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the album track "Only in Chicago". "We Still Have Time" was taken from the film ''

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''. The album scored one top ten pop hit, " I Made It Through the Rain", which reached number ten, in early 1981. Although "I Made It Through the Rain" was his only Top-10 on the Hot 100 from this album, he managed to reach the Top-10 on the Adult-Contemporary lists with "Lonely Together" and the bouncy up-tempo " Bermuda Triangle" was a Top-20 hit in the UK in mid-1981. Barry on allmusic.com/ref> The album has yet to be released on CD in the US, but has had a CD release in Japan. It is however available as a digital download.

Track listing

Side 1

# " Lonely Together" (

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) - 4:19 # " Bermuda Triangle" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics:

Bruce Sussman Bruce Howard Sussman (born July 12, 1949) is an American lyricist, and librettist. Though he has collaborated with numerous composers, he is probably best known for his work with his long-time collaborator, Barry Manilow. Together they have wri ...

, Jack Feldman) - 3:45 # " I Made It Through the Rain" (music:

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; lyrics: Jack Feldman, Drey Shepperd, Bruce Sussman, Barry Manilow) - 4:08 # "Twenty Four Hours a Day" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics:

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) - 3:25 # "Dance Away" (

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, Richard Kerr) - 3:56

Side 2

# "Life Will Go On" (music: Richard Kerr; lyrics:

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) - 3:50 # "Only in Chicago" (music: Barry Manilow, Maurice White; lyrics: Barry Manilow) - 3:33 # "The Last Duet" (with

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) (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 3:59 # "London" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 5:18 # "We Still Have Time (Theme from the motion picture ''

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Personnel

*Barry Manilow - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer *Dennis Belfield,

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, Jeff Mironov, John Pondel, Mitch Holder, Thom Rotella, Michael Landau, Fred Tackett - guitar *Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar *

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, Lou Shoch,

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- bass *David Wheatley - Fender Rhodes electric piano *Robert Marullo - Fender Rhodes electric piano, synthesizer * Artie Butler,

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, Victor Vanacore,

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, Jerry Corbetta - keyboards *

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- synthesizer *Carlos Vega, Ronnie Zito, Bud Harner,

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, Ron Krasinski - drums *Alan Estes,

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, Ken Park - percussion *James Jolis,

Jim Haas James Edwin Haas was an American singer who performed vocals for many artists including Andy Williams, Neil Diamond, Jackson Browne, David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Pink Floyd, and Barry Manilow. Leif Garrett, after Haas' death, explained that in ...

, Jon Joyce, Kevin DiSimone, Maxine Waters,

Ron Dante Ron Dante (born Carmine John Granito, August 22, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer. Dante is best known as the real life lead singer of the fictional cartoon band the Archies; he was also the voice o ...

, Stephanie Spruill, Pat Henderson, Robin Green, Stan Farber - backing vocals * Chuck Findley - horns *Tommy Morgan - harmonica

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