''Barry Manilow'' is a studio album released by singer and songwriter

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

in 1989. It was Manilow's thirteenth studio album overall and second studio album on his second tenure with

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. The album represented a hint of future album releases in that many of the songs were not written/co-written by Manilow, which until that point had been rare for him. After the release of this album, Manilow embarked on introducing contemporary audiences to pop music of the 1930s through the late 1940s. The singles from this album were: "

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", "The One That Got Away", "Please Don't Be Scared" and "When the Good Times Come Again", which hit #12 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in June 2020 in the wake of the

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. No singles from the album reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but "Keep Each Other Warm" and "The One That Got Away" made the AC chart at #7 and #25 respectively in 1989.Whitburn, Joel. "Manilow, Barry." ''Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001''. Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI. p. 156.

Track listing

Side 1

# "Please Don't Be Scared" (Mindy Sterling) - 5:34 # "Keep Each Other Warm" ( Andy Hill,

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) - 4:33 # "Once and For All" (

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) - 4:15 # "The One That Got Away" (Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater)- 3:55 # "When the Good Times Come Again" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics:

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) - 4:29

Side 2

# "Some Good Things Never Last" (

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) - 4:47 # "In Another World" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics:

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) - 4:12 # "You Begin Again" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics:

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) - 3:59 # "My Moonlight Memories of You" (Sandy Linzer, Irwin Levine) - 4:43 # "

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" (music:

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; lyrics:

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) - 4:22 # "A Little Travelling Music, Please" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics:

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, Jack Feldman) - 4:23

Personnel

*Barry Manilow - vocals, piano *

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, Steve Dudas,

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, Russ Freeman - guitar *Laurence Juber - guitar, ukelele *Dennis Belfield - bass *Jeff Slater - bass, keyboards *Pat Coil, Reg Powell, Jim Cox, Kevin Bassinson - piano *

Paul "Wix" Wickens Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon ...

, Rich Tancredi - keyboards *Michael Lloyd - piano, synthesizer *Todd Herreman - Fairlight synthesizer *Claude Gaudette - synthesizer *

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Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

, Ron Krasinski, Joe Franco - drums *Michael Fisher,

Luís Jardim Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim (born 4 July 1950) is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn. Family Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim (former president of the ...

- percussion *Dana Robbins, Gary Herbig - saxophone *Dee Lewis, Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater, Jim Haas, Joe Chemay,

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- backing vocals *Ed Arkin - keyboard and synthesizer programming *Wayne Hammer, Jeff Slater - drum and synthesizer programming *Ben Forat - F-16 synthesizer programming

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References

1989 albums Barry Manilow albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Michael Lloyd (music producer) Albums produced by Ric Wake Albums produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy {{1980s-pop-album-stub