Barry Manilow II is the second studio album by Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...

 released in 1974. It included the mega hit song "Mandy

Mandy (song)

"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr."Brandy" had been a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand...

", as well as "It's a Miracle". First issued by Bell Records

Bell Records

Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 by Arthur Shimkin in New York, the owner of children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records. A...

, it was reissued after the company was reorganized into Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

.

The album's cover illustration was later parodied by Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens

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 in the picture sleeve illustration for his 1980 single I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow.

Side 1

1. "I Want To Be Somebody's Baby" - 4:18 (Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson)
2. "Early Morning Strangers" - 3:24 (Manilow, Hal David
   Hal David
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   )
3. "Mandy
   Mandy (song)
   "Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr."Brandy" had been a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand...
   
   " - 3:32 (Scott English, Richard Kerr)
4. "The Two Of Us" - 3:05 (Manilow, Marty Panzer)
5. "Something's Comin' Up" - 2:51 (Manilow)

Side 2

1. "It's a Miracle
   It's a Miracle (Barry Manilow song)
   "It's a Miracle" is a 1975 single by Barry Manilow and was the second release from his album, Barry Manilow II. "It's a Miracle" went to number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Manilow's second number one in a row on the Easy Listening chart, spending one week at number one in April 1975....
   
   " - 3:58 (Manilow, Panzer)
2. "Avenue C" - 2:37 (Buck Clayton, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert)
3. "My Baby Loves Me" - 3:18 (Ivy Hunter, Sylvia Moy
   Sylvia Moy
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   , William "Mickey" Stevenson)
4. "Sandra" - 4:35 (Manilow, Anderson)
5. "Home Again" - 5:34 (Manilow, Panzer)

1996 Remaster

1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
2. Early Morning Strangers
3. Mandy
4. The Two Of Us
5. Something's comin' up
6. It's A Miracle
7. Avenue C
8. My Baby Loves Me
9. Sandra
10. Home Again

Bonus:

1. Halfway Over The Hill

2006 Expanded Edition

1. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby
2. Early Morning Strangers
3. Mandy
4. The Two Of Us
5. Something's Comin' Up
6. It's A Miracle
7. Avenue C
8. My Baby Loves Me
9. Sandra
10. Home Again

Bonus:

1. Good News
2. Halfway Over The Hill

Personnel

• Barry Manilow: Piano, Vocal
• Don Grolnick
  Don Grolnick
  Don Grolnick was an American jazz and pop pianist and composer, most noteworthy for his work with artists such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Bob Mintzer, Dave Holland and Steely Dan...
  
  , Ellen Starr: Piano
• Jon Stroll: Electric Piano & Clavinet
  Clavinet
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• John Barranco, Charlie Brown, Sam T. Brown, Dick Frank, Bob Mann, Stuart Scharf: Guitars
• Artie Kaplan, Stanley Schwartz, George Young: Saxophone
• Bob Cranshaw, Russell George, Will Lee
  Will Lee (bassist)
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  : Bass
• Bill Lavorgna, Chris Parker, Allan Schwartzberg
  Allan Schwartzberg
  Allan Schwartzberg is a famous studio musician drummer, most of whose recordings were made in the 1970s. He has played on hits such as Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye". He has played with KISS, James Brown and Peter Gabriel as well...
  
  : Drums
• Norman Pride, Lee Gurst: Percussion
• Charlotte Crossley, Ron Dante
  Ron Dante
  Ron Dante is an American singer, songwriter, session vocalist, and record producer...
  
  , Robin Grean, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams: Background vocals
• Horns & strings arranged by Jack Cortner