This One's for You

"Say The Words" is the 9th track on this album and the iTunes version doesn't have it, must be a licensing issue. Be that as it may this album the the essential Barry Manilow and while the majority of his albums and gone out of print for a while this album was a constant. Overlooked during the remastering and re-issue sessions of 1996 this album got it's makeover in 2006 and was worth the wait; the finished remastered sound is amazing. "This One's For You" was a hit but not as big as previous singles, "Daybreak" was a smash as was "Jump Shout Boogie" and would be again when released as a "live" single, "Weekend In New England" another smash and a career maker, interesting to note the title appears nowhere in the lyric, yet another smash and a personal favorite "Looks Like We Made It," the album closer "All The Time would be a fan favorite and covered by Dionne Warwick. The bonus tracks 10 to 14 are demos and unfinished songs worth a listen to hear how the songs evolve.

By the time I bought this lp, I was hooked on both Barry's (White, being the other).