Feelings (Johnny Mathis album)
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
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Traditional pop Vocal pop |
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| Length | 35:26 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jack Gold | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Billboard | positive |
Feelings is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the fall of 1975 by Columbia Records and strayed slightly from the practice of covering hits by other artists to include two new songs, both of which were written by Jerry Fuller: "Hurry Mother Nature" and "That's All She Wrote", which Ray Price took to number 34 on the Country chart the following spring.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated November 8, 1975, and remained there for 21 weeks, peaking at number 97. It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on December 30, 1980.
The first single from the album, "Stardust", entered Billboard's list of the 50 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in the issue of the magazine dated November 29, 1975, and peaked at number four over the course of 12 weeks. "One Day in Your Life" was released as the follow-up and entered that same chart in the March 13, 1976, issue, eventually getting as high as number 36 during its five weeks there.
Billboard liked what they heard. "Covering other people's hits can be dangerous, but not for Mathis, who is in the right mood, tempo and vocal range this time around."
AllMusic's Ed Hogan wrote a brief but positive review. "Produced by Jack Gold with great arrangements by Gene Page, Feelings is one of Johnny Mathis's best '70s era albums."
The histories of some of the selections that Mathis made for this album are quite varied. Michael Jackson recorded "One Day in Your Life" before this album was released in 1975, but his recording was not available as a single until 1981. "Stardust" reached the charts 15 times through various recordings between 1930 and 1943.Jack Jones had a number 25 Easy Listening hit with "What I Did for Love", which originated in the 1975 Broadway musical A Chorus Line. Melissa Manchester's "Midnight Blue" spent two weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart in addition to reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. And "The Greatest Gift" was performed by an unnamed chorus for the soundtrack of the 1975 film The Return of the Pink Panther.
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