A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack)


A Star Is Born is the soundtrack album to the 1976 musical film of the same name, performed by its stars Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. The album was very successful, holding the number-one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for six weeks and eventually was certified 4× Platinum by RIAA for more than 4 million copies with a reported 15 million copies worldwide in the liner notes of the Streisand's album Release Me.
"Evergreen " was released as the album's lead single and Streisand's second US number 1 single spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the easy listening chart.
According to the liner notes of Barbra's compilation box set Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in New Zealand, Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy and Mexico. The import version of the CD adds the Spanish version of Evergreen as a bonus track.

Track listing

  1. "Watch Closely Now" – 3:49
  2. "Queen Bee" – 3:55
  3. "Everything" – 3:50
  4. "Lost Inside of You" – 2:54
  5. "Hellacious Acres" – 2:58
  6. "Evergreen " – 3:04
  7. "The Woman in the Moon" – 4:49
  8. "I Believe in Love" – 3:13
  9. "Crippled Crow" – 3:30
  10. Finale: "With One More Look at You" / "Watch Closely Now" – 7:43
  11. Reprise: "Evergreen " – 1:46
  12. "Evergreen " – 3:05
The songs that appear on the soundtrack are in most cases alternate and studio recordings that do not appear in the film. The alternate version of "Lost Inside of You" that actually appears in the movie, was finally released in 1991 as part of the 4-CD Barbra Streisand Anthology Just for the Record. A previously unreleased studio version of the track appeared on her 1982 compilation Memories. It was later re-recorded as a duet with Babyface for her 2014 duets album Partners.
An alternative previously unreleased studio version of the track "With One More Look At You" appeared on her 2012 retrospective Release Me.

Certifications and sales

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts