All About Love (Johnny Mathis album)

All About Love
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedMay 7, 1996[1]
Recorded1996
StudioA&M Studios (Hollywood, California)[2]
GenreVocal[3]
Length41:42
LabelColumbia
ProducerPhil Ramone[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Hits of Johnny Mathis
(1995) 		All About Love
(1996) 		The Ultimate Hits Collection
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Billboard(positive)[4]

All About Love is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 7, 1996,[1] by Columbia Records and pairs him with producer Phil Ramone for his first venture into contemporary material since 1985's Right from the Heart. The two albums share the fact that they do not include covers of songs associated with other artists, which makes them unique entries in the Mathis catalog.

The album reached number 119 during its one week on the Billboard 200 album chart in the issue of the magazine dated May 25 of that year.[5]

Reception

Mathis's new offering earned the approval of Billboard magazine: "From the layered string sounds of 'I Will Walk Away' to the intimacy of 'Why Goodbye' to the catchy chorus of 'Every Beat of My Heart,' Mathis soothes with his trademark silky tenor."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Let Your Heart Remember" (Stephen Bishop, Jeff Jones) – 4:36
  2. "I Will Walk Away" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:59
  3. "Every Beat of My Heart" (Earl Rose, Brian McKnight) – 3:58
  4. "Why Goodbye" (Diane Warren) – 4:50
  5. "Like No One in the World" (Burt Bacharach, John Bettis) – 4:31
  6. "One More Night" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:26
  7. "Let Me Be the One" (Burt Bacharach, Denise Rich, Taja Sevelle) – 5:00
  8. "Welcome Home" (Ray Chafin, Dobie Gray, Bud Reneau) – 3:20
  9. "Sometimes Love's Not Enough" (Kenny Denton, Danny Saxon) – 4:37
  10. "Could It Be Love This Time" (Mark Radice) – 3:18

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. ^ a b c (1996) All About Love by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 67509.
  3. ^ a b "All About Love - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. 1996-05-25. p. 83.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.

Bibliography

  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7