After three albums related to television specials and one of French songs, Simply Streisand was Barbra Streisand's first "regular" new album since People three years earlier and her first new release of any kind in a year.
(Before, her albums came regularly every six months.) By now, the singer was spending her time in Hollywood shooting movies, and the music scene had moved heavily into rock, developments that made this a perfunctory set and one released into an indifferent climate; unlike her previous eight albums, Simply Streisand missed the Top Ten.
But it isn't that bad.
Streisand is not an accomplished performer of classic pop standards like "My Funny Valentine" and "More Than You Know," largely because she seems too intimidated by the material to put an individual stamp on it, but she is a great singer, and if arranger Ray Ellis' charts lack the invention of Peter Matz's, they are conventionally competent.
If this were the only Streisand album you ever heard, you'd still think she was good.
It's only in comparison to what went before that it seems mediocre.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Funny ValentineLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 2 | The Nearness of YouHoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | When Sunny Gets BlueMarvin Fisher | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 4 | Make the Man Love MeDorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 5 | More Than You KnowEdward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 6 | I'll KnowFrank Loesser | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 7 | All the Things You AreOscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | The Boy Next DoorRalph Blane, Hugh Martin | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Stout-Hearted MenOscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 10 | Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) | Barbra Streisand | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 29 mins | 66 MB | |||||
| 29 mins | 159 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Blane | Composer |
| 2 | Hoagy Carmichael | Composer |
| 3 | Jimmie Davis | Composer |
| 4 | Edward Eliscu | Composer |
| 5 | Ray Ellis | Arranger |
| 6 | Dorothy Fields | Composer |
| 7 | Marvin Fisher | Composer |
| 8 | Jack Gold | Producer |
| 9 | Oscar Hammerstein II | Composer |
| 10 | Lorenz Hart | Composer |
| 11 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 12 | Frank Loesser | Composer |
| 13 | Hugh Martin | Composer |
| 14 | Roger "Ram" Ramirez | Composer |
| 15 | Howard Roberts | Producer |
| 16 | Howard A. Roberts | Producer |
| 17 | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Liner Notes |
| 18 | Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| 19 | Sigmund Romberg | Composer |
| 20 | Billy Rose | Composer |
| 21 | Arthur Schwartz | Composer |
| 22 | Jimmy Sherman | Composer |
| 23 | David Shire | Conductor |
| 24 | Barbra Streisand | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 25 | Ned Washington | Composer |
| 26 | Vincent Youmans | Composer |
| 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). |