Tryin' to Get the Feeling

Tryin' to Get the Feeling
Studio album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedOctober 1, 1975
1998 (Re-release)
2006 (Second re-release)
Studio
GenrePop, easy listening, soft rock
Length44:22 (Original release)
47:56 (1998 re-release)
50:30 (2006 re-release)
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow chronology
Barry Manilow II
(1974) 		Tryin' to Get the Feeling
(1975) 		This One's for You
(1976)
Singles from Tryin' to Get the Feeling
  1. "I Write the Songs"
    Released: November 1975
  2. "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"/"Beautiful Music"
    Released: 1976
"I Write The Songs"
Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs" from Tryin' to Get the Feeling
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Tryin' to Get the Feeling is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1975. It features the title track, "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again", together with other hits including "New York City Rhythm", "Bandstand Boogie" (the theme from the long-running ABC series American Bandstand) and the chart-topping "I Write the Songs". The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Chart on November 8, 1975, reaching number five in early 1976, and eventually was certified double platinum.[1] It peaked at No. 24 on Canada's RPM Album Chart.

The Piano Player sculpture on the album's front cover was created by Italian artist Dino Bencini. Both front and back cover art were later parodied by Ray Stevens on the cover of his 1979 album The Feeling's Not Right Again, which contains the song "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow".

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Allmusic link
Christgau's Record GuideC−[2]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable) link
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference riaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.