Barbra Streisand - Streisand Superman (1977)

Appearing only seven months after "A Star Is Born" (1976), "Streisand Superman" seemed to continue much of its rock-oriented feel, even including two songs that had been intended for the film. It was unusual in featuring all recently written songs, many first recorded here. Streisand co-wrote the rockish "Don't Believe What You Read," an attack on her negative press coverage, while Alan Gordon contributed both the disco-ish "I Found You Love" and the album's Top10 single ballad "My Heart Belongs to Me". "Streisand Superman" seemed to be an unusually personal album for the singer, reflecting her feelings and viewpoints.

Barbra started working with The Entertainment Company for her 1977 album, Superman. Comprised of producers Gary Klein and Charles Koppelman, The Entertainment Company promoted song catalogs, acquired major songs, and produced a series of hits in which superstar recording artists were paired together.
Charles Koppelman described what he does as “listening to songs, hearing a song and feeling it would be right for a particular artist to sing, and convincing that artist that he or she should sing it. And then finding a producer to produce it, making sure the music comes out in a way that matches my original vision, the way I imagined it when I first heard it. It’s incredibly simple, and it’s incredibly difficult.”
Barbra started recording the album in April 1977. One month later, her record company released "My Heart Belongs To Me" as a single in advance of the new album. Columbia Records and Barbra put together a “publicity film” for "My Heart Belongs To Me." It was shown at Columbia’s 1977 convention to industry insiders. Barbra lip-synched to the track. During the musical interlude, she “conducted” the orchestra, then started coughing from the smoke machines, all very comedic. At the end of the video, she spun toward the camera and made a funny face.
Superman was a potpourri of various songs, plus two songs which were outtakes from A Star is Born - "Answer Me" by Streisand, Paul Williams, and Kenny Ascher; and "Lullaby For Myself" by Rupert Holmes.
"Love Comes From Unexpected Places" was written by Kim Carnes and her husband, Dave Ellingson.
Billy Joel wrote "New York State of Mind". Joel commented on having Streisand record his song: “I thought, ‘This is one of the greatest woman singers ever, doing … me? Me?’ I really loved it, though, because it kind of finally made me legitimate in this business to my mother.”
"Don’t Believe What You Read" (B. Streisand / R. Nagle / G. Mathews) & "Cabin Fever" were both by Ron Nagle.
Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle formed a songwriter partnership called Proud Pork Productions. When producer Jack Nitzsche called to tell him Streisand wanted to record his song, Scott Mathews said, “It wasn’t the same thrill as hearing Al Green was interested, but it did build us a lovely new studio.”
"I Found You Love" by Alan Gordon also appeared on Cher’s 1977 album as a duet between her and Gregg Alman. Gordon’s most famous song is "Happy Together".

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:

Debut Chart Date: 7-2-77
No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 25
Peak Chart Position: #3
Gold: 6/22/77
Platinum: 8/9/77
2x Multi-Platinum: 11/14/94

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Barbra Streisand / Streisand Superman

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