A Classy, Eclectic Album, "Singing Paris" is 20 Years of Pop the French Way. If the World Had Its Sights Turned Toward England Between 1955 and 1975, Yet in France the Musical Panorama was No Less, Satisfying, Shifted and Free. The Best Way to Illustrate this Frenzy is the Music that Came from Paris Apart for Big French Songs, There Isn't Much of a Welcome for Anything Else. Those who Are Skeptical Are Going to have to Change their Minds! Wild Compositions, Lyrics Attempting to Be Filled with Humour and Mockery, Adapting to Overseas Success with True Musical Jewels, the Common Denominator of These 24 Songs is their Modernity. They Come from Artists who Can't Be Ignored, Cinema Stars Pushing the Lighthearted Songs, Distinguished People who Had Previously Been Unknown. Far from Being Just Another Black and White Retro Compilation, "Singing Paris" Comes to You in Full Technicolor!
"Primitive" is the sixteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released in 1984 on Columbia Records. Its singles "Turn Around", "Sleep With Me Tonight", and "You Make Me Feel Like Christmas" reach #4, 24, and 28, respectively on the Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart, while "Turn Around" also reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on October 5, 1984.
"Emotion" is the twenty-third studio album released by Barbra Streisand. It was released on October 9, 1984, and went platinum in the United States on December 18 the same year. This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and writers. The album was promoted by a music video of the title track "Emotion", starring Streisand, The Who's Roger Daltrey and Mikhail Baryshnikov. "Left in the Dark" also received a music video, reuniting Streisand with Kris Kristofferson, her costar from A Star Is Born. The album peaked at #19 on the US chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set, Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in the Netherlands.