On her follow-up to the comeback album Stoney End, Barbra Streisand tried to do for (or to) Carole King what she had done the last time around with Laura Nyro, to redo her material in a similar manner and essentially hijack it (while providing a big jump in songwriter royalties, of course).
This was not so easy to do in the case of "Beautiful," "Where You Lead," and "You've Got a Friend," however, since, unlike the Nyro songs, by the time Streisand got to these tunes, they were already on King's own chart-topping album, Tapestry.
Nevertheless, Streisand, who after all is a much more powerful singer than King, did them well and even eked out a Top 40 single on "Where You Lead." And the album contained other gems, such as a delicate reading of John Lennon's "Love" (a take on his "Mother" was far less successful) and the only recording of "I Mean to Shine," written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, soon to launch Steely Dan.
Streisand was not able to make the final transition into the pop/rock realm for the simple reason that she wasn't a writer, but she had spent a career making other people's songs her own, and she was as effective doing that here as she had been on very different material in the '60s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BeautifulCarole King | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:15 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 2 | LoveJohn Lennon | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | Where You LeadCarole King, Toni Stern | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | I Never Meant to Hurt YouLaura Nyro | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Space CaptainMatthew Moore | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Since I Fell for YouBuddy Johnson | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | MotherJohn Lennon | Barbra Streisand | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | The Summer KnowsAlan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 9 | I Mean to ShineWalter Becker, Donald Fagen | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 10 | You've Got a FriendCarole King | Barbra Streisand | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not A Home | Barbra Streisand | Play | 06:29 | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| 41 mins | 94 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 225 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burt Bacharach | Composer |
| 2 | Nickey Barclay | Piano |
| 3 | Walter Becker | Composer |
| 4 | Alan Bergman | Composer |
| 5 | Marilyn Bergman | Composer |
| 6 | Hal Blaine | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 7 | Gene Cipriano | Clarinet, Oboe |
| 8 | Hal David | Composer |
| 9 | Mike Deasy Sr. | Guitar, Guitar (Electric) |
| 10 | Alice de Buhr | Drums, Percussion |
| 11 | Nick DeCaro | Arranger, Piano |
| 12 | Oma Drake | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Donald Fagen | Composer, Guest Artist, Organ |
| 14 | Fanny | Guest Artist |
| 15 | Fanny | Arranger, Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Venetta Fields | Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Jim Gordon | Drums |
| 18 | Dick Hazard | Arranger, Conductor |
| 19 | Buddy Johnson | Composer |
| 20 | Jim Keltner | Drums |
| 21 | Bobby Keys | Horn |
| 22 | Carole King | Composer |
| 23 | Clydie King | Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Larry Knechtel | Bass, Guitar (Bass) |
| 25 | Michel Legrand | Composer |
| 26 | John Lennon | Composer |
| 27 | Sherlie Mathews | Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Lincoln Mayorga | Piano |
| 29 | Hugh McCracken | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 30 | Jean Millington | Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Bass) |
| 31 | June Millington | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 32 | Sy Mitchell | Engineer |
| 33 | Matthew Moore | Composer |
| 34 | Larry Muhoberac | Piano |
| 35 | Laura Nyro | Composer |
| 36 | Joe Osborn | Bass, Guitar (Bass) |
| 37 | John Osborne | Bass, Guitar (Bass) |
| 38 | Gene Page | Arranger, Conductor |
| 39 | Jean Page | Arranger, Conductor |
| 40 | Richard Perry | Organ, Percussion, Piano, Pipe Organ, Producer, Tambourine |
| 41 | Billy Preston | Guest Artist, Organ |
| 42 | Jim Price | Horn |
| 43 | Michel Rubini | Piano |
| 44 | Louie Shelton | Guitar |
| 45 | Toni Stern | Composer |
| 46 | Barbra Streisand | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 47 | John Uribe | Guitar |
| 48 | Eric Weissberg | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 49 | Ken Welch | Arranger |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |