Barry Manilow II
Barry Manilow II is the second studio album by Barry Manilow released in 1974. Propelled by the major success of its lead single "Mandy" and featuring a further international hit in "It's a Miracle", the album was a commercial breakthrough for Manilow. First issued by Bell Records, it was reissued after the company was reorganized into Arista Records. The album's success spawned a notable parody in the picture sleeve of Ray Stevens' 1979 single, "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow".
Album peaked at #29 on Canada's RPM Album Chart.
Track listing
Side 1
- "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby" - 4:18
- "Early Morning Strangers" - 3:24
- "Mandy" - 3:32
- "The Two of Us" - 3:05
- "Something's Comin' Up" - 2:51
Side 2
- "It's a Miracle" - 3:58
- "Avenue C" - 2:37
- "My [Baby Loves Me (Martha and the Vandellas song)|My Baby Loves Me]" - 3:18
- "Sandra" - 4:35
- "Home Again" - 5:34
1996 Remaster
- "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby"
- "Early Morning Strangers"
- "Mandy"
- "The Two of Us"
- "Something's Comin' Up"
- "It's a Miracle"
- "Avenue C"
- "My Baby Loves Me"
- "Sandra"
- "Home Again"
- "Halfway Over the Hill"
2006 Expanded Edition
- "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby"
- "Early Morning Strangers"
- "Mandy"
- "The Two of Us"
- "Something's Comin' Up"
- "It's a Miracle"
- "Avenue C"
- "My Baby Loves Me"
- "Sandra"
- "Home Again"
- "Good News"
- "Halfway Over the Hill"
Personnel
- Barry Manilow - lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, acoustic piano
- Don Grolnick - acoustic piano
- Ellen Starr - acoustic piano
- Jon Stroll - clavinet, electric piano
- John Barranco - guitar
- Dick Frank - guitar
- Bob Mann - guitar
- Charlie Brown - guitar
- Stuart Scharf - guitar
- Sam T. Brown - guitar
- Will Lee - bass guitar
- Russell George - bass guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - bass guitar
- Chris Parker - drums
- Jimmy Young - drums
- Bill Lavorgna - drums
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums
- Lee Gurst - percussion
- Norman Pride - congas
- George Young - saxophone
- Artie Kaplan - saxophone
- Stanley Schwartz: saxophone
- Jack Cortner - horn and string arrangements
- Ron Dante - backing vocals
- Melvin Kent - backing vocals
- Ken Williams - backing vocals
- Charlotte Crossley - backing vocals
- Robin Grean - backing vocals
- Sharon Redd - backing vocals
Production
- Producers: Barry Manilow and Ron Dante
- Engineers: Bruce Tergesen, Harry Maslin and Michael DeLugg
- Recorded at The Hit Factory and Mediasound Recording Studios
- Design: The Music Agency
- Front Cover Photo: Joel Brodsky
- Back Liner Photo: Linda Allen