''Tryin' to Get the Feeling'' is the third studio album by singer-songwriter

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott ...

, released in 1975. It features the title track, " Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again", together with other hits including "New York City Rhythm", "Bandstand Boogie" (the theme from the long-running ABC series ''

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'') and the chart-topping " I Write the Songs". The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Chart on November 8, 1975, reaching number five in early 1976, and eventually was certified double platinum. It peaked at No. 24 on Canada's RPM Album Chart. The Piano Player sculpture on the album's front cover was created by Italian artist Dino Bencini. Both front and back cover art were later parodied by

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on the cover of his 1979 album '' The Feeling's Not Right Again'', which contains the song "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow".

Track listing

Side one

#"New York City Rhythm" (

, Marty Panzer) – 4:42 #" Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (

David Pomeranz David Pomeranz (born February 9, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. He is also an ambassador for Operation Smile, a foundation dedicated to cleft lip and palate and a member of the Churc ...

) – 3:51 #"Why Don't We Live Together" (Phil Galdston, Peter Thom) – 2:54 #"Bandstand Boogie" (Manilow, Charles Albertine, Bruce Sussman) – 2:49 #"You're Leaving Too Soon" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 3:30 #"She's a Star" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 4:16

Side two

#" I Write the Songs" (

Bruce Johnston Bruce Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who is a member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords, and ...

) – 3:51 #"As Sure as I'm Standing Here" (Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) – 4:50 #"A Nice Boy Like Me" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 3:58 #"Lay Me Down" (

Larry Weiss Laurence D. "Larry" Weiss (born March 25, 1941) is an American songwriter and musician. He wrote " Rhinestone Cowboy", a US no.1 hit for Glen Campbell in 1975; and co-wrote " Bend Me, Shape Me", " Hi Ho Silver Lining" and several other internatio ...

) – 4:20 #"Beautiful Music" (Manilow, Marty Panzer) – 4:32

CD Bonus Tracks

#"I'll Make You Music" onus track on 2006 remaster(Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) – 2:34 #"Marry Me a Little" onus track on 1998 and 2006 remaster(

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) – 3:38

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Barry Manilow – lead and backing vocals, piano, rhythm track arrangements, string arrangements (3), "32 voices" (4) * Alan Axelrod – keyboards * Charlie Brown – guitar * Sid McGinnis – guitar, pedal steel guitar (5) * Steve Donaghey – bass * Lee Gurst – drums, percussion * Jimmy Maelen – bongos, congas, shaker * The Flashy Ladies ( Debra Byrd, Lorraine Mazzola, Monica Burruss) – backing vocals * Ramona Brooks – backing vocals *

Ron Dante Carmine John Granito (born August 22, 1945), known professionally as Ron Dante, is an American singing, singer, songwriter, Session musician, session vocalist, and record producer. Dante is best known as the real life lead singer of the fiction ...

– background vocals * Norman Harris – string arrangements (1, 8, 9), horn arrangements (9) * Gerald Alters – horn and string arrangements (2, 7) *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

– horn arrangements (4, 11), string arrangements (6) * T.G. Conway – arrangements (9) *

Joe Renzetti Joseph Renzetti is an American film composer and session musician. He scores for films and television, currently active in scoring indie films, he composes works for orchestra, chamber groups, and solo artists. Career Born in Philadelphia, Renz ...

– string arrangements (10)

Production

* Producers – Barry Manilow and Ron Dante * Engineer – Michael DeLugg * Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, PA) and

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(New York, NY) * Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). * Cover Design – Robert L. Heimall * Photography – Lee Gurst

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums Barry Manilow albums Arista Records albums Albums arranged by Arif Mardin Albums produced by Ron Dante