Manilow
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released	1985
Genre	Pop Easy listening
Length	42:12
Label	RCA Records
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Barry Manilow chronology
2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (1984) Manilow (1985) Swing Street (1987)

Manilow was the self-titled album released in 1985 by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album had little impact on the charts. The album features 1980s style rock n' roll with heavy synthesizers. He was lured away from Arista Records, but as cited by Manilow in an interview, the executives who brought him over were no longer there when the album was released. This may have led to poor record sales, as well as the album sound being primarily a modern uptempo and synthesized release sharply different from Manilow's renowned piano ballads.

The album was Manilow's first of four albums with RCA Records. The other releases with the company are an original soundtrack album of his 1985 CBS television movie Copacabana where he starred as Tony Starr with Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamarr. The other two RCA releases were foreign greatest hits albums that Manilow rerecorded some of the vocals of his hits in Spanish on Grandes Exitos En Espanol and in Portuguese on Especial. The idea RCA had was to make Manilow the next Julio Iglesias.

The hits from this album are:

• I'm Your Man
• Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again) from the television movie Copacabana
• He Doesn't Care But I Do
• In Search of Love

The album was a commercial success but is a relatively un-known release for several reasons: The hit songs made their impact on the Adult-Contemporary radio format, instead of the Pop Top-40. The other reason the Manilow album became a lost gem was due to the fact that it was released between two of his most critically acclaimed projects: 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe and Swing Street.

Track listing

[] US 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. "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Duet with Muffy Hendrix)" - 3:13
5. "It's a Long Way Up" - 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 Mirelle Matthau)" - 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)"

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