Rapture (Johnny Mathis album)

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Rapture
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Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1962 [1]
RecordedAugust 1, 1962
August 6–8, 1962 [1]
Genre Vocal [2]
Length42:20
Label Columbia
Producer Ernie Altschuler [3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Live It Up!
(1961)		Rapture
(1962)		 Johnny's Newest Hits
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard positive [4]
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Rapture is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 17, 1962, [1] by Columbia Records and returned him to singing a full line-up of the sort of ballads that he was known for.

Contents

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's album chart in the October 27, 1962, issue and reached number 12 during its 37 weeks there. [6] it debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated October 20, 1962, remaining on that chart for a total of 39 weeks and hitting a peak position of number nine. [7]

The first compact disc release of the album came on June 9, 2009, when it was issued as disc one of a two-CD set that also included his 1963 offering Romantically . [8] Rapture was also included in Legacy's Mathis box set The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection, which was released on December 8, 2017. [9]

Reception

Billboard captured the feel of the album in their review. "'Velvety' is a good one-word description of this new album by Mathis, who's given lush musical settings by Don Costa's ork." [4] They also singled out certain tracks. "The material is all in a softly romantic vein, with 'My Darling, My Darling', 'Stars Fell on Alabama', and 'Stella by Starlight' among the best." [4] The review also noted that a small reproduction of the cover painting was included with the LP as a bonus. [4]

Cashbox described the album as "one of his best perfromances to date on this LP of Don Costa-arranged sturdies" and notes Mathis "rich, full-bodied voice aptly showcased in top-fight arrangements of 'Moments Like This' and 'Stella By Starlight'.' [10]

Variety reported that the album showed "Johnny Mathis plays up his soft and smooth vocal styling in this warp up of romantic songs." [11]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Rapture" (Marian Kennedy) – 3:20
  2. "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow" from the musical Strip for Action [12] (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:08
  3. "Moments Like This" from College Swing (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:50
  4. "You've Come Home" from Wildcat (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:58
  5. "Here I'll Stay" from Love Life (Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill)– 4:20
  6. "My Darling, My Darling" from Where's Charley? (Loesser) – 3:45

Side two

  1. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:24
  2. "I Was Telling Her About You" (Moose Charlap, Don George) – 3:38
  3. "Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)" (Joe Bailey, Morris Levy, Dinah Washington) – 3:20
  4. "The Love Nest" from the musical Mary [13] (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch) – 3:05
  5. "Lost in Loveliness" from The Girl in Pink Tights (Leo Robin, Sigmund Romberg) – 4:19
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:33

Recording dates

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

Personnel

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. ↑ "Rapture - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 (1961) Rapture by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8715.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard . October 13, 1962. p. 22.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 922. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Whitburn 2010 , p. 503.
  7. ↑ Hoffmann (1988), p. 244.
  8. ↑ "Rapture/Romantically - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Cashbox Album Popular Picks of the Week Reviews: Rapture". Cash Box . Vol. 24, no. 3. October 13, 1962. p. 30.
  11. ↑ "Variety Record Reviews: Charles Vol. II, Mathis Rapture, Darin's Look, Swagmen Top LPs". Variety . Vol. 228, no. 8. October 17, 1962. p. 38.
  12. ↑ (1956) "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow/That's All There Is to That" by Nat King Cole [side A label]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records CL 14621.
  13. ↑ (1920) "The Love Nest/Blue Diamonds" by John Steel/Henry Burr [side A label]. Camden: Victor Talking Machine Co. 18676.

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