Manilow (album)

Manilow is the eleventh studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1985. It was his first album to miss the Top 40 and fail to earn a gold certification. Many feel it was due to the prominence of synthesizers, a departure from his renowned piano ballads. This album was one of Manilow's two albums with RCA Records.

The only other release with the RCA Company was an original soundtrack album of his 1985 CBS television movie, Copacabana, in which he starred as Tony Starr with Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamarr.

Release
Three singles released from this album are "In Search of Love" (#11 US AC, #80 UK), "I'm Your Man" (#86 US, #96 UK) and "He Doesn't Care (But I Do)" (#22 US AC), with "I'm Your Man" becoming the only single from the album to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 86. However, "In Search of Love" and "He Doesn't Care (But I Do)" entered the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number 11 and 22, respectively.

None of its singles captured the general public, except for the song "If You Were Here with Me Tonight", which became a mainstay in adult contemporary radio setlists.

2007 US reissued version

 * Side 1
 * 1) "I'm Your Man" (music: Barry Manilow, Howie Rice; lyrics: Allan Rich) – 4:53
 * 2) "It's All Behind Us Now" (music: Barry Manilow, Howie Rice; lyrics: Allan Rich) – 4:08
 * 3) "In Search of Love" (music: Barry Manilow, Howie Rice; lyrics: Allan Rich) – 4:08
 * 4) "He Doesn't Care (But I Do)" (music: Kevin DiSimone; lyrics: Robin Grean) – 4:16
 * 5) "Some Sweet Day" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) – 5:06


 * Side 2
 * 1) "At the Dance" (music: Barry Manilow, Charles Fearing; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) – 3:55
 * 2) "If You Were Here with Me Tonight" (music: Eric Borenstein, Barry Manilow, lyrics: Eric Borenstein, Lisa Thomas) – 4:55
 * 3) "Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)" from the movie Copacabana (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) – 4:05
 * 4) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Duet with Muffy Hendrix) (Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:13
 * 5) "It's a Long Way Up" (John Annesi, Barry Manilow) – 3:30

French version

 * Side 1
 * 1) "I'm Your Man" – 4:53
 * 2) "It's All Behind Us Now" – 4:08
 * 3) "In Search of Love" – 4:08
 * 4) "He Doesn't Care But I Do" – 4:16
 * 5) "Some Sweet Day" – 5:06


 * Side 2
 * 1) "At the Dance" – 3:55
 * 2) "If You Were Here With Me Tonight" – 4:55
 * 3) "Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)" – 4:05
 * 4) "Don't Talk to Me of Love" (Duet with Mireille Mathieu) – 4:10
 * 5) "It's a Long Way Up" – 3:30

Italian version

 * Side 1
 * 1) "Amare Chi Si Manchi Tu (Who Needs To Dream)"
 * 2) "I'm Your Man" – 4:53
 * 3) "It's All Behind Us Now" – 4:08
 * 4) "In Search of Love" – 4:08
 * 5) "He Doesn't Care But I Do" – 4:16


 * Side 2
 * 1) "Con Chi Sei (Some Sweet Day)" – 5:06
 * 2) "At the Dance" – 3:55
 * 3) "If You Were Here With Me Tonight" – 4:55
 * 4) "Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again)" – 4:05
 * 5) "It's a Long Way Up" – 3:30

Japanese Version

 * Side 1
 * 1) "I'm Your Man" – 4:53
 * 2) "It's All Behind Us Now" – 4:08
 * 3) "In Search of Love" – 4:08
 * 4) "He Doesn't Care But I Do" – 4:16
 * 5) "Some Sweet Day" – 5:06
 * 6) "Sakura"


 * Side 2
 * 1) "At the Dance" – 3:55
 * 2) "If You Were Here with Me Tonight" – 4:55
 * 3) "Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)" – 4:05
 * 4) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Duet with Muffy Hendrix) – 3:13
 * 5) "It's a Long Way Up" – 3:30
 * 6) "In Search of Love" (Duet with Hideki Saijo)

Personnel

 * Barry Manilow - vocals, grand piano, keyboards, drums
 * John Pondel, Michael Landau - guitar
 * Howie Rice - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums
 * Neil Stubenhaus, Marc Levine, Will Lee, "Ready" Freddie Washington, Lequeint "Duke" Jobe - bass
 * Raymond Crossley - grand piano
 * John Philip Shenale - synthesizer
 * George Duke - Synclavier II
 * Randy Kerber - acoustic piano, Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer
 * Ron Pedley, Victor Vanacore, Kevin Jones, Jon Gilutin - keyboards
 * Kevin DiSimone - Linn drums, Yamaha grand piano, Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer, Roland Super Jupiter synthesizer, Synclavier
 * John Robinson, Rick Shlosser, Kerry Ashby - drums
 * Bud Harner - drums, drum programming
 * Peter Moshay - drum programming
 * Terral Santiel, Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
 * Joel Peskin - saxophone
 * Billie Hughes, Jason Scheff, Jon Lind, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Barry Edward Hirschberg, James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderbunk, Bob Carlisle, Steve George - backing vocals
 * Barry Fasman, Howie Rice, Alan Foust - string arrangements