Always You (Robert Goulet album)

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Always You
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Studio album by
Robert Goulet
ReleasedSeptember 1961
Genre
Length36:35
Label Columbia Records
Producer Frank De Vol
Robert Goulet chronology
Always You
(1961)		 Two of Us
(1962)

Always You is a debut album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in September 1961, by Columbia Records. It was produced by Frank De Vol. AllMusic's William Ruhlmann explained that Columbia producer Frank DeVol took advantage of that voice on Always You, having Goulet record show tunes and old-time standards and bathing them all in string arrangements that [Goulet's] had no trouble dominating. [1]

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 17, 1962, and remained on the chart for 65 weeks, peaking at number 43.. [2]

The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 5, 2002, as tracks 1 through 12 with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Goulet's Columbia 1963 live album, In Person. [1] Always You was included in a box set entitled The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet - The First Four Albums, released on June 23, 2017. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

JT Griffith of AllMusic believed "The album's focus is of a jazz crooner nature, not a swinging one. There is not a single tongue-in-cheek note on Always You, rather every song fits into that Jackie Gleason genre of heart-felt sentiment similar to Music to Make You Misty or Songs for Young Lovers. Standout tracks include "Strange Music," "Always You," and "You're Breaking My Heart." [4]

Cashbox states that Goulet "Baritone’s typically legit voice has excellent range and pitch in 'And This Is My Beloved', 'It’s All In The Game', and 'Always You'." [6]

Variety notes Goulet's "baritone style is legit and strong and taliormade for the repertoire that includes such hefty items as 'Strange Music' and 'The Lamp is Low'.' [7]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strange Music" George Forrest, Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright 3:02
2."Always You"Will Jason, Sid Robin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2:57
3."Here" Dorcas Cochran, Francesco Maria Piave, Henri René, Giuseppe Verdi 3:09
4."The Things I Love" Harold Barlow, Lew Harris, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3:23
5."The Story Of A Starry Night" Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Mann Curtis 3:21
6."If You Are But a Dream" (from the RKO Pictures film: The House I Live In )Nathan J. Bonx, Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe 3:15

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs [2] 43

References

  1. 1 2 "Always You/In Person". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. pp. 310–311. ISBN   0898201179.
  3. ↑ "The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet: The First Four Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Griffith, JT. "Robert Goulet - Always You: Album Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music. Omnibus Press. p. 842. ISBN   9780195313734 . Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Album Reviews". Cash Box . Vol. 23, no. 7. November 11, 1961. p. 24.
  7. ↑ "Variety Records Reviews: Flower Drum, Hustler Trackers, Disney's Composers Top New LPs". Variety . Vol. 224, no. 12. November 15, 1961. p. 44.
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