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Better Together: The Duet Album

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Reception
Track listing
Personnel
References
Bibliography

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| name = Better Together: The Duet Album
| type = compilation
| artist = Johnny Mathis
| cover = Mathis-Better.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 8, 1991^[1]
| recorded = 1977–1991
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Vocal|R&B|stage & screen^[2]}}
| length = 39:28
| label = Columbia
| producer =
| prev_title = Mathis Sings Ellington
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
| next_year = 1993
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[2]
}}

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.

The album spent its one week on Billboard magazine's album chart at number 189 in the issue dated January 11, 1992.^[3]

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.^[4]

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:^[5]

"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:^[5]

Johnny Mathis – vocals
Wally Traugott – mastering
Nancy Donald – art direction
Tracy Veal – design
Bret Lopez – photographer

References

1. ^¹(2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
2. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/better-together-the-duet-album-mw0000268934|title=Better Together: The Duet Album - Johnny Mathis|work=allmusic.com|publisher=All Media Network, LLC|accessdate=18 February 2015}}
3. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p=504}}.
4. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2004|p=383}}.
5. ^¹(1991) Better Together: The Duet Album by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 47982.

Bibliography

{{citation

| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004
| year = 2004
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 0898201608
}}

{{citation

| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition
| year = 2010
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 0-89820-183-7
}}{{refend}}{{Johnny Mathis}}

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