Give me early Streisand any day! The post-Stoney End albums that I enjoy, however, are SONGBIRD and BUTTERFLY. I probably like the latter for all the wrong reasons, though. I actually LIKE her take on Bowie's "Life on Mars!" I can live without her "Guava Jelly" though.
On SONGBIRD, I like "Deep in the Night" the most, but, I don't think there's a weak track on the album.
The one-two-three-four punch of her first solo albums is still remarkable, and that fourth album, PEOPLE, contains my favorite Streisand track: "How Does the Wine Taste?" THE SECOND BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM probably gets the most play in my cd player, however.
These first four albums are remarkable in that they still maintain their power, without any real duds on them, so many decades later!
I find myself liking JE M'APELLE BARBRA more and more as time goes by, and I can't do the holiday season without her initial Christmas album.
I think that LOVE IS THE ANSWER will get plenty of play in this house, even though I haven't listened YET to the orchestrated version.
I'd like to her Barbra sing the Jerry Herman songbook. . .imagine what she could do with the songs from DEAR WORLD! Not to mention the songs from MAME!
And I'm sure that some people find something of merit on her TILL I LOVED YOU album, that's the one album I could do without.
