Lazy Afternoon (translated from English. Lazy Day ) is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand , released under the auspices of Columbia Records and produced by Jeffrey Lesser, Rupert Holmes. The album reached its twelfth [3] position in the national American chart and was certified by the American Association of Recording Companies as gold for a circulation of more than 500,000 copies in April 1976 [4] .
| Lazy afternoon | ||||
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| Studio album Barbra streisand | ||||
| Date of issue | October 1975 | |||
| Recorded by | April 1975 | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Duration | 36:37 | |||
| Producer | Jeffrey Lesser, Rupert Holmes | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Chronology Barbra streisand | ||||
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| A source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [one] |
| Rolling stone | Favorable [2] |
Content
About the album
The story of the album began with a phone call to Barbra Rupert Holmes . She heard his 1974 Widescreen album, was delighted with the arrangements and lyrics and asked him to work together. At that time, she already planned to start recording a new album, but could not decide on the musical direction, in which Holmes should have helped her. The album was recorded in April 1975 with Barbra and the orchestra in just three six-hour sessions [5] . One of the first recorded songs was Barbra's favorite "Widescreen", a song from Holmes' self-titled album.
The song "Lazy Afternoon" was first performed in the musical Golden Apple , the authors of the song were John La Tauch and Jerome Moross . There were rumors that Streisand was supposed to participate in the recording of the album with the songs of La Taucha in 1962, but the project was never materialized [6] . Thirteen years later, Streisand recorded his song "Lazy Afternoon", which also served as the title of the album.
The song "I Never Had It So Good" by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols first appeared on Wilms' album Just An Old Fashioned Love Song in 1971. Williams later years also helped Streisand write her hit "Evergreen". Stevie Wonder's "You and I" was released on his 1972 Talking Book . Wonder would later play the harmonica part for Streisand’s song “Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine,” from The Broadway Album . The couplet of the song "Moanin Low" Barbra first performed in 1962 at the Harry Moore show .
Dave Gruzin ’s "A Child is Born" was written for the 1972 Sandbox film with Streisand in the title role, the lyrics for the song were written by the Bergman spouses . An alternative version of the song was also recorded, arranged by Rupert Holmes. Holmes was also the author of another song recorded for the album, but not included in it - "Everything" (not to be confused with the song of the same name for the film A Star Was Born ). Another unreleased Holmes song - “Better” - was recorded three times: in early 1973 with Richard Perry , in September of that year with Marty Peich , and, in fact, with Holmes.
The cover photo for the album was taken by Steve Shapiro in the living room of her country house in Malibu , California [7] .
Charts
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart from 107th place on November 1, 1975, and reached its peak - at 12th place - on December 20, remaining on the chart for 20 weeks. On April 14, 1976, the record was certified as gold.
In August 1975, the first single from the album - "My Father's Song" was released, and in December of the same year the second - "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". "Shake Me, Wake Me" was Streisand's first step in dance pop music, and a disco version of the song was available on the single. Despite some success of the song "Shake Me, Wake Me" in New York clubs - the song even took 14th place on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart , not one of the singles could get on the Billboard Hot 100 .
List of Songs
- Lazy Afternoon ( John La Touche , Jerome Moross ) - 3:47
- My Father's Song ( Rupert Holmes ) - 3:52
- “By The Way” (B. Streisand, R. Holmes) - 2:55
- “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)” ( Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland ) - 2:50
- “I Never Had It So Good” ( Paul Williams , Roger Nichols ) - 3:35
- Letters That Cross In The Mail (R. Holmes) - 3:36
- “You And I” ( Stevie Wonder ) - 4:16
- “Moanin 'Low” ( Howard Dietz , Ralph Rainger ) - 4:25
- “A Child Is Born” ( Marilyn Bergman , Alan Bergman , Dave Grusin ) - 2:48
- Widescreen (R. Holmes) - 3:59
Links
Notes
- ↑ William Ruhlmann. Lazy Afternoon (Allmusic Review) . www.allmusic.com. Date of treatment November 17, 2012.
- ↑ Stephen Holden. Rolling Stone Review-Lazy Afternoon . www.rollingstone.com (January 15, 1976). Date of treatment November 17, 2012. Archived June 9, 2008.
- ↑ Lazy Afternoon - Album> Charts & Awards . Allmusic . Date of treatment March 3, 2011. Archived on May 22, 2013.
- ↑ riaa - gold and platinum
- ↑ Interview with Rupert Holmes by Matt Howe, August 2003
- ↑ About songs from Afternoon
- ↑ In Style, June 1994