15 Minutes (Barry Manilow album)
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| Released | June 14, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 52:47 | |||
| Label | Stiletto Entertainment | |||
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15 Minutes is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. It was released on June 14, 2011, by Stiletto Entertainment
Background
[edit]The album was the first independent release of Manilow's career, through his Stiletto Entertainment label (distributed by Fontana/Universal Music). In interviews around the time of the release, Manilow said that his long-time friend and mentor, Clive Davis, had told him that he could not sell an album of Manilow performing any new Manilow songs now, given the string of great albums covering other artists' songs Manilow released in the 1990s and 2000s. But Manilow thought he could still be relevant as a songwriter too. This led to his second departure from Arista and the decision to go independent.[1]
The majority of the songs were co-written with longtime lyricist Enoch Anderson, with one song, "Wine Song," co-written with another longtime lyricist, Adrienne Anderson.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that Manilow "not only rides a tightly wound drum loop on "Work the Room", but he also raps, a development nearly as disconcerting as the cuss he slips into its chorus." 15 Minutes offers something "unexpected", he added. At the end of his review, Erlewine noted that Manilow is "trying hard to deliver serious, sharply crafted pop, and even if the album doesn't entirely work, it's hard not to give him considerable credit for his ambition."[3]
Awards
[edit]15 Minutes won Manilow a Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award nomination in 2012.[citation needed]
Commercial performance
[edit]The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at its peak position of number 7, his first studio album of mostly original songs to crack the Top 10 since 1979's One Voice.[4]
It also debuted on the UK Albums Chart at its peak of number 20.[5] In Canada, the album reached number 36 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Barry Manilow and Enoch Anderson, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "15 Minutes" | 3:33 | |
| 2. | "Work the Room" | 3:12 | |
| 3. | "Bring On Tomorrow" | 3:55 | |
| 4. | "Now It's for Real" | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "Wine Song" | Manilow, Adrienne Anderson | 3:48 |
| 6. | "He's a Star" | 3:42 | |
| 7. | "Written In Stone" | 4:52 | |
| 8. | "Letter from a Fan / So Heavy, So High" (featuring Nataly Dawn) | 5:21 | |
| 9. | "Everybody's Leavin'" | Manilow | 0:38 |
| 10. | "Who Needs You" | 3:24 | |
| 11. | "Winner Go Down" | 4:51 | |
| 12. | "Slept Through the End of the World" | 3:34 | |
| 13. | "Reflection" | Manilow | 0:43 |
| 14. | "Trainwreck" | 3:13 | |
| 15. | "15 Minutes (Reprise)" | 1:10 | |
| 16. | "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" | 3:17 |
Personnel
[edit]- Barry Manilow – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, programming, bass, orchestra arrangements (3)
- Michael Lloyd – keyboards, programming, guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Jim Cox – keyboards
- Matt Rawlings – keyboards
- Scott Erickson – additional programming (3), orchestra arrangements (3)
- Laurence Juber – guitars
- Tim Pierce – guitars
- Mike Lent – agitated guitar break (8)
- Matt Bissonette – bass
- Gregg Bissonette – drums
- M.B. Gordy – basic track drums (8)
- Kye Brackett – backing vocals
- Randy Crenshaw – backing vocals
- Ron Dante – backing vocals
- Carmen Echols – backing vocals
- Muffy Hendrix – backing vocals
- Judith Hill – backing vocals
- Navanna Holley – backing vocals
- Melanie Nyema – backing vocals
- Bill Santos – backing vocals
- Keely Vasquez – backing vocals
- Nataly Dawn – vocals (8)
Production
[edit]- Garry C. Kief – executive producer, management
- Barry Manilow – producer, arrangements, recording
- Michael Lloyd – producer, arrangements, recording, overdub engineer, mixing
- Scott Erickson – producer (3)
- Greg Bartheld – producer (8), basic track recording (8)
- Marc Hulett – associate producer
- Bob Kearney – tracking engineer
- Jason Doser – second engineer (8)
- Nigel Lendemo – digital editing
- George Leger III – digital editing
- Dave Collins – mastering at Dave Collins Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- John Adams – project manager
- Jason Irwin – art direction
- Sara Zickhur – art direction
- Colin Davis – original art
- James Jensen Studio – original art
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] | 46 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 20 |
| US Billboard 200[4] | 7 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Barry Manilow to Release All Original New Album Entitled 15 MINUTES". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon; Pareles, Jon; Chinen, Nate (13 June 2011). "New Music". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ a b Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Barry Manilow Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "Barry Manilow Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
