''A Love Like Ours'' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer

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. It was released in North America on September 21, 1999, and

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on September 20, 1999. It is her 23rd Top 10 album in the US. This was Streisand's first commercial release since her marriage to actor

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. Much of the material was inspired by this event. As such, the disc booklet contains images of her and Brolin. The album did not achieve the success of Streisand's two previous albums, debuting at No. 6 in the US with sales of 145,000 copies in the first week. It was eventually certified Gold and Platinum. "We Must Be Loving Right" was previously recorded by

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on his 1993 album '' Easy Come, Easy Go''. Both Strait's original and Streisand's cover were produced by Tony Brown.

Singles

" If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with country star

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was released to country radio. It peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard's

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chart and stayed there for 6 weeks. In the UK the single peaked at No. 26. "I've Dreamed of You" was also released and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart and No. 12 on the

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chart.

Track listing

# "I've Dreamed of You" (

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) – 4:46 # "

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" (

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) – 5:22 # "The Island" (

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, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman,

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) – 4:37 # "Love Like Ours" (

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, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 3:59 # " If You Ever Leave Me" (Duet with

) ( Richard Marx) – 4:38 # "We Must Be Loving Right" (Roger Brown,

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) – 3:37 # "If I Never Met You" (

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) – 3:38 # "It Must Be You" ( Steve Dorff, Stephony Smith) – 3:29 # "Just One Lifetime" (Snow,

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) – 4:18 # "If I Didn't Love You" ( Bruce Roberts, Junior Miles) – 4:18 # "Wait" (

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, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 4:10 # " The Music That Makes Me Dance" ( Jule Styne,

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) – 4:35

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. *

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– keyboards, programming * Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer * Jon Clarke – recorder * Jim Cox, Michael Lang – piano * Paulinho da Costa – percussion * George Doering,

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– guitar * Bruce Dukov – violin * Stuart Duncan – fiddle *

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, Richard Marx – keyboards * Paul Franklin – steel guitar *

, Donald Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Reggie Hamilton,

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, Nathan East – bass guitar * Pete Hume, Felipe Elgueta, Greg Bieck, Steve Skinner – programming * Ralph Humphrey, John Robinson – drums *

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– electric guitar *

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– tenor saxophone * Tommy Morgan – harmonica * Randy Waldman – piano, keyboards, synthesizer Orchestra on "The Island" arranged and conducted by Jorge Calandrelli. Strings on "We Must Be Loving Right" conducted and arranged by William Ross. Production * Walter Afanasieff – track 3 * Tony Brown – track 6 *

– track 10 * David Foster and Richard Marx – track 5 * Arif Mardin – tracks 8, 9 * Barbra Streisand – tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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