The Best of Barry

Tracklist

• 1
  Mandy
  3:21
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Looks Like We Made It
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Ready to Take a Chance Again
  3:01
• 4
  Copacabana
  3:58
  4.0 ★
• 5
  This One’s for You
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Somewhere in the Night
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Can’t Smile Without You
  3:12
  4.6 ★
• 8
  I Write the Songs
  3:54
  4.0 ★
• 9
  The Old Songs
  4:36
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Memory
  4:53
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Even Now
  3:29
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Ships
  3:57
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Could It Be Magic
  6:47
  3.0 ★

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The Greatest Love Songs of All Time

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Release credits

• Adrienne Anderson
  background vocals [13]
• Alan Axelrod
  keyboard [2, 5, 8]
• Alan Estes
  percussion [7, 10]
• Art Phillips
  guitar [10]
• Artie Butler
  arranger [10], conductor [10], orchestrator [7, 9-11]
• Barry Manilow
  arranger [2, 5, 8-10, 13], background vocals [2, 5-8, 11], co [11], conductor [13], lead vocals [1-3, 5-11, 13], piano [2, 5-11, 13], producer [1-2, 5-11, 13], vocal [11]
• Bill Champlin
  background vocals [9]
• Bill Drescher
  associate [10], engineer [10]
• Bill Mays
  keyboard [7, 11]
• Bob Babbitt
  bass guitar [6]
• Bud Harner
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Carl Sealove
  bass guitar [9]
• Charlie Brown
  guitar [8]
• Clive Davis
  co [1]
• Dennis Farac
  guitar [5]
• Derek Dunan
  assistant [6-7, 11]
• Elliot Scheiner
  mix [13], recording [13]
• Gail Kantor
  background vocals [13]
• Gary Boatner
  assistant [9]
• Gerald Alters
  brass [2, 5, 8], strings [2, 5, 8]
• Ian Underwood
  synthesizer [10]
• Ira Siegel
  assistant [9]
• Jane Scheckter
  background vocals [13]
• Jane Stuart
  background vocals [13]
• Jeff Mironov
  guitar [6]
• Jimmy Maelen
  percussion [6]
• Jimmy Young
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Joe Renzetti
  strings [1]
• John Pondel
  guitar [9]
• Kathe Green
  background vocals [13]
• Lady Flash
  background vocals [8]
• Laurel Massé
  background vocals [13]
• Lee Gurst
  drums (drum set) [2, 5, 8], percussion [8]
• Leon Gaer
  bass guitar [10]
• Merle Miller
  background vocals [13]
• Michael Delugg
  associate [9], engineer [6-9, 11], recording [2, 5]
• Mitch Holder
  guitar [7, 11]
• Norman Pride
  congas [13]
• Pamela Pentony
  background vocals [13]
• Paul Shaffer
  electric piano [6]
• Richard Behrke
  orchestrator [6]
• Richard Page
  background vocals [9-10]
• Richie Resnicoff
  guitar [2, 5]
• Rick Polakow
  assistant [10]
• Robert Danz
  background vocals [13]
• Robert Forte
  percussion [9]
• Robert Marullo
  synthesizer [9]
• Ron Dante
  background vocals [2, 5-8, 11, 13], co [11], producer [1-2, 5-8, 11, 13]
• Ronnie Zito
  drums (drum set) [7, 11]
• Sheilah Rae
  background vocals [13]
• Sid McGinnis
  guitar [8]
• Sid Sharp
  concertmaster [9]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Steve George
  background vocals [10]
• Steven Donaghey
  bass guitar [2, 5, 8]
• Stu Woods
  bass guitar [13]
• Stuart Scharf
  acoustic guitar [13]
• Tom Kelly
  background vocals [9-10]
• Victor Vanacore
  keyboard [9]
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Will Lee
  bass guitar [7, 11]
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Issues

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  The Best of Barry

  12" Vinyl
  1989