The conceit of my Artist Deep Dives is that I listen to and write about every one of a the subject’s studio albums. At some point I realized that structure would keep me from tackling certain artists simply because their catalogs were too large.
Enter Shallow Dives, wherein I listen to and write about a sampling of a much larger discography. And enter Barbra Streisand, whose 37-album studio output made her a perfect candidate for this treatment.
When narrowing down my album list, I went with albums that represented significant milestones, either in terms or critical or commercial success or a major shift in musical direction. Streisand’s catalog offered up plenty of those.
Meet Me In Montauk 