Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)
Guilty Pleasures is the thirty-first studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released in September 2005 in conjunction with Barry Gibb, who co-wrote all of the tracks. In Ireland and the UK, the album is titled Guilty Too. It is the follow-up to Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty, which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features covers of Gibb's late brother Andy's song " Don't Throw It All Away"; and "Letting Go", a song that Barry Gibb recorded for the Hawks soundtrack.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 5 and has been certified Gold, continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist, and in second place in general behind Elvis Presley. The album also hit the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 3 and has been certified Platinum. Both albums are considered partial-collaboration, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb on each, but his backing vocals are clearly present on most tracks. They also appear together on the albums covers.
DualDisc edition
A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in PCM Stereo, behind the scenes footage of the making of the album, interviews with Streisand and Gibb and 4 video performances, including an alternate piano version of "Letting Go".Track listing
- "Come Tomorrow" with Barry Gibb – 5:01
- "Stranger in a Strange Land" – 4:50
- "Hideaway" – 4:14
- "It's Up to You" – 3:32
- "Night of My Life" – 4:01
- "Above the Law" with Barry Gibb – 4:27
- "Without Your Love" – 3:48
- "All the Children" – 5:14
- "Golden Dawn" – 4:40
- " Don't Throw It All Away" – 4:01
- "Letting Go" – 3:53
Personnel
- Barbra Streisand – vocals
- Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar, string arrangement
- Dan Warner – guitar
- Doug Emery – keyboard, programming, string arrangement
- Eero Turunen – keyboard
- Julio Hernandez – bass
- Lee Levin – drums
- Richard Bravo – percussion
- Tom Scott – saxophone on "Come Tomorrow" and "Hideaway"
- Beth Cohen – vocals on "Night of My Life"
- Leesa Richards – vocals on "Night of My Life"
- Peter Graves – string arrangement, conductor
- Larry Warrilow – string arrangement
- Barry Gibb – producer
- John Merchant – producer, recording, engineering, mixing
- Javier Carrion – additional engineering
- Patrick Magee – assistant engineering
- Ethan Carlson – assistant engineering
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Charts