This Is My Town: Songs of New York is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released on April 21, 2017 by Decca Records and Stiletto Entertainment. The album celebrates Barry Manilow's hometown New York City by "saying thanks to the city for giving me my ambition, my sense of humor and my decency", according to Manilow.[1] It consists both of new original Manilow compositions and standards "evoking the spirit and energy of New York City".[1]
| This Is My Town: Songs of New York |
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| Released | April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21) |
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| Length | 37:39 |
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| Label | Decca, Stiletto |
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| Producer | Barry Manilow, David Benson, Michael Lloyd, Garry C. Kief (exec.), Marc Hulett (associate), Greg Bartheld (associate) |
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My Dream Duets
(2014)
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This Is My Town: Songs of New York
(2017)
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Night Songs II
(2020)
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All tracks produced by Barry Manilow and co-produced by David Benson; except "Coney Island" co-produced by Michael Lloyd.
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| 1. | "This Is My Town" | Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman | 2:59 |
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| 2. | "New York City Rhythm" / "On Broadway" | Manilow, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marty Panzer | 3:57 |
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| 3. | "Coney Island" | Manilow | 3:00 |
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| 4. | "Lonely Town" | Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 5:00 |
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| 5. | "Lovin' at Birdland" | Manilow, Adrienne Anderson | 3:29 |
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| 6. | "Downtown / Uptown" | Mann, Cynthia Weil, Tony Hatch | 3:20 |
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| 7. | "On the Roof" | Manilow | 3:19 |
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| 8. | "I Dig New York" | Manilow, Sussman | 2:54 |
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| 9. | "The Brooklyn Bridge" (featuring Mel Tormé) | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:44 |
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| 10. | "NYC Medley" | Billy Joel, Burton Lane, Denny Randell, James Blake, Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Freed, Richard Rodgers, Sandy Linzer, Shawn Carter, Adolph Green, Alicia Keys, Charles B. Lawlor, Fred Ebb, Lorenz Hart, Angela Hunte, Betty Comden, Al Shuckburgh, Sylvia Robinson, Janet Sewell-Ulepic, Bert Keyes, John Kander | 6:57 |
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