Barry Manilow - If I Should Love Again (1981) (Vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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"If I Should Love Again" is the eighth studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. 

The album was recorded at United Western Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. 

The album was released in 1981, and it was certified gold.

Manilow refers to it as "The most romantic album that I ever made", and remarks "I was so caught up in romance that I actually wrote music and lyrics to the title song while playing the piano facing the ocean, in a rented house on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey."

Though this came near the end of his pop-chart run, If I Should Love Again is classic Barry Manilow and yielded three Top 40 hits ("The Old Songs," which went to number 15; "Somewhere Down the Road," which hit number 21; and the bright "Let's Hang On," which hit number 32). 

Though those singles aren't often considered classics in his oeuvre, they and most of this album are shamelessly well-crafted adult contemporary ("Break Down the Door" and "I Haven't Changed the Room" being inoffensive exceptions). 

"No Other Love" is a swoony, romantic ballad (with strong lyrics like "There were no violins, there were no soft guitars, time comes and goes like music in a play") that plays out exactly as it should, so that you can't imagine there being another way to produce it. 

Turning "Somewhere Down the Road" from a melancholy piano ballad to an anthem shows that Manilow's in fine form. 

The song becomes so inspirational you almost want to salute the flag. 

It may not be the biggest album of his career, but If I Should Love Again showcases Manilow's greatest skill: making heartbreak sound hopeful.

Side one

1.  The Old Songs - 4:43

2.  Let’s Hang On  - 3:12

3.  If I Should Love Again - 5:33

4.  Don’t Fall in Love with Me - 3:39

5.  Break Down the Door - 3:04

Side two

1.  Somewhere Down the Road - 4:00

2.  No Other Love - 4:36

3.  Fools Get Lucky - 4:11

4.  I Haven’t Changed the Room - 2:16

5.  Let’s Take All Night (to Say Goodbye) - 3:36

Personnel

• Barry Manilow – vocals, acoustic piano, rhythm track arrangements, backing vocals, arrangements, orchestrations
• Robert Marullo – synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
• Victor Vanacore – keyboards, acoustic piano, arrangements, horn and string orchestrations, orchestrations
• Bill Mays – keyboards
• John Pondel – guitars
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
• Dean Parks – guitars
• Mitch Holder – guitars
• Carl Sealove – bass
• Will Lee – bass
• Bud Harner – drums
• Ed Greene – drums
• Robert Forte – percussion
• Alan Estes – percussion
• Bill Page – French horn, flute
• Tom Scott – sax solo, saxophone
• Artie Butler – horn and string orchestrations
• Jimmie Haskell – horn and string orchestrations
• Shaun Harris – contractor
• Sid Sharp – concertmaster
• Bill Champlin – backing vocals
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals
• Richard Page – backing vocals

 

Production

• Barry Manilow – producer
• Michael DeLugg – associate producer, engineer
• Gary Boatner – assistant engineer
• Ira Seigel – assistant engineer
• Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Roger Wall – personal assistant
• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Neal Pozner – design
• Linda Fennimore – illustration

 

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
• Mastered At – Capitol Mastering

Notes

Release:  1981

Format:  Vinyl, Lp

Genre:  Pop, Easy Listening

Label:  Arista

Catalog#  204050

Vinyl:  Goed (Excellent)

Cover:  Goed (Excellent)

Prijs: €10,00