Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | October 14, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | April 1975 | |||
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Record Plant, RCA Studios, Capitol Recording Studios (Los Angeles) |
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| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 36:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
Lazy Afternoon is the seventeenth studio album recorded by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on October 14, 1975 by Columbia Records. After releasing the Funny Lady soundtrack earlier in 1975, the singer began working with new musicians for the project following the mediocre response generated from her previous studio album, ButterFly (1974). Recorded in April 1975 in Los Angeles, Lazy Afternoon is musically a traditional pop record consisting of songs influenced by disco and pop music. Producer Rupert Holmes wrote four songs on the album, and Streisand received her first songwriting credit for the song "By the Way". She also included a few cover songs, such as Four Tops' "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" and Libby Holman's "Moanin' Low".
The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics who agreed that it more exciting than ButterFly. The simplistic production also received praise from critics, although AllMusic's William Ruhlmann found it to be unimpressive. Commercially, the album peaked at number 12 on the United States' Billboard 200; it also reached the lower positions of the charts in both Australia and Canada. It would later be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for physical sales exceeding 500,000 copies. "My Father's Song" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" were released as the album's two singles in August and November 1975, respectively. The former entered the Adult Contemporary charts in the United States and Canada while the latter was a success on two of Billboard's dance charts in late 1975.
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