Guilty Pleasures is the thirty-first studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released in September 2005 in conjunction with Barry Gibb, who co-produced the album and co-wrote all of the tracks, many of them with his brother Barry and sons Stephen and Ashley. In Ireland and the UK, the album is titled Guilty Too. It is the follow-up of Streisand's 1980 album Guilty, which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features covers of Gibb's late brother Andy's song "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away"; and "Letting Go", a song that Barry Gibb recorded for the Hawks soundtrack.

In the United States, the album peaked at number 5 and has been certified Gold (500,000 copies sold), continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist, and in second place in general behind Elvis Presley. The album also hit the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 3 and has been certified Platinum (over 300,000 copies sold). Both albums are considered partial-collaboration, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb on each, but his backing vocals are clearly present on most tracks. They also appear together on the albums covers.

DualDisc edition A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in PCM Stereo, behind the scenes footage of the making of the album, interviews with Streisand and Gibb and 4 video performances, including an alternate piano version of "Letting Go".

Track listing "Come Tomorrow" with Barry Gibb (Ashley Gibb, Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb) – 5:01 "Stranger in a Strange Land" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:50 "Hideaway" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:14 "It's Up to You" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:32 "Night of My Life" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 4:01 "Above the Law" with Barry Gibb (A. Gibb, Streisand, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:27 "Without Your Love" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb) – 3:48 "All the Children" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 5:14 "Golden Dawn" (A. Gibb, B. Gibb, S. Gibb) – 4:40 "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" (B. Gibb, Blue Weaver) – 4:01 "Letting Go" (George Bitzer, B. Gibb) – 3:53

Personnel

Barbra Streisand – vocals Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar, string arrangement Dan Warner – guitar Doug Emery – keyboard, programming, string arrangement Eero Turunen – keyboard Julio Hernandez – bass Lee Levin – drums Richard Bravo – percussion Tom Scott – saxophone on "Come Tomorrow" and "Hideaway" Beth Cohen – vocals on "Night of My Life" Leesa Richards – vocals on "Night of My Life" Peter Graves – string arrangement, conductor Larry Warrilow – string arrangement

Production Barry Gibb – producer John Merchant – producer, recording, engineering, mixing Javier Carrion – additional engineering Patrick Magee – assistant engineering Ethan Carlson – assistant engineering Bob Ludwig – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005)Peakposition Greek Albums ChartGreece Albums Chart. Retrieved February 3, 201615 Irish Albums Chart. GfK Entertainment Charts13 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)29Taiwanese Albums (Five Music) 8

Year-end charts Chart (2005)PositionUK Albums (OCC)46

Certifications and sales

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