The Greatest Songs of the Seventies


The Greatest Songs of the Seventies is Barry Manilow's follow up to his previous album, The Greatest Songs of the Sixties. The album was released on September 18, 2007. Album producer Clive Davis said about Manilow: "No one can reinvent the great classics better than Barry Manilow. He breathes new life and vitality into these truly wonderful songs and they sound fresh and timeless. We continue on the mission to bring to a new generation the great songs of a different era." Davis has worked with Manilow since the 1970s and have been good friends. The album was released under Arista Records. It also features some of Manilow's hits in acoustic.
The Greatest Songs of the Seventies debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 113,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

  1. "The Way We Were"
  2. "My Eyes Adored You"
  3. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  4. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?"
  5. "It Never Rains in Southern California"
  6. "You've Got a Friend"
  7. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
  8. "Sailing"
  9. "The Long and Winding Road"
  10. " Close to You"
  11. "If"
  12. "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
  13. "Mandy", 1974
  14. "Weekend in New England", 1977
  15. "Copacabana ", 1978
  16. "Even Now", 1978
  17. "Looks Like We Made It", 1977
  18. "I Write the Songs", 1975
Tracks 13-18 had all originally been recorded by Barry Manilow himself in their respective years.