What About Today?
| What About Today? | ||||
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| Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
| Released | July 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968–1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 34:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Wally Gold | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | unfavorable |
| Billboard | favorable |
What About Today? is an album released in July 1969 by Barbra Streisand. It is considered to be her first attempt at recording contemporary pop songs and was received poorly, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It is one of only three studio albums by Streisand (the others being 1973's Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments and 2011's What Matters Most) not to have received an RIAA sales certification in the United States. The album features songs originally recorded by The Beatles and Paul Simon among others. The cover photograph was an outtake from a 1968 Vogue shoot with Richard Avedon.
Three songs were recorded for the album, but not included:
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