Better Together: The Duet Album
1991 compilation album by Johnny Mathis
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Better Together: The Duet Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 8, 1991,[1] by Columbia Records and featured three new songs ("Better Together", "You Brought Me Love", and "Who's Counting Heartaches") alongside eight other pairings that were previously released.
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| Released | October 8, 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1991 | |||
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| Length | 39:28 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The album spent its one week on Billboard magazine's album chart at number 189 in the issue dated January 11, 1992.[4]
The song "Better Together" (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.[5]
Reception
Bil Carpenter of Allmusic gave the collection a positive review, describing Mathis's 1984 collaboration with Deniece Williams, "Love Won't Let Me Wait", as a "stellar reunion"[2] and his duet with Patti Austin, "You Brought Me Love", as an "unheralded masterpiece".[2]
Track listing
From the liner notes for the original album:[6]
- "Better Together" performed with Regina Belle (Randy Bowland) – 4:37
- Nick Martinelli – producer, arranger
- Randy Bowland – arranger
- Jay Landers – executive producer
- Gerald Albright – sax solo
- Betty Wright – background vocals
- "You Brought Me Love" performed with Patti Austin (Andy Goldmark) – 4:07
- Thom Bell – producer, arranger
- Jay Landers – executive producer
- "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59
- Jack Gold – producer
- "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
- "Love Won't Let Me Wait" performed with Deniece Williams (Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli) – 4:16
- Denny Diante – producer
- "You're a Special Part of Me" performed with Angela Bofill (Angela Bofill, Loree Gold) – 4:13
- Denny Diante – producer
- "The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with Jane Olivor (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) – 2:57
- Jack Gold – producer
- "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon) – 4:03
- Jay Graydon – producer
- "In the Still of the Night" performed with Take 6 (Fred Parris) – 2:38
- Peter Bunetta – producer
- Rick Chudacoff – producer
- Jay Landers – executive producer
- "You're All I Need to Get By" performed with Deniece Williams (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:40
- Jack Gold – producer
- "Who's Counting Heartaches" performed with Dionne Warwick (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:20
- Sergio Mendes – producer
- Jay Landers – executive producer
Personnel
From the liner notes for the original album:[6]
- Johnny Mathis – vocals
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- Nancy Donald – art direction
- Tracy Veal – design
- Bret Lopez – photographer