Walls

"Walls, surely the first protest album to offer thanks to the artist's hairstylist and manicurist in the production credits, may well be the most gushing, mellifluous, lushly orchestrated political record ever made. It is like a riot staged by Andrew Lloyd Webber".

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"Having established her own philanthropic foundation in 1986, Barbra Streisand has long been an outspoken proponent for the protection of the environment, world peace, civil rights, and women's rights. She brings these passions to bear on her sophisticated 2018 studio album Walls. While Walls is certainly borne out of Streisand's own deeply heartfelt feelings regarding the state of the world and the seemingly divisive nature of American politics circa 2018, it's also a lushly produced and ruminative album that allows the multi-Grammy-winning singer to strike a pleasingly sincere tone with a broad appeal. Executive-produced by Streisand and Jay Landers, along with production and songwriting pros including Carole Bayer Sager, Walter Afanasieff, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others, Walls features a mix of newly penned originals and thoughtfully curated covers that evokes the adult-contemporary pop she championed throughout the '70s and '80s".

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"This is Streisand's first album of primarily original songs since 2005, and the singer - who is the only recording artist in history to achieve a No 1 album in six consecutive decades - is on the warpath. Over the course of 11 tracks, Streisand switches between despair and rage to rail against what has happened to her beloved United States. And it seems that doing so has lit a fire in her again ... Walls is unchecked, indignant and raw, and though it ends with a note of despondency, it is a triumph".

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