Tony (album)
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| Released | January 14, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | June 6 & September 11–13, 1956 | |||
| Studio | CBS 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 938 | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Tony is the fourth studio album by the American singer Tony Bennett, released in 1957. It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957, first appearing February 23 that year, and remaining on the chart for nine weeks.[3] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated March 2, 1957, and remained on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 25[4]
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.[5]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said "particularly on the side-ending "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," while Faith's strings provide lush, wistful underpinnings to the often-sad sentiments of the ballads on the second side. Bennett matches the arrangements with his vocal performances, keeping pace with the jazzy horns or soaring above the sweet strings"[1]
Billboard identified the album as a "Review Spotlight on Pouplar Albums" in its review from February 1957, stated "he sings a dozen standards, backed by modern and tasteful arrangement by Ray Conniff"[6]
