Memories (Barbra Streisand album)
Memories is a compilation album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200. First released on Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the UK, where it was released as Love Songs, it reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for nine weeks. The album was certified platinum in the UK, and 6× platinum in Australia. According to the liner notes of Streisand's retrospective box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in the Netherlands and in Switzerland.
Two brand new recordings "Memory" and "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" were included and both released as singles. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" was the most successful of the new singles, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album also included a previously unreleased solo version of "Lost Inside of You" which had appeared on her 1976 soundtrack album A Star Is Born as a duet with Kris Kristofferson.
The album won Brit Award for British Album of the Year as Best Selling Album at the 1983 Brit Awards.
Track listing
Personnel
- Charles Calello – producer
- Nancy Donald – design
- Albhy Galuten – producer
- Bob Gaudio – producer
- Barry Gibb – producer
- Greg Gorman – photography
- Gary Klein – producer
- Charles Koppelman – executive producer
- Tony Lane – design
- Andrew Lloyd Webber – producer
- Marty Paich – arranger, producer
- Phil Ramone – producer
- Karl Richardson – producer
- Barbra Streisand – producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Charting Singles
Two new recordings, "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" and "Memory", were released as singles and charted.| Single | Chart | Position |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | US A/C | 2 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | U.S. Cash Box | 9 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | Australian | 84 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | Canada | 24 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | Canada A/C | 1 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | Netherlands | 19 |
| Coming In and Out of My Life | UK | 66 |
| Single | Chart | Position |
| Memory | Billboard Hot 100 | 52 |
| Memory | US A/C | 9 |
| Memory | U.S. Cash Box | 48 |
| Memory | Australian | 59 |
| Memory | Canada A/C | 3 |
| Memory | Netherlands | 19 |
| Memory | UK | 34 |