:A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More

In 1989, Barbra Streisand began devoting most of her time towards directing the 1991 film adaptation of Pat Conroy's 1986 novel The Prince of Tides. Due to her tight schedule and limited availability, Columbia Records approached Streisand on releasing another greatest hits album, since she had been in a similar situation during the distribution of her prior compilation release, Memories (1981).{{harvnb|Waldman|2001|p=73}} A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More was released as a compact disc (CD) in the United States on October 3, 1989, by Columbia Records.{{cite web|title=Barbra Streisand – A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More – Audio CD|url=https://www.amazon.com/Barbra-Streisand-Collection-Greatest-Hits/dp/B0000026W1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502592049&sr=8-1&keywords=barbra+streisand+a+collection+greatest+hits|publisher=Amazon.com (US)|access-date=August 13, 2017|date=October 3, 1989}} The compilation was executively produced by Streisand, Charles Koppelman, and Peter Matz. It was reissued in select European territories in 1997 by Columbia's worldwide label, CBS Records International.{{cite AV media notes |title=A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More |edition=CD release |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1997 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id= CK 465845 2}}

A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More contains various songs from Streisand's catalog as far back as 1975's "By the Way."{{harvnb|Santopietro|2007|p=33}} Additionally, it contains the title track from The Main Event (1979) and three tracks from 1980's Guilty ("Woman in Love", "What Kind of Fool", and "Guilty"). From Memories, "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" and "Memory" were included and so were "The Way He Makes Me Feel" (1983), "Somewhere" (1985), and "All I Ask of You" (1988). In addition to the ten aforementioned songs, Streisand recorded two new tracks for the album: "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" and "Someone That I Used to Love".

"We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" was written by Michael Bolton and Diane Warren and produced by Narada Michael Walden. It was released as a single on September 14, 1989, in four formats:{{cite journal|title=For Immediate Release: Barbra Streisand Released 'A Collection – Greatest Hits...And More,' Featuring 10 Favorites Plus Two New Songs; Debut Single, 'We're Not Makin' Love Anymore,' Available September 14|date=September 12, 1989|publisher=Columbia Records Press & Publicity Department}} 7",{{cite AV media notes |title="We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" / "Here We Are at Last" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Columbia |id=38-73016}} 12",{{cite AV media notes |title="We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" / "Till I Loved You" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id=BARB T4}} cassette,{{cite AV media notes |title="We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" / "Here We Are at Last" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id=BARBM4}} and CD.{{cite AV media notes |title="We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" / "Here We Are at Last" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id=655334 2}} The single peaked at number ten on Adult Contemporary chart in the United States and at number 17 on the similar chart in Canada.{{cite news|title=Barbra Streisand – Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280667/Barbra+Streisand/chart?f=341|access-date=August 10, 2017|publisher=Billboard Adult Contemporary for Barbra Streisand}}{{cite magazine|title=Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 6685|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6685&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6685.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6685|access-date=August 13, 2017|magazine=RPM. Library and Archives Canada}} It also charted in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom at positions 89 and 85, respectively.{{cite news|title=Barbra Streisand: Artist Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28475/barbra%20streisand/|access-date=August 13, 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803204748/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28475/barbra%20streisand/|archive-date=August 3, 2017}} An official music video was created for the single and debuted live on Entertainment Tonight on September 14; it serves as the third music video from her entire career.

"Someone That I Used to Love" was distributed as the album's second and final single in late 1989.{{cite AV media notes |title="Someone That I Used to Love" / "What Kind of Fool" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id=CBS 655644-7}}{{cite AV media notes |title="Someone That I Used to Love" / "What Kind of Fool" |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CBS |id=655644 1}} Like its predecessor, it entered several international record charts. On the United States' Adult Contemporary chart, it peaked at number 25 and in the Netherlands, it reached number 86.

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Music critics noted the recycling of older tracks on the compilation album. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic considered A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More to be "an odd compilation" and found it to make "no apparent sense". He claimed that its appeal was likely aimed at Streisand's fan base due to the upcoming holiday season: "many Streisand fans must have received it as a present for Christmas in 1989, which was probably the idea". Allison J. Waldman, author of The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook, described the album as "uninspired" and considered that to be the main reason for its lackluster commercial success.{{harvnb|Waldman|2001|p=74}}

The compilation album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 80 on October 21, 1989; it was the week's third highest debut following Tracy Chapman's Crossroads and Linda Ronstadt's Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200: The Week Of October 21, 1989|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-10-21|access-date=August 12, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=October 21, 1989|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219174637/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-10-21|archive-date=February 19, 2018}} On November 18 it peaked at number 26 on the chart; it spent a total of 25 weeks on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200: The Week Of November 18, 1989|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-11-18|access-date=August 12, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=November 18, 1989|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219174931/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-11-18|archive-date=February 19, 2018}} For shipments of 500,000 copies, the collection was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 29, 1989. It would later be certified 2× platinum on September 27, 1994. On Canada's chart, compiled by RPM, it debuted at number 65 on the week ending November 11, 1989.{{cite web|title=Top RPM Albums: Issue 6608|date = 17 July 2013|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6608&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6608.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6608|publisher=RPM. Library and Archives Canada|access-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319041315/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6608&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6608.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6608|archive-date=March 19, 2018}} It eventually peaked at number 59 and was certified 2× platinum for shipments 200,000 units. At first, A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More only charted in select European territories due to its limited release; in the Netherlands, it peaked at number 10 and in the United Kingdom it peaked at number 22. In the Oceanic regions, it peaked at numbers 22 and 40 in Australia and New Zealand, respectively.

When the album was reissued in 1997 in several European countries, it charted on the album charts in Belgium, Norway, and Sweden. It reached the number one spot on the charts in the two latter countries, topping the charts for three consecutive weeks in Norway and four consecutive weeks in Sweden. On the Wallonia version of the Ultratop chart in Belgium, it peaked at number 49. Following the release of Streisand's album Guilty Pleasures in 2005, A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More was ranked at number 83 on the PROMUSICAE chart in Spain. Despite not charting in either Finland or France, the album received platinum certifications in both territories.

{{Track listing

| headline = A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More{{spaced ndash}} {{nobold|Standard edition}}{{cite AV media notes |title=A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More |edition=CD release |others=Barbra Streisand |year=1989 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Columbia |id= CK 45369}}

| total_length = 51:16

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = We're Not Makin' Love Anymore

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael Bolton|Diane Warren}}

| length1 = 5:33

| extra1 = Narada Michael Walden

| title2 = Woman in Love

| note2 = from Guilty, 1980

| writer2 = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb}}

| length2 = 3:51

| extra2 = {{hlist|B. Gibb|Albhy Galuten|Karl Richardson}}

| title3 = All I Ask of You

| note3 = from Till I Loved You, 1988

| writer3 = {{hlist|Andrew Lloyd Webber|Charles Hart|Richard Stilgoe}}

| length3 = 4:01

| extra3 = Phil Ramone

| title4 = Comin' In and Out of Your Life

| note4 = from Memories, 1981

| writer4 = {{hlist|Richard Parker|Bobby Whiteside}}

| length4 = 4:09

| extra4 = Webber

| title5 = What Kind of Fool

| note5 = with Barry Gibb) (from Guilty

| writer5 = {{hlist|B. Gibb|Galuten}}

| length5 = 4:07

| extra5 = {{hlist|B. Gibb|Galuten|Richardson}}

| title6 = The Main Event/Fight

| note6 = from The Main Event, 1979

| writer6 = {{hlist|Paul Jabara|Bruce Roberts|Bob Esty}}

| length6 = 4:54

| extra6 = Esty

| title7 = Someone That I Used to Love

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gerry Goffin|Michael Masser}}

| length7 = 4:21

| extra7 = Masser

| title8 = By the Way

| note8 = from Lazy Afternoon, 1975

| writer8 = {{hlist|Barbra Streisand|Rupert Holmes}}

| length8 = 2:56

| extra8 = {{hlist|Jeffrey Lesser|Holmes}}

| title9 = Guilty

| note9 = with Barry Gibb) (from Guilty

| writer9 = {{hlist|B. Gibb|R. Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}

| length9 = 4:23

| extra9 = {{hlist|B. Gibb|Galuten|Richardson}}

| title10 = Memory

| note10 = from Memories

| writer10 = {{hlist|Webber|T. S. Eliot|Trevor Nunn}}

| length10 = 3:55

| extra10 = Webber

| title11 = The Way He Makes Me Feel

| note11 = from Yentl, 1983

| writer11 = {{hlist|Alan Bergman|Marilyn Bergman|Michel Legrand}}

| length11 = 4:11

| extra11 = {{hlist|Ramone|Dave Grusin}}

| title12 = Somewhere

| note12 = from The Broadway Album, 1985

| writer12 = {{hlist|Leonard Bernstein|Stephen Sondheim}}

| length12 = 4:55

| extra12 = David Foster

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of the standard edition of A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More.

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• Barbra Streisand{{spaced ndash}} lead vocalist, executive producer
• John Arrias{{spaced ndash}} supervisor
• Nancy Donald{{spaced ndash}} art direction
• Bob Esty{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 6)}}
• David Foster{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 12)}}
• Albhy Galuten{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 9)}}
• Barry Gibb{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 9)}}
• Bernie Grundman{{spaced ndash}} mastering
• Dave Grusin{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 11)}}
• Rupert Holmes{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 8)}}

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• Jay Landers{{spaced ndash}} A&R for Columbia Records
• Jeffrey Lesser{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 8)}}
• Michael Masser{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 7)}}
• Sheila Metzner{{spaced ndash}} photography
• Phil Ramone{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(tracks 3, 11)}}
• Karl Richardson{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 9)}}
• Kim Skalecki{{spaced ndash}} production coordinator
• Narada Michael Walden{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(track 1)}}
• Andrew Lloyd Webber{{spaced ndash}} producer {{small|(tracks 4, 10)}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|relyear=1989|certyear=2000}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|refname="Canada certification"|number=2|relyear=1989}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More|artist=Barbara Streisand|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=42,348|certyear=1989|refname="Finland certification"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More|artist=Barbara Streisand|type=album|region=France|award=Platinum|salesamount=300,000|salesref={{cite web |url= http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1995&type=12| title = Les Albums Platine | publisher=SNEP|work=infodisc.fr|access-date=August 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011122853/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1995&type=12|archive-date=October 11, 2012}}|certyear=1995|relyear=1989}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|title=Collection Greatest Hits|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Gold|relyear=1989|relmonth=10|certyear=1997|access-date=August 23, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|title=Greatest Hits.. and More|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=1989|type=album|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits... and More|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Gold|id=180-2710-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=A Collection: Greatest Hits ... And More|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|number=2|refname="United States certification"}}

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• List of number-one albums in Norway
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden

{{Reflist|30em}}

• {{cite book|last1=Santopietro|first1=Tom|title=The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand|date=April 1, 2007|publisher=Macmillan |isbn= 978-1-4299-0853-5 }}
• {{cite book|last1=Waldman|first1=Allison J.|title=The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook|date=2001|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn= 0-8065-2218-6 |edition= illustrated, revised}}

• {{Discogs master|74197|A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More|type=album}}

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