This was always my all-time favorite number one album of all of Barry's CD's. (That is until Here At The Mayflower!)

This album has many of the tunes you'll know including the Grammy award winning Copacabana, Can't Smile Without You (A crownd pleaser!) and Where Do I Go From Here?

My favorites on this album will always be Somewhere Down The Road and the title track Even Now. The arrangments of the strings and woodwinds on this album are the best I have ever heard.

The songs speak of Love, Hurt and Hope. Technically I think this and Mayflower are the best engineering for sound and mixing.

This is a must for every Manilow collection!

"Even Now" spun off four of Barry's best singles in 1978: "Can't Smile Without You", the title track, "Copacabana", and "Somewhere In The Night." "Copa" is the best disco song ever by a non-disco act. (This is high praise in my book. Everybody tried to get a disco hit in the late '70's and the failures make a fantastic tape.) It still sounds great today, and how can anyone get tired of that intense storyline? I've heard "Can't Smile" and "Somewhere In The Night" on other artist's records; the arrangements here run rings around them all. Proof of BM's skills as an arranger. The moody title track is also a highlight.

Most of the remaining tracks are worth the purchase. "Leavin' In The Morning" is catchy bubblegum-rock with coproducer Ron Dante's fingerprints all over it. "I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)" is an early example of the jazzy pop Barry eventually came to favor during much of the '90's. There used to be some intrigue as to whether "A Linda Song" was about our hero's real-life girlfriend Linda Allen. Or maybe not. And there are echoes of the Stylistics in the arrangement for "I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life," a pretty love song. On the down side, Barry's New Yawk accent is a bit too noticeable on a couple of songs; his phrasing definitely improved over time. The bonus track "No Love For Jenny" is average, but better by far than the album's worst song, "Losing Touch." Overall, one of Barry Manilow's best albums ever, and worth getting if you have any interest in him at all.

I am glad that I can find this CD from internet. I love every songs in this CD. The song Even Now is classic for Barry. Copacabanna really makes fun. This CD brings me a lot of memories.

Even now is a heavy ballad. Can't smile is peppy - a good sing a long for the kids. Copa is fun and catchy. The other cuts are mellow, good-for-driving songs. Over-all this is a nostalgic trip back to the seventies, and who better to take you there than Mr. Barry "70's Pop King" Manilow himself.

The variety in this album has never been paralleled. From the kitschy "Copa" to the incredibly stirring "Somewhere in the Night", this album touches every type of music that only Barry can perform. My all-time personal favorite, that alas, I have never had the pleasure of hearing him sing in concert, is "I Just Want To Be the One In Your Life." This album is a classic that every Manilow fan must own.