NEW YORK (Columbia Records) - "Guilty Pleasures," the eagerly-awaited new collaborative album by legendary singer
Barbra Streisand and producer/songwriter/vocalist Barry Gibb, will be released as both a traditional CD and as a DualDisc, on Tuesday,
September 20.
Produced by
Barry Gibb & John Merchant and Executive Produced by
Barbra Streisand & Jay Landers, "
Guilty Pleasures" will debut the original songs "
Come Tomorrow" (Duet with Barry Gibb), "
Stranger In A Strange Land" (the album's first single), "Hideaway," "It's Up To You," "Night Of My Life," "Above The Law" (Duet with Barry Gibb), "Without Your Love," "All The Children," "Golden Dawn," "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away," and "Letting Go."
The DualDisc edition of "Guilty Pleasures" will include the album in its entirety on the audio-only side while the DVD side will showcase all 11 songs in PCM Stereo, an exclusive interview with Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb, and music videos for the songs "Above The Law" (Duet with Barry Gibb), "Hideaway," "Stranger In A Strange Land," and "Letting Go."
To help set the stage for the eagerly-awaited release of "Guilty Pleasures," Columbia Records will release the 25th Anniversary Edition of the original "Guilty" album as a DualDisc on Tuesday, August 30.
The audio side of the 25th Anniversary Edition of "Guilty" will include the nine classic tracks - "Guilty" (Duet with Barry Gibb), "Woman In Love," "Run Wild," "Promises," "The Love Inside," "What Kind of Fool" (Duet with Barry Gibb), "Life Story," "Never Give Up," and "Make It Like A Memory" - that comprised the original "Guilty" album.
The DVD side of the 25th Anniversary Edition of "Guilty" will include all nine songs in PCM Stereo, an exclusive interview with Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (containing footage not included in the "Guilty Pleasures" interview), live performance videos of the Barbra Streisand-Barry Gibb duets "Guilty" and "What Kind of Fool," and "Stranger In A Strange Land," an exclusive video preview of the "Guilty Pleasures" album."
The much-anticipated release of "Guilty Pleasures" comes 25 years after the pair's first multi-platinum album, "Guilty," made pop music history as a worldwide chart-topping smash which helped define the emerging Adult Contemporary pop music genre following its release in 1980.
One of the four top-selling albums - alongside "Greatest Hits Vol.2," "A Christmas Album," and "Memories" - in Ms. Streisand's extraordinary catalog, the original "Guilty" became the artist's fifth album to reach the No 1 spot on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
The album generated three hit singles: "Woman In Love" (No 1 Adult Contemporary, No 1 Pop) and the duets with Barry Gibb, "Guilty" (No 5 Adult Contemporary, No 3 Pop) and "What Kind of Fool" (No 1 Adult Contemporary, No 10 Pop). The album's title track, "Guilty," took home the coveted Grammy Award for "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group."
Shortly after its release, the original "Guilty" album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America with Platinum status following within two months. "Guilty" has gone on to be certified 5x Platinum, with sales exceeding five million copies in the U.S. and 12 million worldwide. With 49 Gold, 30 Platinum and 13 Multi-Platinum albums to her credit, Barbra Streisand is the music industry's No 1 best-selling female artist and the only female on the RIAA's Top 10 list of artists.
