Emotion is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in October 1984 by Columbia Records. It was her first studio album in four years after the release of Guilty, which has since become her highest selling studio album worldwide.
The album was promoted with the release of three singles, but none of them entered the top forty of the BillboardHot 100. [3] The album wasn't as successful as its predecessor, having peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI.[4][5]
Overview
This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and composers. Produced by Jim Steinman, "Left in the Dark" was the lead single peaking at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Make No Mistake, He's Mine", a duet with Kim Carnes, was the album's second single and charted at #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The final single "Emotion", featuring the Pointer Sisters on background vocals, was also released as extended 12" remix.
An instrumental version of "Here We Are At Last" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 feature film Nuts.[2][6]
The album peaked at #19 on the US Billboard 200 and #15 on the UK Pop Album chart.[7] Emotion has also been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI.[4][5]
In 2023, in her memoir My Name Is Barbra, Streisand described the album as a "hodgepodge", vowing to "never again" make a pop record like "Emotion".
^Nuts – Original Score from the Motion Picture (Liner notes). Barbra Streisand (Cassette release ed.). Columbia. 1987. 4CT 40876.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
