Walls_(Barbra_Streisand_album)

Walls
Walls
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	November 2, 2018
Recorded	November 2017–September 2018
Studio	Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage (Culver City California); Blue Studio (Malibu, California); Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); Grandma's House (Malibu, California); Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Multiview Studios (Hollywood, California); Sound Design (Santo Barbara, California); Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee); The Gentlemen's Club Studio (Nashville, Tennessee); WallyWorld Studio (Los Angeles, California);
Genre	Vocal pop
Length	47:09
Label	Columbia
Producer	Walter Afanasieff; Desmond Child; David Foster; Jonas Myrin; John Shanks; Barbra Streisand;
Barbra Streisand chronology
Singles from Walls
	"Don't Lie to Me"; Released: September 28, 2018; "Imagine/What a Wonderful World"; Released: October 12, 2018; "Lady Liberty"; Released: October 26, 2018;

<i>Walls</i> (Barbra Streisand album)

Walls (Barbra Streisand album)

2018 studio album by Barbra Streisand

Walls is the thirty-sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Barbra Streisand, released on November 2, 2018, by Columbia Records.^[1] The lead single "Don't Lie to Me" was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the presidency of Donald Trump,^[2]^[3] while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a wall at the Mexico border.

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Receiving critical acclaim, the album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, becoming her first studio album not to reach the top ten since "Emotion" in 1984. As of January 2023, the album has become Streisand's fifth studio album not to be certified Gold or Platinum by RIAA.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100^[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Guardian	^[6]
The Independent	^[7]
The Times	^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What's on My Mind"	Barbra Streisand Carole Bayer Sager Jonas Myrin Jay Landers	Walter Afanasieff Streisand	5:16
2.	"Don't Lie to Me"	Streisand John Shanks Myrin Landers	Shanks Myrin	3:57
3.	"Imagine/What a Wonderful World"	John Lennon Yoko Ono Bob Thiele George David Weiss	Afanasieff Streisand	5:20
4.	"Walls"	Afanasieff Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Afanasieff Streisand	3:54
5.	"Lady Liberty"	Desmond Child	Child Streisand	3:52
6.	"What the World Needs Now"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	Afanasieff Streisand	4:36
7.	"Better Angels"	Bayer Sager Myrin Landers	David Foster Myrin	4:08
8.	"Love's Never Wrong"	Steve Dorff Marty Panzer Landers	Afanasieff Streisand	4:06
9.	"The Rain Will Fall"	Streisand Myrin Charlie Midnight Landers	Shanks Myrin	4:42
10.	"Take Care of This House" (from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue)	Leonard Bernstein Alan Jay Lerner Landers David Pack	Streisand	4:10
11.	"Happy Days Are Here Again"	Milton Ager Jack Yellen	Streisand	3:53
Total length:				47:09

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[15]	7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[16]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[17]	50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[18]	37
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[19]	33
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[20]	59
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[21]	15
French Albums (SNEP)^[22]	145
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23]	34
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[24]	34
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[25]	58
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[26]	38
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[27]	9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[28]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29]	19
UK Albums (OCC)^[30]	6
US Billboard 200^[10]	12

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[31]	Silver	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Walls_(Barbra_Streisand_album)

Walls (Barbra Streisand album)

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