Fifty-plus years into one of the most decorated careers in popular music, Barry Manilow has a new album on the way. ‘What A Time’, his 33rd studio album and first collection of nearly all-original material since 2011’s ‘Fifteen Minutes’, arrives June 5th via Barney Property Trust. Produced by Manilow and longtime collaborator Michael Lloyd, the record brings together an exceptional group of co-writers and collaborators across a range of sounds.
The collaborator list alone signals ambition. Nine-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb, R&B titan Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, longtime co-writers Bruce Sussman and Adrienne Anderson, and Gary Barlow all contribute, producing a collection that moves between string-swept torch songs, groove-driven R&B, heartland rock, and gospel-inspired crescendos. This is not a record content to stay in one lane.
The first single, “Sun Shine,” co-written with Gary Barlow and produced by Manilow, David Benson, and Greg Bartheld, is already out and doing exactly what a lead single should. The album’s opener, “Once Before I Go,” an epic love song executive-produced by Clive Davis and co-written by Dean Pitchford and the late Peter Allen, features a sweeping string arrangement by William Ross and has already reached the top 10 on Mediabase’s Adult Contemporary chart.
Manilow returns to the road April 13th following a postponement due to recent cancer-related surgery, and in April receives the American Advertising Federation’s President’s Award at the Advertising Hall of Fame induction ceremony. A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and BMI Icon Award recipient, he has also invested millions through the Manilow Music Project to rebuild music education programs in public schools nationwide.
‘What A Time’ Track Listing:
Once Before I Go
What A Time
Sun Shine
Another Life (2026)
Touched By An Angel
The Chosen One
One More Chance
Nobody Knows My Song
When Somebody Says Goodbye with Sharon “Muffy” Hendrix
Don’t Trouble The Water
Look At Me Now featuring Dave Koz
Nobody Told Me
Coming of Age