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What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Pop · 2011 · 10 tracks · 41m

What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman

A masterfully restrained collection of Bergman-penned ballads. Streisand trades her signature power-belting for intimate, late-night storytelling and lush strings.

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It's Barbra at her most hushed and poetic, singing songs that feel like old friends.

A warm, autumnal reflection on love and time that feels both grand and deeply private.

What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman · vs · Barbra Streisand
Crooning+1.1σ

The vocals lean notably further into crooning than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 41m
01
The Windmills of Your Mind
3:54
02
Something New in My Life
4:02
03
Solitary Moon
4:31
04
Nice ’n’ Easy
4:27
05
Alone in the World
4:09
06
So Many Stars
4:29
07
The Same Hello, the Same Goodbye
4:11
08
That Face
4:31
09
I’ll Never Say Goodbye
4:08
10
What Matters Most
3:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic, circular piano motif on The Windmills of Your Mind that mirrors the dizzying lyrical imagery.
The breathy, almost whispered delivery of the final phrase in Solitary Moon that hangs in the air.
The subtle shift from a jazz-club swing to a lush orchestral swell during the bridge of Nice ’n’ Easy.
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