My Kind of Town (album)
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| My Kind of Town | ||||
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| Released | Early 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965[1] | |||
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| Length | 33 minutes 26 seconds | |||
| Label | Kapp Records (KL 1433, KS 3433)[2] | |||
| Producer | Michael Kapp | |||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
My Kind of Town is a studio album by American singer Jack Jones released in early 1965 on Kapp Records.
My Kind of Town was the second of five albums that Jones released in 1965, with it being shortly released after his hit single "The Race Is On", which topped the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[4] The album was produced by Michael Kapp himself and arranged by Marty Paich, Don Costa and Glenn Osser.[1] The album featured covers of recent pop hits and other standards, as well as his own songs.
Chart performance
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 8, 1965, peaking at No. 29 during a twenty-two-week run on the chart.[5] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue also dated May 8, 1965, peaking at No. 31 during a seventeen-week run on the chart.[6] The album debuted on Record World magazine's 100 Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 15, 1965, peaking at No. 24 during a nineteen-week run on the chart.[7]
Reception
The retrospective review by Jason Ankeny of the album on AllMusic stated, "My Kind of Town hangs together as a cohesive listening experience", continuing that "The rotating arrangers emphasize Jones' range and scope - by turns ebullient and melancholy, the songs are rendered with absolute purity of expression."[1]