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| Barry Manilow | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Barry_manilow_I_reissue.jpg) 2006 reissue with original cover art | ||||
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| Released | July 1973 | |||
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| Length | 36:20 | |||
| Label | Bell Arista (re-release) | |||
| Producer | Barry Manilow, Ron Dante | |||
| Barry Manilow chronology | ||||
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| 1975 reissue cover | ||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Barryfirstalbum.jpg) 1975 Reissue retitled Barry Manilow I | ||||
| Singles from Barry Manilow I | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[2] |
Barry Manilow is the debut album by Barry Manilow, released initially in 1973 by Bell Records.
The original release was unsuccessful, with only around 35,000 copies sold by 1975. After the success of Manilow's second album Barry Manilow II, the album was re-released as Barry Manilow I in 1975 by Arista - the label that took over Bell Records' roster of artists. Four songs of the original album were reworked for this version, including "Could It Be Magic" which served as the single for the re-release.[3] The re-released album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1976 for over half a million copies sold.[4]
Record World called the single "Sweet Water Jones" an "Elton John-ish number...about splitting the city for country."[5]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r12346
- ^ "Barry Manilow". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
- ^ Butler, Patricia (2009). Barry Manilow: The Biography. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857121011 – via Google Books.
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riaawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. June 9, 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-03-23.