Memories is a
compilation album by American singer
Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the
RIAA,[2] reaching number 10 on the
USBillboard 200.[3] First released on
Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the
UK, where it was released as Love Songs, it reached number 1 on the
UK Albums Chart for nine weeks (seven of them consecutively and it became the best-selling album of 1982 there, the first album by a female performer to achieve it).[4] The album was certified platinum in the UK (prior to multi-platinum awards being given), and 6× platinum in
Australia. According to the liner notes of Streisand's retrospective
box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in the
Netherlands and in
Switzerland.[5]
Two brand new recordings "
Memory" and "
Comin' In and Out of Your Life" were included and both released as singles. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" was the most successful of the new singles, peaking at No. 11 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album also included a previously unreleased solo version of "Lost Inside of You" which had appeared on her 1976 soundtrack album A Star Is Born as a duet with
Kris Kristofferson.
Memories is a
compilation album by American singer
Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the
RIAA,[2] reaching number 10 on the
USBillboard 200.[3] First released on
Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the
UK, where it was released as Love Songs, it reached number 1 on the
UK Albums Chart for nine weeks (seven of them consecutively and it became the best-selling album of 1982 there, the first album by a female performer to achieve it).[4] The album was certified platinum in the UK (prior to multi-platinum awards being given), and 6× platinum in
Australia. According to the liner notes of Streisand's retrospective
box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in the
Netherlands and in
Switzerland.[5]
Two brand new recordings "
Memory" and "
Comin' In and Out of Your Life" were included and both released as singles. "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" was the most successful of the new singles, peaking at No. 11 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album also included a previously unreleased solo version of "Lost Inside of You" which had appeared on her 1976 soundtrack album A Star Is Born as a duet with
Kris Kristofferson.