Live Concert at the Forum

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

Barbra Streisand's second live album demonstrated how much her music had changed since her first one had been released four years before. (Actually, five years separated the recording dates.) But she also strived to combine her earlier work with her current songs, and while you might have expected "People" to sit oddly with "Stoney End" on the same record side, in fact the two songs only demonstrated Streisand's versatility. It may have been years since Streisand had faced a concert audience, but she'd been facing casino audiences in Las Vegas for years, and she was a polished performer. She was also in good voice, and the concert medium suited her powerful delivery well. Her humorous monologue, in which she seemed to be smoking marijuana, is now as dated as it was timely in 1972. Live Concert at the Forum was an early indication that Streisand had not abandoned the middle of the road for rock & roll, but only made a strategic detour. In fact, she would soon return to a contemporary ballad style. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2008
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886972484723
Rank:	91156

Tracks

1. Sing/Make Your Own Kind If Music
2. Starting Here, Starting Now
3. Don't Rain on My Parade
4. Monologue
5. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
6. Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
7. Didn't We
8. My Man
9. Stoney End
10. Sing/Happy Days Are Here Again
11. People

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eddie Kendricks   Vocal Director,Vocals (Background)
The Kendrix Singers   Vocals (Background)
David Schire   Conductor

Technical Credits

Jack Yellen   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Laura Nyro   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Graham Lyle   Composer
David Shire   Composer
Richard Maltby, Jr.   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Toni Stern   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Jacques Charles   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Don Costa   Arranger
Gene Page   Arranger
Channing Pollack   Composer
Joe Raposo   Composer
Burton Lane   Composer
Troy Seals   Composer
Bill Schnee   Engineer
Claus Ogerman   Arranger
Peter Matz   Arranger
Maurice Yvain   Composer
Albert Willemetz   Composer
Don Hannah   Arranger
Mort Goode   Liner Notes