A Love Like Ours

A Love Like Ours
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	September 21, 1999
Recorded	November 1998-March 1999
Genre	Pop, vocal
Label	Columbia
Producer	Walter Afanasieff Tony Brown David Foster Arif Mardin Richard Marx Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand chronology
Higher Ground (1997) A Love Like Ours (1999) Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
Singles from A Love Like Ours
"If You Ever Leave Me" Released: January 22, 1999 "I've Dreamed Of You" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Baltimore Sun	(favorable)[2]

A Love Like Ours is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released in North America on September 21, 1999, and Europe on September 20, 1999. It is her 23rd Top 10 album in the US. This was Streisand's first commercial release since her marriage to actor James Brolin. Much of the material was inspired by this event. As such, the disc booklet contains images of her and Brolin.

The album did not achieve the success of Streisand's two previous albums, debuting at No. 6 in the US with sales of 145,000 copies in the first week. It was eventually certified Gold and Platinum.

"We Must Be Loving Right" was previously recorded by George Strait on his 1993 album Easy Come, Easy Go. Both Strait's original and Streisand's cover were produced by Tony Brown.^[3]

Singles

"If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with country star Vince Gill was released to country radio. It peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and stayed there for 6 weeks. In the UK the single peaked at No. 26.

"I've Dreamed of You" was also released and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart and No. 12 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.

Track listing

1. "I've Dreamed of You" (Rolf Løvland, Ann Hampton Callaway) – 4:46
2. "Isn't It a Pity?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:22
3. "The Island" (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 4:37
4. "Love Like Ours" (Dave Grusin, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 3:59
5. "If You Ever Leave Me" (Duet with Vince Gill) (Richard Marx) – 4:38
6. "We Must Be Loving Right" (Roger Brown, Clay Blaker) – 3:37
7. "If I Never Met You" (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford) – 3:38
8. "It Must Be You" (Steve Dorff, Stephony Smith) – 3:29
9. "Just One Lifetime" (Snow, Melissa Manchester) – 4:18
10. "If I Didn't Love You" (Bruce Roberts, Junior Miles) – 4:18
11. "Wait" (Michel Legrand, A. Bergman, M. Bergman) – 4:10
12. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 4:35

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, programming
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer
• Jon Clarke – recorder
• Jim Cox, Michael Lang – piano
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• George Doering, Dean Parks – guitar
• Bruce Dukov – violin
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• David Foster, Richard Marx – keyboards
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Vince Gill, Donald Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Reggie Hamilton, Lee Sklar, Nathan East – bass guitar
• Pete Hume, Felipe Elgueta, Greg Bieck, Steve Skinner – programming
• Ralph Humphrey, John Robinson – drums
• John Jorgenson, Michael Landau, Kamil Rustam – electric guitar
• Kenny G – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Randy Waldman – piano, keyboards, synthesizer

Orchestra on "The Island" arranged and conducted by Jorge Calandrelli.

Strings on "We Must Be Loving Right" conducted and arranged by William Ross.

Production

• Walter Afanasieff – track 3
• Tony Brown – track 6
• David Foster – track 10
• David Foster and Richard Marx – track 5
• Arif Mardin – tracks 8, 9
• Barbra Streisand – tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12

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