Barry Manilow is a studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow in 1989. It was Manilow's thirteenth studio album overall and second studio album on his second tenure with Arista Records. The album represented a hint of future album releases in that many of the songs were not written/co-written by Manilow, which until that point had been rare for him. After the release of this album, Manilow embarked on introducing contemporary audiences to pop music of the 1930s through the late 1940s.
The singles from this album were: "Keep Each Other Warm", "The One That Got Away", "Please Don't Be Scared" and "When the Good Times Come Again", which hit #12 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in June 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. No singles from the album reached the Billboard Hot 100, but "Keep Each Other Warm" and "The One That Got Away" made the AC chart at #7 and #25 respectively in 1989.
Contents
Track listing
Side 1
"Please Don't Be Scared" (Mindy Sterling) - 5:34
"Keep Each Other Warm" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield) - 4:33
"Once and For All" (Jimmy Webb) - 4:15
"The One That Got Away" (Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater)- 3:55
"When the Good Times Come Again" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics: Will Jennings) - 4:29
Side 2
"Some Good Things Never Last" (Mark Radice) - 4:47
"In Another World" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics: Charlie Dore) - 4:12
"You Begin Again" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) - 3:59
"My Moonlight Memories of You" (Sandy Linzer, Irwin Levine) - 4:43
"Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak" (music: Tom Snow; lyrics: Amanda McBroom) - 4:22
"A Little Travelling Music, Please" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 4:23
Personnel
Barry Manilow – vocals, acoustic piano (5), arrangements (11)
Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1)
Michael Lloyd – strings (1), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (3, 5, 7), synthesizers (3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Paul "Wix" Wickens – keyboards (2)
Martyn Phillips – programming (2)
Wayne Hammer – synthesizer programming (4), drum programming (4), backing vocals (4), arrangements (4)
Jeff Slater – keyboards (4), synthesizer programming (4), bass (4), drum programming (4), backing vocals (4), arrangements (4)
Todd Herreman – Fairlight CMI (4)
Ben Forat – F-16 programming (4)
Claude Gaudette – synthesizers (5, 7, 10)
Rich Tancredi – keyboards (6), arrangements (6)
Eddie Arkin – keyboard and synthesizer programming (8, 11), arrangements (8, 11), symphony introduction (11)
Reg Powell – acoustic piano (9)
Jim Cox – acoustic piano (10)
Kevin Bassinson – acoustic piano (11)
Dean Parks – guitars (1, 7, 10)
Robbie McIntosh – guitars (2)
Laurence Juber – guitars (3, 9), synthesizers (9), ukulele (9), additional orchestrations (9)
Production
Clive Davis – executive producer
Eric Borenstein – co-executive producer
Michael Lloyd – producer (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Paul Staveley O'Duffy – producer (2)
Hammer & Slater – producers (4)
Ric Wake – producer (6)
Eddie Arkin – producer (8, 11)
Barry Manilow – producer (8, 11)
Debbie Lytton – production coordinator (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
David Barratt – production coordinator (6)
Marc Hulett – production manager
Susan Mendola – art direction
Greg Gorman – photography
Martine Leger – stylist
Eric Barnard – grooming
Technical
Mike Fuller – digital mastering at Fullersound (Miami, Florida)
Carmine Rubino – engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10), mixing (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Michael Lloyd – engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10), mixing (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Dan Nebenzal – engineer (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10), mixing (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)