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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: Sony Music Distribution
Salesrank: 271
Released: September 29, 2009 |
| Our Price: $12.53 |
| Used Price: $19.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Love is the Answer - Deluxe Edition with two CDs and deluxe packaging.
Disc 1: 13 songs (with orchestra)
Disc 2: 12 songs (quartet versions)
Love is the Answer (Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
Gorgeous Barbara 
2009-12-12 - Barbara is so amazing. A one of a king talent that no one can emulate. This CD is beautiful.
She is the the Greatest Performer of our time Singer and Actress
2009-12-06 - "Love is the Answer" by Barbra Steisand, her latest album, is one of the best album she has made! She is, without a doubt, one of if not, the greatest and most popular performers of our time! I would highly recommend this CD for those who enjoy listening to one of the best!!
It's Babs!
2009-12-02 - How can you go wrong with Barbra? The format, jazz, is new for her but being Barbra she pulls it off quite nicely. By ordering the 2 disc set you get the quartet disc which shows off her voice and talents quite nicely. There's nothing this woman can't sing well.
Her best ever!
2009-12-01 - Having read some of the rave reviews of Streisand's latest album, I decided to put aside some of my feelings about her singing and buy the album. What - somebody who doesn't like Barbara Streisand? Well, I've always had problems with her sometimes whiny, nasal tone and her tendency to do strange things with the notes, like ignore them altogether. This album showed me a completely different side of her as a performer. I think that increasing age has given her increased sensitivity to the core of the music she performs. Even better, her vocal tone is more open and rich (and non-whiny) than I've ever heard from her.
These two disks of (mainly) love songs and torch songs might be the best new jazz vocal album I've heard recently. As a musician - pianist - myself, it's been interesting to compare the fully-orchestrated versions with the quartet versions. They both have merit, but often the quartet version's bare-bones approach is better at illuminating what the song is really about. And Streisand's approach is insightful, emotional, and completely a propos for each song.
If you only buy one album this Christmas, this ought to be the one - but buy the extended version, with both disks. You won't regret it.
Boring. 
2009-11-27 - She sings "Here's to Life" with all the nuances and understanding of a 19 year old.
