Back to Broadway
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{{Infobox album
| name = Back to Broadway
| type = studio
| artist = Barbra Streisand
| cover = Barbra Streisand - Back to Broadway.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 29, 1993
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
- Angel Studios (Islington, London, England)
- Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California)
- Enterprise studios (Burbank, California)
- Ground Control Studios (Santa Monica, California)
- Ocean Way Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Sony Pictures Studio (Culver City, California)
- The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
- Todd-AO Scoring Stage (Studio City, California)
- Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
}}
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=49|s=41}}
| label = Columbia
| producer =
| prev_title = Just for the Record...
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = The Concert
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r184158}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2score = C+{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307053,00.html|title=Back to Broadway (Entertainment Weekly Review)|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|author=Greg Sandow|date=25 June 1993|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-date=21 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421083640/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307053,00.html|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Music Week
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=Music Week|date=3 July 1993|page=23|accessdate=30 January 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-03.pdf}}
| rev4 = Philadelphia Inquirer
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}Wood, Sam (29 June 1993). "Streisand is Brilliant with Broadway Tunes". Philadelphia Inquirer.
}}
Back to Broadway is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1993, consisting of songs from Broadway musicals, a follow-up to her successful 1985 Broadway Album.
Back to Broadway debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning Streisand the distinction of being the only female artist to have a number-one album in four different decades. The album sold 189,000 copies in the first week, and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, her fifth album to do so. The album was another smash hit for Streisand, also reaching the top 10 in Canada, the UK, and Australia.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Some Enchanted Evening
| writer1 = {{flat list|
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Everybody Says Don't
| writer2 = Stephen Sondheim
| length2 = 2:34
| title3 = The Music of the Night
| note3 = duet with Michael Crawford
| writer3 = {{flat list|
| length3 = 5:35
| title4 = Speak Low
| writer4 = {{flat list|
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = As If We Never Said Goodbye
| writer5 = {{flat list|
- Don Black
- Christopher Hampton
- Webber}}
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Children Will Listen
| writer6 = Sondheim
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart
| note7 = duet with Johnny Mathis
| writer7 = {{flat list|
- Sondheim
- Leonard Bernstein}}
| length7 = 4:44
| title8 = I've Never Been in Love Before
| writer8 = Frank Loesser
| length8 = 3:49
| title9 = Luck Be a Lady
| writer9 = Loesser
| length9 = 3:31
| title10 = With One Look
| writer10 = {{flat list|
- Black
- Hampton
- Webber}}
| length10 = 3:32
| title11 = The Man I Love
| writer11 = {{flat list|
| length11 = 3:39
| title12 = Move On
| writer12 = Sondheim
| length12 = 5:24
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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Chart (1993)
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{{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Austria|37|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Canada|6|chartid=2199|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|38|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|id=7773|81|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=November 6, 2020}} |
{{album chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|32|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Back to Broadway|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|UK|4|artist=Barbra Streisand|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Barbra Streisand|access-date=March 8, 2016}} |
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Certifications and sales
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{{certification Table Entry|title=Back to Broadway|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=album|relyear=1993|region=Australia|award=Gold|certyear=1993|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Back to Broadway|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=album|relyear=1993|region=Canada|award=Platinum}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Back to Broadway|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=album|relyear=1993|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|id=665-2710-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Back to Broadway|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=album|relyear=1993|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2}}
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Accolades
The album earned two nominations at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards:
References
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{{Barbra Streisand}}
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Category:Barbra Streisand albums
Category:Columbia Records albums
Category:Albums arranged by Johnny Mandel
Category:Albums produced by David Foster
Category:Albums produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
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