Barry Manilow

by  Steve HueyThe first half of the 1978 two-record set Greatest Hits, the CD issue of Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 contains ten tracks from Barry Manilow's '70s prime; however, since it's incomplete without the material on Vol. 2, those looking for a more or less definitive overview will need both volumes. For those who want more, the rest of this period's worthwhile songs not on these two volumes can be found on Live.

Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Mandy

New York City Rhythm

Looks Like We Made It

Daybreak

Can't Smile Without You

It's A Miracle

Even Now

Bandstand Boogie

Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again

Some Kind of Friend

Once Before I Go (Radio Edit)

Once Before I Go

Manilow is the self-titled album released in 1985 by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album had little impact on the charts. The album features 1980s style rock n' roll/ synthesizers. He was lured away from Arista Records, but as cited by Manilow in an interview, the executives who brought him over were no longer there when the album was released. This may have led to poor record sales, as well as the album sound being primarily a modern uptempo and synthesized release sharply different from Manilow's renowned piano ballads.

The album was Manilow's first of four albums with RCA Records. The other releases with the company are an original soundtrack album of his 1985 CBS television movie, Copacabana, in which he starred as Tony Starr with Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamarr. The other two RCA releases were foreign greatest hits albums that Manilow rerecorded some of the vocals of his hits in Spanish on Grandes Exitos En Espanol and in Portuguese on Especial.

Greatest Hits Vol. 1

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Greatest Hits Vol. 1

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