Love Is the Answer (album)

Love Is the Answer
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009
RecordedNovember 17, 2008–2009
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length58:55
LabelColumbia
Producer
Barbra Streisand chronology
Guilty Pleasures
(2005)
Love Is the Answer
(2009)
The Ultimate Collection
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Billboard(positive)
The Boston Globe(?)
Entertainment Weekly(B+)
The Guardian
The Times

Love Is the Answer is the thirty-second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released on September 29, 2009. The album consists of jazz standards and was produced by Diana Krall and Tommy LiPuma. It also features Krall on piano and orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel, Anthony Wilson and Alan Broadbent. A deluxe edition contains a bonus disc featuring versions of the songs with just Streisand's vocals and Krall's quartet.

The album received critical acclaim and became Streisand's record-breaking ninth number one album on the Billboard 200. This resulted in making Streisand the only artist to have a number one album in America in five different decades. The album was certified Gold on November 13 by the RIAA, giving Streisand her 51st Gold record in the US.