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Greatest Hits Vol. II
Greatest hits album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedDecember 1983
GenrePop
Easy listening
Length44:05
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow & Ron Dante, Jim Steinman[1]
Barry Manilow chronology
Here Comes the Night
(1982) 		Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1983) 		2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
(1984)

Greatest Hits Vol. II is the thirteenth album released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow.[2] In Britain, Manilow's first Greatest Hits album had been issued as Manilow Magic, thus this second volume was issued there as A Touch More Magic.

The album was mostly compilation, with the exception of three new tracks: "You're Looking Hot Tonight", "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" and "Read 'Em and Weep" (#18 U.S., his last Top 40 on the Hot 100 to date, and also a cover of the Meat Loaf hit of the same name, albeit with an altered second verse and instrumental arrangement). The album reached platinum sales in 1993.[3]

Track listing

Source:[4]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ships"Ian Hunter3:46
2."Some Kind of Friend"Barry Manilow; Adrienne Anderson4:04
3."I Made It Through the Rain"Gerard Kenny; Drey Shepperd; Barry Manilow; Bruce Sussman; Jack Feldman4:08
4."Read 'Em and Weep"Jim Steinman5:28
5."Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" (with Ronnie Milsap)Barry Manilow3:27
6."Somewhere Down the Road"Cynthia Weil; Tom Snow3:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."One Voice"Barry Manilow3:01
8."The Old Songs"David Pomeranz; Buddy Kaye4:14
9."Let's Hang On"Bob Crewe; Sandy Linzer; Denny Randell3:08
10."Memory"Andrew Lloyd Webber; Trevor Nunn; T. S. Eliot4:54
11."You're Lookin' Hot Tonight"Barry Manilow3:57
Total length:44:05

Charts

Chart (1983) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 30
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ CD packaging
  2. ^ CD packaging
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – Greatest Hits Volume II". Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. ^ CD packaging
  5. ^ "British album certifications – Barry Manilow – A Touch More Magic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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