duets)Barry Manilow, Richard MarxBarry Manilow4:40
17."Guilty" (1980, Guilty)Barry, Robin & Maurice GibbBarry Gibb4:28
Total length:70:37

Chart performance

In its debut week the album topped US sales charts, selling over 196,000 copies. In Canada and Australia the album also reached number 1, selling 13,000 copies in each country.[12][13] In the Netherlands, New Zealand, and UK the album reached the number 2 spot on national sales charts, Streisand's highest charting album in the Netherlands since One Voice peaked at the same position in 1987.[14] In Ireland the album reached the number 6 spot, Streisand's highest charting album since Guilty Pleasures in 2005. [15] The album debuted in the Top 10 in Austria, Germany, among other nations. The album reached the top 40 in Belgium (both regions), Denmark, Italy, and Switzerland.

Chart Peak
position
Australia[16] 1
Austria[17] 10
Belgium (Flanders)[18] 17
Belgium (Wallonia)[19] 26
Canada[20] 1
Croatia[21] 16
Denmark[22] 29
Germany[23] 9
Hungary[24] 10
Ireland[25] 6
Italy[26] 18
Netherlands[27] 2
New Zealand[28] 2
Poland[29] 6
Spain 4
Switzerland[30] 16
South Korea 11
United Kingdom[31] 2
United States[32] 1

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for 'Partners'by Barbra Streisand". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 september 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Jim Farber (16 september 2014). "'Partners': Album review". Daily News. Retrieved 26 september 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ Mikael Wood (18 september 2014). "Review: Barbra Streisand stays mostly the way she was on 'Partners'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 september 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ Stephen Holden (15 september 2014). "Two for One in Each Tune". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 september 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  6. ^ Helen Brown (14 september 2014). "Barbra Streisand, Partners, review: 'desperate'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 september 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Barbra Streisand, a Voice to Be Reckoned With" by Jacob Bernstein, New York Times 12 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Barbra Streisand returns to late night with Jimmy Fallon" by Lisa Respers France, CNN 16 September 2014.
  9. ^ Barbra Streisand Makes History at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, Billboard Chart Beat, 23 September 2014.
  10. ^ Bowgen, Philippe. "Barbra Streisand's Intimate Partners Album Track List Revealed" Playbill.com, August 13, 2014
  11. ^ iTunes Music – Partners (Deluxe Version) by Barbra Streisand 13 August 2014
  12. ^ http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-report-analysis-25-september-2014/
  13. ^ http://www.noise11.com/news/barbra-streisand-scores-first-aria-no-1-album-since-1980-20140927
  14. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Barbra+Streisand&titel=Partners&cat=a
  15. ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
  16. ^ http://www.noise11.com/news/barbra-streisand-scores-first-aria-no-1-album-since-1980-20140927
  17. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Barbra+Streisand&titel=Partners&cat=a
  18. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/3dc86/Barbra-Streisand-Partners
  19. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/3dc86/Barbra-Streisand-Partners
  20. ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/280667/barbra-streisand/chart?f=309
  21. ^ http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=albumi&w=details&id=2786
  22. ^ http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Barbra+Streisand&titel=Partners&cat=s
  23. ^ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Barbra+Streisand/24511/?type=longplay
  24. ^ http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
  25. ^ http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp
  26. ^ http://www.fimi.it/main/chart_id/1885
  27. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  28. ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums
  29. ^ http://acharts.us/album/87859
  30. ^ http://swisscharts.com/album/Barbra-Streisand/Partners-253062
  31. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/
  32. ^ http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
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