Two Barbra Streisand Albums Are Coming Ahead of Her Memoir

Joe Lynch
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Fans of iconic multi-hyphenate Barbra Streisand have extra reason to feel like the luckiest people in the world this fall. Not only will the eight-time Grammy winner release her memoir, My Name is Barbra, on Nov. 7, but in late October, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release two albums.

EVERGREENS: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records and YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will come out on CD and digitally on Oct. 27. EVERGREENS will be a little bit different than any previous Streisand collection – zero of its tracks have appeared on previous compilations. Per the press release, “[The songs] were chosen by Barbra to convey her emotional connection to these melodies and lyrics – each holding a special place in her heart and memory.” The first taste of the comp is available now as an instant grat track – it’s a “2023 Mix” of her Oscar- and Grammy-winning Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born).” But beyond that three-week No. 1, none of the songs on this album impacted the Hot 100 (one song was previously unreleased), being selected for EVERGREENS for personal rather than commercial reasons. You can see what other songs feature on the 22-track compilation below.

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The anniversary edition of the Yentl soundtrack, which was a top 10 hit on the Billboard 200, boasts 15 songs, the majority of which are tantalizing rarities. The album features 11 demo versions of Yentl songs, recordings that Streisand made in her living room with the late, legendary composer Michael Legrand on piano as her only accompaniment. Ahead of the Oct. 27 release, a demo version of “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” will leave the vault and see the light of day.

See the tracklists for both albums below.

EVERGREENS: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records

1.  I’ll Tell The Man In The Street

(Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)

(The Barbra Streisand Album – 1963)

2.  Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)

(Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)

(The Third Album – 1964)

3.  Absent Minded Me

(Jule Styne/Bob Merrill)

(People – 1964)

4.  The Shadow Of Your Smile

(Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster)

(My Name Is Barbra, Two… – 1965)

5.  Where Or When

(Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)

(Color Me Barbra – 1966)

6.  Ma Première Chanson ++

(Barbra Streisand/Eddy Marnay)

(Je m’appelle Barbra – 1966)

7.  I Don’t Know Where I Stand

(Joni Mitchell)

(Stoney End – 1971)

8.  I Never Meant To Hurt You

(Laura Nyro)

(Barbra Joan Streisand – 1971)

9.  Letters That Cross In The Mail

(Rupert Holmes)

(Lazy Afternoon – 1975)

10.  Answer Me

(Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams/Kenny Ascher)

(Superman – 1977)

11.  Tomorrow

(Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin)

(Songbird – 1978)

12.  Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man

(Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II)

(The Broadway Album – 1986)

13.  Two People

(Barbra Streisand/Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

(Till I Loved You – 1988)

14.  Some Enchanted Evening ++

(Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II)

(Back To Broadway – 1993)

15.  I Believe

(Ervin Drake/Irvin Graham/Jimmy Shirl/Al Stillman)

(Higher Ground – 1997)

(Previously unreleased)

16.  Isn’t It A Pity?

(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)

(A Love Like Ours – 1999)

17.  Moon River

(Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer)

(The Movie Album – 2003)

18.  Here’s To Life (Orchestra version)

(Artie Butler/Phyllis Molinary)

(Love Is The Answer – 2009)

19.  The Windmills Of Your Mind

(Michel Legrand/Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

(What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman – 2011)

20.  Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) with Anthony Newley

(Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse)

(Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway – 2016)

21.  Lady Liberty

(Desmond Child)

(Walls – 2018)

22.  Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) (2023)

(Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams)

1976 Vocal Produced by Barbra Streisand & Phil Ramone

2023 version:

Produced & Arranged by Walter Afanasieff & Barbra Streisand

Co-Produced & Mixed by Jochem van der Saag

Engineer/Programming: Dmytro Gordon

Executive Producer: Jay Landers

(Previously unreleased)

YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Disc One:

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1. Where Is It Written? (4:54)

2. Papa, Can You Hear Me? (3:33)

3. This is One of Those Moments (4:11)

4. No Wonder (2:31)

5. The Way He Makes Me Feel (3:47)

6. No Wonder (Part Two) (3:22)

7. Tomorrow Night (4:42)

8. Will Someone Every Look At Me That Way? (3:06)

9. No Matter What Happens (4:07)

10. No Wonder (reprise) (1:06)

11. A Piece of Sky (4:20)

12. The Way He Makes Me Feel (studio version) (4:12)

13. No Matter What Happens (studio version) (3:25)

DISC TWO

THE AUDITION TAPES & MORE

(Tracks 1-11: Barbra Streisand accompanied by Michel Legrand)

1. Where Is It Written? (demo)

2. Papa, Can You Hear Me? (demo)

3. The Way He Makes Me Feel (demo)

4. Several Sins A Day (demo)

5. No Wonder (demo)

6. Tomorrow Night (demo)

8. Tomorrow Night (reprise) (demo)

9. Will Someone Ever look At Me The Way? (demo)

10. The Moon and I (demo)

11. A Piece Of Sky (demo)

12. Papa, Can You Hear Me? (studio version)

13. Several Sins A Day (studio version)

14. Where Is It Written? (with Rabbinical chorus)

15. Papa, Can You Hear Me (without spoken prayer intro)

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