The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 5, 1963, and remained on the chart for 48 weeks, peaking at number nine.[1] It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 29, 1962, and remained on the chart for a total of 57 weeks, peaking at number six.[2]
The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on July 1, 1997, as tracks 13 through 24 with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Goulet's Columbia 1964 album, My Love Forgive Me.[3]Sincerely Yours... was included in a box set entitled The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet - The First Four Albums, released on June 23, 2017.[4]
Pemberton Roach of AllMusic said the album "showed Goulet fully realizes a complete visual and musical iconography all his own. If you ever wondered what the world was like when [Robert] Goulet was not considered cheesy, this album might give you a glimpse. Though it's not a great piece of art, in some ways Sincerely Yours is as much an important historical document as an album like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."[5]
Billboard described the album as "A highly salable item" and notes "there are a dozen fine, moody ballads done with much warmth and charm."[9]
Cashbox believed "Goulet displays a dynamic vocal talent and a smooth handling of lyric that could [made] this his best-selling album to date"[10]
Variety notes "Goulet sticks to the romantic mood and pours it out for all its worth"[11]
New Record Mirror says the combination of Goulet's "rich baritone voice" with a collection of good songs with good arrangements "adds up...to disc success."[6]
Nigel Hunter of Disc believed "Sid Ramin's arrangements and lush accompaniments show off [Goulet's] voice and these first-class pop songs to perfection without getting busy or ostentatious."[8]
Track listing
Side one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"I Talk to the Trees" (from the Broadway musical: Paint Your Wagon)
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