Guilty [25th Anniversary Edition DualDisc]

Performer: Barbra Streisand
Artist: Barry Gibb; Lee Ritenour; Richard Tee; Steve Gadd
Engineer: Don Gehman; Karl Richardson; Karl Richardson; Don Gehman
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Barbra Streisand (vocals); Barry Gibb (vocals, acoustic guitar); Richard Tee (electric guitar, keyboards); Cornell Dupree, Lee Ritenour (guitar); Whit Snider (baritone saxophone); Ken Faulk (trumpet); Jerry Peel (French horn); Peter Graves (trombone); George Bitzer (piano, synthesizer); David Hungate, Harold Cowart (bass); Steve Gadd, Bernard Lupe (drums); Joe Lala (percussion); Denise Maynelli, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall (background vocals). Producers include: Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson. Recorded at Criteria, Middle Ear, Miami, Florida; Sound Labs Inc., Hollywood, California; Mediasound Studios, New York, New York. This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other. Personnel: Barbra Streisand (vocals); Neal Bonsanti, Dan Bonsanti (tenor saxophone); Whitt Sidner, Whit Sidener (baritone saxophone); Russ Freeland, Mike Katz (trombone); David Hungate, Howard Cowart (bass guitar); Barry Gibb (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Pete Carr (guitar, acoustic guitar); George Terry (guitar, slide guitar, gut-string guitar); Cornell Dupree, Lee Ritenour (guitar); Richard Tee (electric guitar, piano, grand piano, electric piano, Clavinet); Bud Burridge, Kenneth Faulk, Brett Murphey (trumpet); Jerry Peel (French horn); Peter Graves (trombone); George Bitzer (grand piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Albhy Galuten (synthesizer); Steve Gadd , Dennis Bryon , Bernard Lupe (drums); Joe Lala (congas, cowbells, cymbals, maracas, shaker, tambourine, triangle); Denise Maynelli, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Don Gehman; Karl Richardson. Audio Remasterer: Stephen Marcussen. Recording information: Criteria Studios, Middle Ear, Inc, Miami, FL; Mediasound Studios, NY; Sound Labs Studios, Inc., Hollywood, CA. Released in September 1980, GUILTY was Barbra Streisand's best-selling album to date, moving in excess of 20 million units. It is Streisand's THRILLER and arguably her best recorded work. This is largely due to producer Barry Gibb, who developed the songs especially for Barbra, and whose vocal presence is felt throughout the record. "Guilty" (a duet with Gibb) is a mid-tempo smash that blends the superstars' vocals to create pop perfection. "Woman In Love" topped the charts for three weeks and features the trademark "chipmunk-like" Gibb on background vocals. "Run Wild" is an uptempo number showing that there's no filler here. "Promises" is a mid-tempo track that sounds custom-made for radio airplay. "The Love Inside" features excellent keyboard arrangements while "What Kind Of Fool" (another duet with Gibb) is a ballad that proves Barbra and Barry were meant to sing together. Her vocals on the fast-paced, optimistic "Never Give Up" reveal such a calm demeanor that you can almost picture the relative ease with which this record was produced. This album is a perfect 10, two thumbs up, and proof of what can be achieved when talent and technology come together. Twenty-five years after its initial release, Guilty still managed to hold a special place in Barbra Streisand's catalog as one of the best-selling and most beloved records of her massive oeuvre. And with very good reason, as it's also one of her best. Much of this can be attributed her choice in partner; producer and then artist of the moment Barry Gibb. His attention to detail and smooth songwriting were the perfect vehicle to branch Streisand into the disco era further than her duet with Donna Summer on "Enough Is Enough." But conversely, none of these songs is a full-blown disco anthem; they're ballads safe enough for Streisand to keep doing what she does best combined with Gibb's disco-laden songwriting, arrangements, and production that were the hallmark of his softer work with the Bee Gees. Needless to say, the experimentation of the hybrid paid off: "Guilty" went on to win a Grammy, and "What Kind of Fool" and "Woman in Love" were also sizeable hits. This DualDisc edition takes the original classic album and remasters it, along with the DVD side featuring interviews, rare video performances, and a sneak preview of the forthcoming sequel to the album, Guilty Pleasures. ~ Rob Theakston

When she emerged in a 1960s pop scene dominated by rock & roll, Barbra Streisand was a breath of fresh air to those nostalgic for the great Broadway-oriented pop vocalists of the past. Her stratospheric range and (initially) anachronistic taste in material made her the new Grande Dame of non-rock pop music. Along the way she experimented with the flavors of the day, from folk-rock to disco, but she always returned to the Great American Songbook for inspiration.

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