The Barbra Streisand Album (studio album) by Barbra Streisand
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The Barbra Streisand Album is ranked 3rd best out of 50 albums by Barbra Streisand on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Barbra Streisand is The Broadway Album which is ranked number 8203 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 150.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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55/100  | 03/25/2023 11:26 |  Igtonumama | | 60/100 |
20/100 | 01/17/2023 15:42 |  EyeKanFly | | 66/100 |
60/100 | 10/31/2022 13:09 | jonny5244 | | 63/100 |
70/100 | 10/25/2022 13:51 |  Jboy56 | | 78/100 |
55/100 | 02/21/2022 01:38 | Gendjar | | 56/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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EyeKanFly 02/09/2023 15:35
I think this is now my lowest-ranked logged album on BEA, so I suppose I should justify myself.
Streisand is clearly an incredibly talented musician. Fantastic voice, and she uses it this album. But the collection of songs she sings here are awful. The songs are either boring, annoying, or downright offensive. Who knows, I most likely would've rated this album higher were it not for the inclusion of "Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking" but jeez... even in 1963 that song was dated. And out of context from its original musical it's incredibly offensive and without any real redeeming qualities of the song. Even its original context in Cole Porter's Aladdin, the song is unnecessarily problematic. And then the complete 180 shift in mood and tone from that to "A Sleepin' Bee"?? I guess that's the album's saving grace, but it's a jarring shift.
Even without "...Peking", "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" are loud and irritating, and the rest of the songs (while fine) are boring and ballad-like. This album is so incongruent that it's an excellent example of not adding up to the sum of its parts.
So in summary: Barbra Streisand is talented, but these songs are terrible. Streisand shines later in her career when she has better material to work with. Listen to Funny Girl for some of her best work. Or check out The Broadway Album for a much more successfully executed version of a similar concept.
Jboy56 10/25/2022 13:52
Beginning of an awesome career. Very original
Ah, remember the time when Ms. Streisand was hungry. She sings her tushy off on this record. A great collection of songs by one of the most beautiful and expressive voices of a generation. If you want to know what all the fuss was about give this album a listen.
ffudnebbuh 09/15/2010 23:51
"Sleeping Bee" was the song that she (in her teens) sung in a talent contest in Brooklyn. She was talked into entering it by her friends...when she sang it for them on the eve of the contest, they were all in tears. This is her first album. It is so sad that I know this...
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