Partners
by Barbra Streisand
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Sep 16, 2014
    60
    Throughout, Streisand’s voice sound more robust than it has for some time, especially compared to her live performance last year in Brooklyn. But she has a tendency to oversing in an attempt to engage with her guests.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Sep 19, 2014
    50
    Most of the dozen tracks on Partners-- which features duet partners such as Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli and the singer’s son, Jason Gould--offer no such vantage [of a whole other way of looking at [a] song].... Yet there is strong work here--four songs that live up to the singer's stated ambition.
  3. The New York Times
    Sep 15, 2014
    40
    The choppy calls and responses between Ms. Streisand and her partners, however, lack conversational or narrative flow, and you have an uncomfortable sense that the parts were spliced together after the fact.
  5. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 15, 2014
    40
    This record falls into all the icky, celebrity duet traps.

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5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 36
  3. Negative: 14 out of 36
  1. TimInThe808
    Sep 16, 2014
    6
    A very mixed-bag to be sure, but Streisand is in very fine voice - and the new arrangement of New York State of Mind with Billy Joel is very,A very mixed-bag to be sure, but Streisand is in very fine voice - and the new arrangement of New York State of Mind with Billy Joel is very, very good. Again, it wouldn't kill Streisand to kick up the tempo, however. Everything she releases now is so sleepy. Remember the Stony End, Guilty, etc. days?… Full Review »
  2. someonewhocares
    Dec 31, 2022
    5
    Barbra spoils a perfectly fine album with oversinging her duet partners just to make sure she remains on top all of the time.
  3. Panchogul
    Jan 3, 2022
    10
    No entiendo las malas críticas, es un álbum muy bueno, no perfecto, pero si muy aceptable, la producción juega un poco en contra, quizás seaNo entiendo las malas críticas, es un álbum muy bueno, no perfecto, pero si muy aceptable, la producción juega un poco en contra, quizás sea eso lo que a muchos no les gustara.… Full Review »
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