A STAR IS BORN - Barbra Streisand

Personnel: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson (vocals); Terry Paul, Jerry McGee, Stephen Bruton, Sammy Creason, Donnie Fritts, Mike Utley, Booker T. Jones, Dean Heagen, Art Munson, Charles Owens, Bobby Shew, Jack Redmond, Clydie King, Venetta Fields.Engineers: Phil Ramone, Dan Wallin, Tom Vicari.Digitally remastered by Stephen Marcussen.When Streisand and Kristofferson, two very different '70s pop culture icons, united for the remake of the classic film A STAR IS BORN, few expected how well their distinctive styles would complement each other. Streisand was always the singers' singer, possessed of a golden voice and almost superhuman pitch and tone control, while country-rock rebel Kristofferson was from the John Prine/Bob Dylan school of singing, where emotion and intent mattered far more than proper pitch. Yet Streisand's silvery tones and Kristofferson's gruff, three-packs-a-day drawl never seem at odds on this soundtrack. Admittedly, on tunes like "Watch Closely Now" and "The Wom