Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)

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For the Stone Poneys album, see Stoney End (Stone Poneys album).
Stoney End
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released February 1971 (1971-02)
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Producer Richard Perry
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Owl and the Pussycat
(1970)The Owl and the Pussycat1970		 Stoney End
(1971)		 Barbra Joan Streisand
(1971)Barbra Joan Streisand1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone Mixed[2]

Stoney End is the twelfth studio album by Barbra Streisand. Released in 1971, it was a change in direction for Streisand with a more upbeat contemporary pop sound. The album peaked at #10 in the United States, her first to reach the top 10 in five years, and was produced by music producer Richard Perry. When asked by fans during the Q&A segment of Streisand's Back To Brooklyn concert on October 11, 2012 what the title track "Stoney End" was about, she replied that she still didn't know. She included a short (approximately nine seconds) track of her laughing between track eight and nine. The volume for this track is so much lower than the rest that many have never been aware of its existence.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Joni Mitchell)
  2. "Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man)" (Laura Nyro)
  3. "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot)
  4. "Just a Little Lovin' (Early In The Mornin')" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
  5. "Let Me Go" (Randy Newman)
  6. "Stoney End" (Laura Nyro)

Side Two

  1. "No Easy Way Down" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)
  2. "Time and Love" (Laura Nyro)
  3. "Maybe" (Harry Nilsson)
  4. "Free the People" (Barbara Keith)
  5. "I'll Be Home" (Randy Newman)

Singles

  • "Stoney End" / "I'll Be Home" (1970)
  • "Time and Love" / "No Easy Way Down" (1971)
  • "Flim Flam Man" / "Maybe" (1971)

Personnel

Critical reception

AllMusic gave the album four and a half (out of five) stars, and called it "not a perfect album, but it was so far removed from what Streisand's fans and her detractors thought her capable of that it stands as one of her major triumphs", "that record had redefined the role of the traditional pop singer in contemporary terms for the early '60s, Stoney End redefined Streisand as an effective pop/rock singer."

Chart performance/Sales

The album hit number 10 on the Billboard Top 200, where it was certified Platinum with sales of 1 million copies. In the UK the album entered the chart at Number 28.[3] The album has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Singles

The title track, a Laura Nyro composition previously recorded by Peggy Lipton (No. 121 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles in 1968), was released in the US and charted at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and also reached number 27 on the UK singles chart.

"Time and Love" reached Number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the AC Chart.

"Hands Off the Man", the final single, was officially titled "Flim Flam Man" (and backed with "Maybe"). It spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 82.

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References

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