Barbra Streisand - Walls

 

Gold and platinum-selling artist Barbara Streisand returns with new music!

Barbra Streisand, an inarguable Greatest of All Time talent when it comes to the stage, screen and recording studio, returns to music on Nov. 2, 2018 with the release of a new album, Walls, her first LP consisting primarily of original songs since 2005.

Walls finds Streisand exploring both her concerns and hopes for the future in a collection filled with beautiful melodies and thought-provoking lyrics. In addition to the three original tunes which the Oscar-winning songwriter contributed to, the songs on Walls explore topics near to the celebrated artist's heart. Streisand also brings a fresh perspective to the classic songs "Imagine" and "What A Wonderful World," and the Bacharach/David pop standard "What The World Needs Now."

What's caught the attention of the national media is Streisand's avowed Donald Trump opposition, profiled in this release with its lead single, "Don't Lie to Me." An impassioned, dramatic ballad with pointed barbs at a particular man of power who likes to "change the facts to justify" his actions, it's hard not to read it as a dig at Trump.

"This person... who has no manners, insults everybody, makes fun of disabled people. I don't know what to say, I've written like 15 Huffington Post pieces. This way my way to do my record, because what else could I think about? It's my protest, in a sense, about this unprecedented time in our history," Streisand tells Billboard magazine.

The penultimate song that Streisand sings is a timely one called "Take Care Of This House" by the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. Streisand shares production and arrangement duties on Walls with Walter Afanasieff, John Shanks and David Foster, all Grammy recipients for Producer of the Year and Songwriter Hall of Fame recipient Desmond Child. Streisand's vision also comes through on the defining title track "Walls," with lyrics specifically written for the album by revered Streisand collaborators Alan & Marilyn Bergman.

Streisand is the only recording artist in history to achieve a No. 1 album in six consecutive decades. She has recorded 52 gold, 31 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums in her career. She is the only woman to make the All-Time Top 10 Best Selling Artists list. Streisand has had 34 albums make the Top 10 on the US charts, the only female artist to have achieved this milestone, tying her with Frank Sinatra.

She is also the female artist with the most number one albums in Billboard s history. Widely recognized as an icon for her artistic achievements, she has been awarded two Oscars, ten Grammys including two special Grammys, five Emmys, three Peabodys, and eleven Golden Globes including the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 2015, President Barack Obama presented her with the highest civilian honor the United States bestows, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She had already received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 2000, as well as France's prestigious Legion of Honor.

Side 1

What's On My Mind

Don't Lie to Me

Imagine / What a Wonderful World; Imagine\ What a Wonderful World

Walls

Lady Liberty

Side 2

What the World Needs Now

Better Angels

Love's Never Wrong

The Rain Will Fall

Take Care of This House

Happy Days Are Here Again

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