''Guilty Pleasures'' is the thirty-first studio album by

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 awar ...

. It was released in September 2005 in conjunction with

Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popula ...

. In

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and the

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, the album is titled ''Guilty Too''. It is the follow-up to Streisand's 1980 album, ''

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'', which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features a cover of Gibb's late brother

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's song "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away". In the United States the album peaked at no. 5 and has been certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist, and in second place in general behind

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. The album was also top 3 in the UK, where it has been certified Platinum (over 300,000 copies sold). Both albums can also be considered partial- collaboration albums, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb, but Gibb could also be heard as a background vocalist in a few other songs solely by the artist herself, along with the fact that both singers were on the cover for both albums issued.

DualDisc edition

A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in PCM Stereo, behind the scenes footage of the making of the album, interviews with Streisand and Gibb and 4 video performances, including an alternate piano version of "Letting Go".

Track listing

All songs published by Crompton Songs ( BMI) and Warner-Tamlerlane Publishing Corp., except where noted. #"Come Tomorrow" with

(Ashley Gibb, Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 5:01 #"

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" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 4:50 #"Hideaway" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:14 #"It's Up to You" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:32 #" Night of My Life" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:01 #"Above the Law" with Barry Gibb (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb, Streisand; Crompton Songs/Warner-Tamlerlane Publishing Corp./Emanuel Music-Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./WB Music) – 4:27 #"Without Your Love" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:48 #"All the Children" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 5:14 #"Golden Dawn" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:40 #"

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" is a song penned by Barry Gibb and Blue Weaver and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 on the '' Saturday Night Fever'' sessions but was not released until ''Bee Gees Greatest'' (1979). A different version was re ...

" (B. Gibb, Blue Weaver) – 4:01 #"Letting Go" (George Bitzer, B. Gibb) – 3:53

Personnel

–

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– vocals,

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, string arrangement *Dan Warner – guitar *Doug Emery –

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, programming, string arrangement *Eero Turunen – keyboard *Julio Hernandez – bass *Lee Levin – drums *Richard Bravo –

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* Tom Scott –

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on "Come Tomorrow" and "Hideaway" *Beth Cohen – vocals on "Night of My Life" *Leesa Richards – vocals on "Night of My Life" *Peter Graves – string arrangement, conductor *Larry Warrilow – string arrangement Production *Barry Gibb - producer *John Merchant - producer, recording, engineering, mixing *Javier Carrion - additional engineering *Patrick Magee - assistant engineering *Ethan Carlson - assistant engineering *Bob Ludwig - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand Album) Barbra Streisand albums 2005 albums Columbia Records albums Sequel albums