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A1	Skylark Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer	3:02
A2	Drinking Again Written-By – Doris Tauber, Johnny Mercer	2:46
A3	Breaking Up Somebody's Home Arranged By [Horns] – Arif MardinWritten-By – Denise LaSalle	3:47
A4	Surabaya Johnny Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Herbert Hartig, Kurt Weill	4:52
A5	I Shall Be Released Written-By – Bob Dylan	4:55
-	2:26
B1a	Optimistic Voices Written-By – E. Y. Harburg*, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Leo Feist
B1b	Lullaby Of Broadway Written-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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B2	In The Mood Arranged By [Horns] – Arif MardinLyrics By [Additional] – Bette MidlerLyrics By [Additional], Arranged By [Vocals] – Barry ManilowWritten-By – Andy Razaf, Joe Garland	2:37
-	3:22
B3a	Uptown Written-By [Uncredited] – Mann And Weil
B3b	Da Doo Run Run Written-By – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
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B4	Twisted Written-By – Wardell Gray	2:23
B5	Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Written-By – Carl W. Smith*, Gary Lee Jackson*, Raynard Miner	4:08

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation – SD 7270
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation – SD 7270
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation – SD 7270
• Pressed By – Plastic Products

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Ann S. Clark, Charlotte Crosley*, Gale Kantor*, Merle Miller, Myrna Smith, Robin Grean, Sharon Redd, Shirley Brewer, Sylvia Shemwell, Tasha Thomas
• Bass – Chuck Rainey, Milt Hinton, Stu Woods, Will Lee, Bill Salter*
• Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
• Cover – Richard Amsel
• Design – Loring Eutemey
• Drums – Bernard Purdie, Grady Tate, Rick Morotta*, Steven Gadd*
• Drums, Percussion – Luther Rix
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza, Frank Vento, Hugh McCracken
• Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Ken Ascher, Pat Rebillot
• Mastered By – Dennis King, George Piros
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Lee Gurst
• Producer, Percussion, Piano, Arranged By, Conductor, Backing Vocals – Barry Manilow
• Producer, Percussion, Remix – Arif Mardin
• Recorded By – Buzz Richmond, Elliott Sheiner*, Gene Paul, Jimmy Douglass, Robert Warner , Scott Schreckengost
• Recorded By, Remix – Lew Hahn
• Synthesizer – Kenneth Bichel*

Notes

Misprint: No Side indication on labels.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY.
Additional recording at A&R Studios, New York, NY, Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY, & Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington.

There are several versions of this album, with label typeface and also matrix variations.

B3a, Thomas McKinney credited in error as songwriter, correct songwriters are Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil. Later issues of this release would correct the error.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): ST-A-732989-D
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): ST-A-732990 C
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-732989-PL
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-732990-PL

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 7270	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album, MS )	Atlantic	SD 7270	US	1973
SD 7270	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD 7270	Canada	1973
82779-2	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	82779-2	US	1995
40517 (SD 7270)	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	40517 (SD 7270)	France	1973
7270-2	Bette Midler	Bette Midler ‎(CD, Album)	Atlantic	7270-2	US	1989