Mathis Magic

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Mathis Magic
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Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1979 [1]
RecordedJune 5, 1979
July 9, 1979
July 23, 1979
September 5, 1979 [1]
Studio A&M, Hollywood [2]
Genre Vocal [3]
Length41:03
Label Columbia
Producer Jack Gold [2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Best Days of My Life
(1979)		Mathis Magic
(1979)		 Tears and Laughter
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard Recommended [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Mathis Magic is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 17, 1979, [1] by Columbia Records and contained an equal balance of new material and songs associated with other artists.

Contents

Although this album did not make any appearances on Billboard magazine's Top LPs & Tapes chart, it did reach number 59 during a four-week run on the UK album chart. [6] On December 31 of that year the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK. [7]

On January 27, 2015, Funkytowngrooves gave Mathis Magic its first pressing on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being Mathis's Columbia release from March 1978, You Light Up My Life . [8]

Reception

People 's review praises the album's disco arrangements of "Night and Day", "That Old Black Magic", and "To the Ends of the Earth": "While other singers have embarrassed themselves redoing such hallowed material, Mathis makes it work." [9] The reviewer concludes, "Twenty-two years after his first hit, 'Wonderful, Wonderful', Mathis' voice and phrasing are as ingratiating as ever." [9]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "No One but the One You Love" (Cheryl Christiansen, Arnold Goland, Jack Gold) – 3:14
  2. "Night and Day" from Gay Divorce (Cole Porter) – 5:03
  3. "Love" (Gerard Kenny, Drey Shepperd) – 3:48
  4. "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" (Leslie Pearl) – 3:42
  5. "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) – 5:18

Side two

  1. "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) – 4:22
  2. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:43
  3. "You Saved My Life" performed with Stephanie Lawrence (Chris Arnold, Geoff Morrow) – 2:50
  4. "To the Ends of the Earth" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:53
  5. "Heart, Soul, Body and Mind" (Ben Peters) – 4:10

Recording dates

From the liner notes for The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection : [1]

Personnel

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. 1 2 3 (1979) Mathis Magic by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 36216.
  3. ↑ "Mathis Magic - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard . October 6, 1979. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 922. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Johnny Mathis - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ "BPI search results". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "You Light Up My Life/Mathis Magic". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Picks and Pans Review: Mathis Magic". People. December 10, 1979.

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