Tryin' to Get the Feeling
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tryin' to Get the Feeling
| type = Studio album
| artist = Barry Manilow
| cover = Barrythirdalbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1, 1975
1998 (Re-release)
2006 (Second re-release)
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop, easy listening, soft rock
| length = 44:22 (Original release)
47:56 (1998 re-release)
50:30 (2006 re-release)
| label = Arista
| producer = Barry Manilow, Ron Dante
| prev_title = Barry Manilow II
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = This One's for You
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{singles
| name = Tryin' to Get the Feeling
| type = studio
| single1 = I Write the Songs
| single1date = November 1975
| single2 = Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"/"Beautiful Music
| single2date = 1976
}}
}}
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Tryin' to Get the Feeling is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1975. It features the title track, "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again", together with other hits including "New York City Rhythm", "Bandstand Boogie" (the theme from the long-running ABC series American Bandstand) and the chart-topping "I Write the Songs". The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Chart on November 8, 1975, reaching number five in early 1976, and eventually was certified double platinum. It peaked at No. 24 on Canada's RPM Album Chart.
The Piano Player sculpture on the album's front cover was created by Italian artist Dino Bencini. Both front and back cover art were later parodied by Ray Stevens on the cover of his 1979 album The Feeling's Not Right Again, which contains the song "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow".
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12347|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 4, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = Rolling Stone
|rev3score = (unfavorable) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071227220910/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/barrymanilow/albums/album/200126/review/6211725/trying_to_get_the_feeling link]
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Track listing
=Side one=
- "New York City Rhythm" (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) – 4:42
- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (David Pomeranz) – 3:51
- "Why Don't We Live Together" (Phil Galdston, Peter Thom) – 2:54
- "Bandstand Boogie" (Manilow, Charles Albertine, Bruce Sussman) – 2:49
- "You're Leaving Too Soon" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 3:30
- "She's a Star" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 4:16
=Side two=
- "I Write the Songs" (Bruce Johnston) – 3:51
- "As Sure as I'm Standing Here" (Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) – 4:50
- "A Nice Boy Like Me" (Manilow, Enoch Anderson) – 3:58
- "Lay Me Down" (Larry Weiss) – 4:20
- "Beautiful Music" (Manilow, Marty Panzer) – 4:32
=CD Bonus Tracks=
- "I'll Make You Music" [bonus track on 2006 remaster] (Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) – 2:34
- "Marry Me a Little" [bonus track on 1998 and 2006 remaster] (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:38
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1976) !Position |
| Australia Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=191}}
|align="center"|59 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Barry Manilow|accessdate=February 28, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1976) !Position |
| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}
|align="center"|13 |
| Chart (1977)
!Position |
|---|
| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1977/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1977|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}
|align="center"|98 |
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Personnel
- Barry Manilow – lead and backing vocals, piano, rhythm track arrangements, string arrangements (3), "32 voices" (4)
- Alan Axelrod – keyboards
- Charlie Brown – guitar
- Sid McGinnis – guitar, pedal steel guitar (5)
- Steve Donaghey – bass
- Lee Gurst – drums, percussion
- Jimmy Maelen – bongos, congas, shaker
- The Flashy Ladies (Debra Byrd, Lorraine Mazzola, Monica Burruss) – backing vocals
- Ramona Brooks – backing vocals
- Ron Dante – background vocals
- Norman Harris – string arrangements (1, 8, 9), horn arrangements (9)
- Gerald Alters – horn and string arrangements (2, 7)
- Arif Mardin – horn arrangements (4, 11), string arrangements (6)
- T.G. Conway – arrangements (9)
- Joe Renzetti – string arrangements (10)
=Production=
- Producers – Barry Manilow and Ron Dante
- Engineer – Michael DeLugg
- Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, PA) and Mediasound Studios (New York, NY)
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Cover Design – Robert L. Heimall
- Photography – Lee Gurst
Certifications
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References
{{Barry Manilow}}
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Category:Arista Records albums