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- Genre: Pop
- Release date: November 24, 2008Official Site: Barry Manilow
- Label: Arista
- Producer: Clive Davis
- Barry Manilow's 38th album
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The Greatest Songs of the Eighties is an album from Barry Manilow and was released on November 24, 2008. The album is a collection of 12 cover songs that were popular during the 1980's, including songs by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins and Cyndi Lauper. The collection is the follow-up to Manilow's 2007 album The Greatest Songs of the Seventies.
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Barry Manilow Quote
"It took a long time to figure out how to make them my own, to see where I could crawl inside the meaning of the lyric," he says. "I didn't want to do karaoke renditions. Make no mistake, I was intimidated, but I think I nailed them. Once the arrangements were done, it was one big smile after another."Reuters: Barry Manilow tackles '80s on fourth decade set (November 15, 2008)Track List
- "Islands In The Stream" (Bee Gees)
- "Open Arms" (Steve Perry & Jonathan Cain)
- "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Stock Aitken Waterman)
- "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison)
- "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder)
- "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (Phil Collins)
- "Careless Whisper" (George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley)
- "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx)
- "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Cross; Bacharach; Sager; Allen) – 3:46
- "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Peter Cetera & David Foster)
- "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman)
- "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Previte, DeNicola, Markowitz)