Songbird was a competent, professional effort from Barbra Streisand, typical of the soft rock style of her '70s work, but unexceptional.
Gary Klein, who had produced Streisand Superman, guided a middle course between bombast and balladry, resulting in, for example, perhaps the least objectionable version possible of the frankly awful "Tomorrow" from the Broadway musical Annie and a good reading of Neil Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" that would help inspire the hit duet version a year later.
But though Streisand now seemed to have access to the efforts of a raft of good songwriters, most of the material here was not memorable.
The intended hit, obviously, was the title song, which was patterned after Streisand's recent string of hit ballads.
But it was not as effective as its predecessors and didn't perform as well as they had in the charts, only breaking into the Top 40.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomorrow | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | A Man I Loved | Barbra Streisand | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | I Don't Break Easily | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Love Breakdown | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | You Don't Bring Me FlowersAlan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Honey Can I Put on Your Clothes | Barbra Streisand | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | One More Night | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 8 | Stay Away | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Deep in the Night | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 10 | SongbirdSteve Nelson, David Wolfert | Barbra Streisand | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 38 mins | 87 MB | |||||
| 38 mins | 218 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Bergman | Composer |
| 2 | Marilyn Bergman | Composer |
| 3 | Charlie Brown | Guitar |
| 4 | Dennis Budimir | Guitar |
| 5 | Larry Carlton | Arranger, Guitar |
| 6 | Paulinho Da Costa | Percussion |
| 7 | Nick DeCaro | Arranger |
| 8 | Sal DeTroia | Guitar |
| 9 | Neil Diamond | Composer, Guest Artist |
| 10 | David Foster | Piano |
| 11 | Jim Gilstrap | Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | Alan Gordon | Arranger |
| 13 | Jay Graydon | Guitar |
| 14 | Ed Greene | Drums |
| 15 | Jerry Hey | Arranger, Trumpet |
| 16 | Mitch Holder | Guitar |
| 17 | Lee Holdridge | Arranger |
| 18 | Jim Horn | Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) |
| 19 | James Newton Howard | Arranger, Piano, Synthesizer |
| 20 | David Hungate | Guitar (Bass) |
| 21 | Arthur Kane | Conductor |
| 22 | Gary Klein | Producer |
| 23 | Abraham Laboriel, Sr. | Guitar (Bass) |
| 24 | Ronnie Lang | Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) |
| 25 | Gayle LaVant | Harp |
| 26 | Will Lee | Guitar (Bass) |
| 27 | Steve Lukather | Guitar |
| 28 | Steve Madaio | Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) |
| 29 | Greg Mathieson | Piano |
| 30 | Lincoln Mayorga | Piano |
| 31 | George Michalski | Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Larry Muhoberac | Piano |
| 33 | Steve Nelson | Composer |
| 34 | Niki Oosterveen | Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Gene Page | Arranger |
| 36 | Leon Pendarvis | Keyboards |
| 37 | Jeff Porcaro | Drums |
| 38 | Reinie Press | Guitar (Bass) |
| 39 | Pat Rebillot | Keyboards |
| 40 | William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. | Arranger, Trombone |
| 41 | Lee Ritenour | Guitar |
| 42 | Allan Schwartzberg | Drums, Percussion |
| 43 | Stephanie Spruill | Vocals (Background) |
| 44 | Armin Steiner | Engineer |
| 45 | Barbra Streisand | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 46 | Julia Tillman Waters | Vocals (Background) |
| 47 | John Tropea | Arranger, Guitar |
| 48 | Louise di Tullio | Flute |
| 49 | Ian Underwood | Synthesizer |
| 50 | Oren Waters | Vocals (Background) |
| 51 | Ernie Watts | Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) |
| 52 | Maxine Willard Waters | Vocals (Background) |
| 53 | Larry Williams | Arranger |
| 54 | David Wolfert | Arranger, Composer, Guitar |
| 55 | Bob Zimmitti | Percussion |
| 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). |