A Night to Remember (Johnny Mathis album)

A Night to Remember (Johnny Mathis album)
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released April 29, 2008[1]
Recorded WallyWorld Studios,
Los Angeles, California,
Westlake Recording Studios,
West Hollywood, California,
Studio 7303,
Houston, Texas,
Shakeji, Inc. Studios,
Las Vegas, Nevada[2]
Genre Pop/Rock
R&B[1]
Length 51:17
Label Columbia
Producer Walter Afanasieff[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology

Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
(2006)		 A Night to Remember
(2008)		 Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

A Night to Remember is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in April 2008 by Columbia Records.[1] In the liner notes for the album, executive producer Jay Landers writes that "Johnny combed through his personal album collection and chose 12 songs sure to evoke faces and places from those golden days when 45s were stacked on the record player and local deejays played songs you could actually hum the melody to."[2]

The album reached number 29 on the UK album chart during its two weeks there in August 2008.[3]

Reception

In rating the album at four stars on AllMusic, John Bush praises producer Walter Afanasieff, who "has helmed most of the best records by many artists who have come later and courted the same audience as Mathis... He definitely saved his best for this date, a landmark in his career."[1] The reviewer also gives high marks to the singer: "Mathis sounds fantastic for a septuagenarian... The material he chooses is excellent as well."[1]

Track listing[2]

All performers and production staff are listed in the Personnel section, except as noted:

  1. "Just the Two of Us" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers) – 4:07
  2. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (featuring Yolanda Adams) (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:12
  3. "Walk on By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:03
  4. "Hey Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:33
  5. "The Closer I Get to You" (Reggie Lucas, James Mtume) – 4:43
  6. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 3:22
  7. "All This Love" (El DeBarge) – 5:20
  8. "Always" (featuring Mone't) (David Lewis, Jonathan Lewis, Wayne Lewis) – 4:10
  9. "We're in This Love Together" (Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall) – 3:39
  10. "How 'Bout Us" (Dana Walden) – 4:29
  11. "Always and Forever" (Rod Temperton) – 4:25
  12. "A Night to Remember" (featuring Gladys Knight) (Walter Afanasieff, Jay Landers) – 4:13
    • Chris Brooke – lead vocal engineer
    • Elliot Peters – lead vocal engineer

Personnel[2]

Performers
  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Walter Afanasieff – keyboard and rhythm programming
  • Tyler Gordon – programming and Pro Tools engineer
  • Mike Landau – guitar
  • Mabvuto Carpenter – background vocals
  • Tiffany Smith – background vocals
  • Jason Morales – background vocals
  • Mone't – background vocals
Production
  • Walter Afanasieff – producer, arranger
  • Jay Landers – executive producer
  • David Channing – recording engineer
  • Brian Warwick – assistant engineer
  • Jonnie Davis – mixing engineer
  • Ryan Geller – assistant mixing engineer
  • Chris Brooke – vocal recording; additional engineering
  • David Channing – additional engineering
  • Tawgs Salter – additional engineering
  • Tyler Gordon – additional engineering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering
  • Rich Davis – production coordination
  • Edward Blau – Johnny Mathis representation
  • Christina Rodriguez – art direction and design
  • Jeff Dunas – photography

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "A Night to Remember - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 (2008) A Night to Remember by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 88697100382.
  3. ↑ "Johnny Mathis - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 February 2015.