| What About Today? | ||||
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| Released | July 1969 | |||
| Recorded | March 16, 1968; May 22, 1968; June 23, 1968; February 8, 1969; May 14 & 22, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 34:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Wally Gold | |||
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What About Today? is the eleventh studio album released in July 1969 by Barbra Streisand.[2] It is considered to be her first attempt at recording contemporary pop songs and features songs by The Beatles and Paul Simon, among others.
Two singles were released to promote the album, one for the song "Frank Mills" (which had "Punky's Dilemma" as a B-side)[3] and "Little Tin Soldier" (which featured as a B-side, the song " Honey Pie"),[4] which managed to reach #35 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary music chart).[5][6]
In 1993, it was re-released as part of the "Barbra Streisand Collection", a collection in which Columbia Records released eleven albums of the singer in compact disc.[7] The album was not commercially successful like previous Streisand releases and became one of only three studio albums by the singer (the others being Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments, What Matters Most) not to receive record certification for sales around the world.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (February 10, 2024). "The Hello Gorgeous Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ "The Barbra Streisand Music Guide – What About Today?". Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ Frank Mills/Punky's Dilemma (Media notes). Barbra Streisand. Columbia Records. 1969. 4-44775.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Little Tin Soldier/Honey Pie (Media notes). Barbra Streisand. Columbia Records. 1969. 4-44921.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ Máximo, João (June 13, 1994). "Barbra Streisand prefere grandes compositores ao pop dos anos 60". Folha de S.Paulo. UOL HOST. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
Barbra Streisand Collection is the title of the series with which Sony launches in Brazil, at economical prices (20% less), 11 CDs by the singer, today with 52 years of life and 32 years of career. (...) The singer's four exclusive CDs are "The Barbra Streisand Album", "The Second Barbra Streisand Album" and "The Third Album" (all from 1963) and "What About Today?" (1969).