Better Together: The Duet Album

Better Together: The Duet Album
Compilation album by Johnny Mathis
Released October 8, 1991[1]
Recorded 1977–1991
Genre Vocal
R&B
Stage & Screen[1]
Length 39:28
Label Columbia
Johnny Mathis chronology
In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington
(1990)		 Better Together: The Duet Album
(1991)		 How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
(1993)
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Allmusic[1]

Better Together: The Duet Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1991 by Columbia Records and features three new songs ("Better Together", "You Brought Me Love", and "Who's Counting Heartaches") alongside eight other pairings that were previously released. It spent its one week on Billboard magazine's album chart at number 189 in the issue dated January 11, 1992.[2]

The album's title track (on which he performs with Regina Belle) entered the magazine's Hot R&B Singles chart two months later, in the March 7 issue, and stayed there for five weeks, peaking at number 68.[3]

Track listing[4]

  1. "Better Together" performed with Regina Belle (Randy Bowland) – 4:37
  2. "You Brought Me Love" performed with Patti Austin (Andy Goldmark) – 4:07
    • Thom Bell – producer, arranger
    • Jay Landers – executive producer
  3. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59
    • Jack Gold – producer
  4. "It's All in the Game" performed with Take 6 (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 2:33
    • Peter Bunetta – producer
    • Rick Chudacoff – producer
    • Jay Landers – executive producer
  5. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" performed with Deniece Williams (Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli) – 4:16
    • Denny Diante – producer
  6. "You're a Special Part of Me" performed with Angela Bofill (Angela Bofill, Loree Gold) – 4:13
    • Denny Diante – producer
  7. "The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with Jane Olivor (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) – 2:57
    • Jack Gold – producer
  8. "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon) – 4:03
  9. "In the Still of the Night" performed with Take 6 (Fred Parris) – 2:38
    • Peter Bunetta – producer
    • Rick Chudacoff – producer
    • Jay Landers – executive producer
  10. "You're All I Need to Get By" performed with Deniece Williams (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:40
    • Jack Gold – producer
  11. "Who's Counting Heartaches" performed with Dionne Warwick (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:20

Personnel[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Better Together: The Duet Album - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.
  3. ↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 383.
  4. 1 2 (1991) Better Together: The Duet Album by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 47982.

References

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