''Emotion'' is the twenty-third studio album of

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singer

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

, issued in October 1984 by

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. The album has been certified Platinum in the US by the

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and Gold in the UK by the BPI.

Overview

This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and composers. Produced by Jim Steinman, "

Left in the Dark "Left in the Dark" is a song by Jim Steinman from his only solo album '' Bad for Good''. The song gained more notice as performed by Barbra Streisand when released as the lead single from her album ''Emotion'' in autumn 1984. It was also recorde ...

" was the lead single peaking at #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "

Make No Mistake, He's Mine "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" is a song written by Kim Carnes, recorded as a duet with Barbra Streisand in 1984. The duet was subsequently recorded as "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" by Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers in 1987. Both versions of the son ...

", a duet with Kim Carnes, was the album's second single and charted at #8 on the

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and #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The final single "Emotion", featuring the

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on background vocals, was also released as extended 12" remix. An instrumental version of "Here We Are At Last" appeared on the

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of the 1987 feature film ''Nuts''. The video for "Left in the Dark" reunited Streisand with Kris Kristofferson, her co-star from '' ''A Star Is Born''''. The video to the album's title track "Emotion", which received some airplay on

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, featured cameos from

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and

Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...

. The album peaked at #19 on the US

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and #15 on the UK Pop Album chart. Emotion has also been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI.

Track listing

Unreleased songs

*"When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" *"How Do You Keep the Music Playing" (this song was later re-recorded and included on '' The Movie Album'').

Personnel

*Barbra Streisand – vocals *

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– piano * Abraham Laboriel,

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, Steve Buslowe, Bob Lizik – bass guitar *Peter Bliss – programming, guitar *Bill Cuomo – piano, synthesizer * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizer, programming *Randy Waldman, Michel Colombier – synthesizer *

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– keyboards *Steve Mitchell – synthesizer, Hammond B-3 * Albhy Galuten – synthesizer, keyboards *Gary Mallaber,

Max Weinberg Max Weinberg (born April 13, 1951) is an American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' a ...

, Tom Radke, Russ Kunkel, Vinnie Colaiuta – drums *Ed Tossing – piano, Fender Rhodes * Paulinho Da Costa,

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, Steve Forman – percussion *Gary Chang – additional synthesizer, programming *

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, Don Felder,

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, Rick Derringer, Dann Huff, Craig Hull, George Doering, Bruce Gaitsch – guitar *Ray Kelley – cello *Lon Price, Jerry Peterson, John Phillips - saxophone *

Maurice White Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the ...

, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydene Jackson, Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Streisand on making of the "Emotion" video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emotion (Barbra Streisand Album) 1984 albums Barbra Streisand albums Albums produced by Maurice White Albums produced by Richard Perry Columbia Records albums Albums recorded at Capitol Studios Albums recorded at United Western Recorders