Swing Softly
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 1958 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Length | 31:53 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mitch Miller | |||
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Swing Softly is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1958 by Columbia Records and is a departure from the ballads that accounted for the vast majority of singles and album tracks he had recorded thus far. This project features uptempo arrangements of popular standards, most of which originated in movie or stage musicals, and a couple of new songs: "To Be in Love" and "Easy to Say (But Hard to Do)".
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's list of the 25 Best-Selling Pop LPs in the US in the issue dated September 8, 1958, and peaked at number six over the course of 16 weeks. It also spent its one week on the UK album chart at number 10 and received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the US on December 4, 1962.
The album was released for the first time on compact disc in 2000 as one of two albums on one CD, the other LP being another of his Gold records, Warm from 1957.
Allmusic's Greg Adams noted, "Close listeners will appreciate the purity of Mathis's vocal technique, which differs markedly from that of later singers for its infrequent use of modulation." He concludes, "Mathis swings with ease on these twelve favorites and offers something a little bit different from his previous albums."
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