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Having established her own philanthropic foundation in 1986, Barbra Streisand has long been an outspoken proponent for the protection of the environment, world peace, civil rights, and women's rights. She brings these passions to bear on her sophisticated 2018 studio album Walls. While Walls is certainly borne out of Streisand's own deeply heartfelt feelings regarding the state of the world and the seemingly divisive nature of American politics circa 2018, it's also a lushly produced and ruminative album that allows the multi-Grammy-winning singer to strike a pleasingly sincere tone with a broad appeal. Executive-produced by Streisand and Jay Landers, along with production and songwriting pros including Carole Bayer Sager, Walter Afanasieff, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others, Walls features a mix of newly penned originals and thoughtfully curated covers that evokes the adult-contemporary pop she championed throughout the '70s and '80s. Explicitly, the orchestral title-track, delivered with Broadway-level drama by Streisand, is a plea for bridging our personal differences rather than walling ourselves off. It's a sweeping, movie-perfect song, and showcases how Streisand's highly resonant voice has only grown richer with age. Several other songs, including the classical guitar-accented "What's on My Mind" and the hypnotic, piano-driven "Don't Lie to Me," are earnest meditations on the need for kindness, empathy, and honesty in our society. Elsewhere, she and writer/producer Desmond Child weave lines from Emma Lazarus' 1883 Statue of Liberty sonnet "The New Colossus" into their sweeping ballad "Lady Liberty." Similarly, with the Sager, Landers, and Jonas Myrin co-write "Better Angels," Streisand draws directly upon President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural address singing "We are not enemies, there is no good in that." Streisand's cover choices also evoke a thoughtful timeliness as she pairs with Michael McDonald and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Vietnam-era classic "What the World Needs Now." Equally timely is her gorgeously melancholy reading of the standard "Happy Days Are Here Again." There's both a sadness and warmth to Streisand's performances on Walls that befits the album's subject matter and speaks to her own ability to communicate to, and often for, her audience.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Jonas Myrin, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer - WALTER AFANASIEFF, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Carole Bayer Sager, Composer, Lyricist - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Léo Amuedo, Acoustic Guitar - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jonas Myrin, Composer, Lyricist, Assistant Producer, Background Vocal - David Campbell, Strings - Lucy Woodward, Background Vocal - Jay Landers, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John Shanks, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass, Background Vocal - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - STEVE Churchyard, Recording Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Gretlein, Engineer - Blake Slatkin, Keyboards, Programmer - Annie Bosko, Background Vocal
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nathan East, Bass Guitar - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - John Lennon, Composer, Lyricist - WALTER AFANASIEFF, Orchestra, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - William Ross, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, Lyricist - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Yoko Ono, Composer, Lyricist - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - See Sub-songs, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Thiele, Composer - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jay Landers, Executive Producer - WALTER AFANASIEFF, Composer, Lyricist, Orchestra, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Marilyn Bergman, Composer, Lyricist - Alan Bergman, Composer, Lyricist - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Jorge Calandrelli, AssociatedPerformer - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Desmond Child, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - OBIE O'BRIEN, Recording Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clay Perry, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - JC Monterossa, Recording Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Tim Pierce, Electric Guitar - Nathan East, Bass Guitar - Tiffany Palmer, Background Vocal - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Missi Hale, Background Vocal - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Lyricist - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Vocal - WALTER AFANASIEFF, Orchestra, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Jorge Calandrelli, AssociatedPerformer - Mabvuto Carpenter, Background Vocal - KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, Vocal - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jonas Myrin, Composer, Lyricist, Co-Producer - Jay Landers, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Carole Bayer Sager, Composer, Lyricist - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - William Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Davis, Chorus Master - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Tariqh Akoni, Acoustic Guitar - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Steve Dorff, Composer, Lyricist - Marty Panzer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer - WALTER AFANASIEFF, Orchestra, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - William Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jonas Myrin, Composer, Lyricist, Assistant Producer - David Campbell, Strings - Charlie Midnight, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John Shanks, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass, Background Vocal - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - STEVE Churchyard, Recording Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Composer, Lyricist, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Gretlein, Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID PACK, AssociatedPerformer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - William Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Ian Fraser, AssociatedPerformer - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Jochem Van Der Saag, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - William Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Milton Ager, Composer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Jack Yellen, Lyricist - Barbra Streisand, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Gordon, Engineer - Adrian Bradford, Engineer - Dmytro Gordon, Engineer
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Having established her own philanthropic foundation in 1986, Barbra Streisand has long been an outspoken proponent for the protection of the environment, world peace, civil rights, and women's rights. She brings these passions to bear on her sophisticated 2018 studio album Walls. While Walls is certainly borne out of Streisand's own deeply heartfelt feelings regarding the state of the world and the seemingly divisive nature of American politics circa 2018, it's also a lushly produced and ruminative album that allows the multi-Grammy-winning singer to strike a pleasingly sincere tone with a broad appeal. Executive-produced by Streisand and Jay Landers, along with production and songwriting pros including Carole Bayer Sager, Walter Afanasieff, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others, Walls features a mix of newly penned originals and thoughtfully curated covers that evokes the adult-contemporary pop she championed throughout the '70s and '80s. Explicitly, the orchestral title-track, delivered with Broadway-level drama by Streisand, is a plea for bridging our personal differences rather than walling ourselves off. It's a sweeping, movie-perfect song, and showcases how Streisand's highly resonant voice has only grown richer with age. Several other songs, including the classical guitar-accented "What's on My Mind" and the hypnotic, piano-driven "Don't Lie to Me," are earnest meditations on the need for kindness, empathy, and honesty in our society. Elsewhere, she and writer/producer Desmond Child weave lines from Emma Lazarus' 1883 Statue of Liberty sonnet "The New Colossus" into their sweeping ballad "Lady Liberty." Similarly, with the Sager, Landers, and Jonas Myrin co-write "Better Angels," Streisand draws directly upon President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural address singing "We are not enemies, there is no good in that." Streisand's cover choices also evoke a thoughtful timeliness as she pairs with Michael McDonald and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Vietnam-era classic "What the World Needs Now." Equally timely is her gorgeously melancholy reading of the standard "Happy Days Are Here Again." There's both a sadness and warmth to Streisand's performances on Walls that befits the album's subject matter and speaks to her own ability to communicate to, and often for, her audience.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:54
- Main artists: Barbra Streisand
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
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