Memories by Barbra Streisand (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Memories

Artist name: Barbra Streisand

Year: 1981

Number of discs: one

Label: Columbia Records

Collection: Selman

Distinguishing characteristics:

Scratched into side one of LP: PAL 37678 1H

Scratched into side two of LP: PBL-37678-1F

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve never heard this record before and I’m not sure if I will recognize any of the songs on it. I do recognize the name of New York State Of Mind, but can not manage to conjure up the melody.

This will be the second Barbra Streisand record that I review. The first, Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits (1970), was not good.

What I expected

More show tunes, I guess.

What it was actually like

I did recognize New York State of Mind, and also Memory.

It has been rare during the course of this project that I’ve seriously contemplated getting up and turning off a record in the middle of a song (though occasionally I do turn the volume down, which I can do from my couch), but I almost did it during You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.

Everything about this record was abysmal and it was difficult to pick a worst song, but the elevator music style saxophone solo on New York State of Mind was a contender, as was the disco song No More Tears (Enough Is Enough).