Greatest Hits Vol. II (Barry Manilow album)

Not to be confused with Greatest Hits Volume II (Barry Manilow album).
Greatest Hits Vol. II
Greatest hits album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedDecember 1983
GenrePop
Easy listening
Length44:05
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow & Ron Dante, Jim Steinman[1]
Barry Manilow chronology
Here Comes the Night
(1982) 		Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1983) 		2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
(1984)

Greatest Hits Vol. II is the thirteenth album released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow in 1983.[2] In Britain, Manilow's first Greatest Hits album had been issued as Manilow Magic, thus this second volume was issued there as A Touch More Magic.

The album was mostly compilation, with the exception of three new tracks: "You're Looking Hot Tonight", "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" and "Read 'Em and Weep" #1 A/C (for 6 weeks) and #18 in the United States, his last Top 40 on the Hot 100 to date, and also a cover of the Meat Loaf hit of the same name, albeit with an altered second verse and instrumental arrangement). The album reached platinum sales in 1993.[3]

Track listing

Source:[4]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ships"Ian Hunter3:46
2."Some Kind of Friend"Barry Manilow; Adrienne Anderson4:04
3."I Made It Through the Rain"Gerard Kenny; Drey Shepperd; Barry Manilow; Bruce Sussman; Jack Feldman4:08
4."Read 'Em and Weep"Jim Steinman5:28
5."Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" (with Ronnie Milsap)Barry Manilow3:27
6."Somewhere Down the Road"Cynthia Weil; Tom Snow3:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."One Voice"Barry Manilow3:01
8."The Old Songs"David Pomeranz; Buddy Kaye4:14
9."Let's Hang On"Bob Crewe; Sandy Linzer; Denny Randell3:08
10."Memory"Andrew Lloyd Webber; Trevor Nunn; T. S. Eliot4:54
11."You're Lookin' Hot Tonight"Barry Manilow3:57
Total length:44:05

Charts

Chart (1983) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 30
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ CD packaging
  2. ^ CD packaging
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – Greatest Hits Volume II". Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. ^ CD packaging
  5. ^ "British album certifications – Barry Manilow – A Touch More Magic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 August 2021.