Honey (Ray Conniff album)
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| Honey | ||||
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| Studio album by Ray Conniff and The Singers | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jack Gold | |||
| Ray Conniff and The Singers chronology | ||||
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Honey is an album by Ray Conniff and The Singers. It was released in 1968 on the Columbia label (catalog no. CS-9661). The recording sessions for the album were supervised and produced by Jack Gold.[1]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated June 6, 1968, peaking at No. 22 during a thirty-nine-week run on the chart.[2] The album debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated June 1, 1968, peaking at No. 27 during a sixteen-week run on the chart.[3] The album had also proven to be successful overseas, reaching No. 14 in Norway and No. 17 in Germany.[4][5]
The LP was certified gold in December 1969 by the RIAA. It was Conniff's last album to reach the top 40 on the Billboard albums chart.[6]
Reception
AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote: "Fans of the original songs may have found the results disconcerting on occasion, but Conniff was aiming at a less-discerning audience that could have hummed along when hearing the songs on the radio without paying close attention to the words."[1]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Honey (I Miss You)" (B. Russell)
- "I Say a Little Prayer" (B. Bacharach, H. David)
- "The Look of Love" (From "Casino Royale") (B. Bacharach, H. David)
- "Love Is Blue (L'Amour est bleu)" (B. Blackburn, A. Popp, P. Cour)
- "Kiss Me Goodbye" (B. Mason, L. Reed)
Side 2
- "Gentle on My Mind" (J. Hartford)
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (J. Webb)
- "Spanish Eyes" (B. Kaempfert, C. Singleton, E. Snyder)
- Theme From "Valley of the Dolls" (A. Previn, D. Previn)
- "The Sound of Silence" (P. Simon)
- "Goin' Out of My Head" (B. Weinstein, T. Randazzo)