BARBRA C'est Mon Nom

Original released on LP Columbia CL 2547

(US, October 1966)

Released two months after the Beatles' "Revolver", Barbra Streisand was upping her game. This was not just another cabaret singer as time would confirm. This is Streisand's first collaboration with Michel Legrand, the first of many. "Je M'Appelle Barbra" is an album of songs with a French orientation, either because they are actually sung, at least in part, in French, or because they originated in France before having English lyrics added. Streisand does not embarrass herself in French, but the album is more an experiment than a triumph. (in AllMusic)