I like the concept, the album cover and all the love ballads included. The song "Wet" has some of her best word play: playful, poetic and intelligent. At the point where her voice soars you can't help but get goose bumps. I originally purchased the album for "Niagra" and "Kiss Me In Rain" (two of her best performances with inviting lyrics). I wish she would do more Carole Bayer Sager material after hearing "Niagra". But to my surprise the two songs that really caught my attention were "On Rainy Afternoons" and "After The Rain". "On Rainy Afternoons" has become my favorite Streisand song. The lyrics, the voice, the arrangements entangle me into a painful and wonderful past romance. I find no escape when I'm listening to this piece. "After The Rain" offers a wonderful counterbalance to the previous song: once again romance has wings and wonderment. These are two of the Bergman's best efforts. "Come Rain or Come Shine" is a nice ballad but the other five are truly five of Streisand's very best. "Splish Splash", "I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight" and "No More Tears" should have been on a different collection. This would have been a perfect album had she only included love ballads. Still, I give this album five stars because of the incredible love ballads.

As some other readers have mentioned, recording "Splish-splash" may have been a mistake, but the rest of the album is so great, you'll easily forgive that one poor song. From the opening "Wet" to the closing "Kiss Me In the Rain," each of the ballads are performed with the skill and class that we have come to expect from Streisand. And be sure to catch her #1 duet with Donna Summer "No More Tears," as well as her jazzy take on "Come Rain Or Come Shine." Not to be missed!

Ok, this may not live down as a PEOPLE or THE WAY WE WERE, but it does contain some of the best material Barbra has ever recorded, however, there is one exception. The album begins with two beautiful ballads, "Wet" and "Come Rain or Come Shine", but the current is interupted with "Splish Splash", which honestly dosen't belong on this album, not any other. However, the material on this album is so fantastic, that that one flaw is easily looked over. Beautiful ballads like "On Rainy Afternoons", "Niagra", and "After the Rain" are true Streisand treasures. Up-tempo numbers, "Enough is Enough" and "I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight" are very enjoyable to listen to. The highlight of this entire album is the closing track, "Kiss Me in the Rain". The same passion and fervor delivered on "The Way We Were", "A Piece of Sky" and "On holy Ground" is delivered in this beautiful ballad.

The water theme of this album was an unfortunate choice; it seems Streisand was at a loss for songs appropriate to her range and simply chose some based on their titles alone. If you doubt that, try and endure repeated listenings of 'Splish-Splash' and 'I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight'. Still the lovely ballads 'Wet', 'After The Rain', 'On Rainy Afternoons' and 'Kiss Me in the Rain' feature some of her most delicate, exquisitely phrased vocals and spotlight the matchless voice at the height of its purity. Worth purchasing, but only after 'Stoney End', 'Superman', and 'Barbra Joan Streisand', her quintessential 1970s recordings.

Thank God for CDs. I give this work a rating of 5 due to the fact that I am able to delete both
"Splish Splash", and "I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight"(Hey! An artist of Streisand's caliber, and the length of her career and high quality of her recorded output...well, everyone is entitled to a bad decision and a lousy song selection once in awhile!), and concentrate on the beautiful ballads and the simply stunning performances she delivers with them. As for the infamous duet, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", I love it....No Discussion Necessary. Pay particular attention to the lovely "On Rainy Afternoons". Streisand's voice was at its apex during this time and this song, along with the other ballads contained here, prove, once again, that she has no equal in the field of living Popular vocalists.