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Released
  
October 8, 1991

Length
  
39:28

Release date
  
8 October 1991

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1977–1991

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Genre
  
Easy listening

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Better Together The Duet Album(1991)
  
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?(1993)

Similar
  
Johnny Mathis albums, Other albums

Better Together: The Duet Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1991 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.

Contents

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

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.

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" and his duet with Patti Austin, "You Brought Me Love", as an "unheralded masterpiece".

Track listing

  1. "Better Together" performed with Regina Belle (Randy Bowland) – 4:37
  2. Nick Martinelli – producer, arranger
  3. Randy Bowland – arranger
  4. Jay Landers – executive producer
  5. Gerald Albright – sax solo
  6. Betty Wright – background vocals
  7. "You Brought Me Love" performed with Patti Austin (Andy Goldmark) – 4:07
  8. Thom Bell – producer, arranger
  9. Jay Landers – executive producer
  10. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59
  11. Jack Gold – producer
  12. "It's All in the Game" performed with Take 6 (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 2:33
  13. Peter Bunetta – producer
  14. Rick Chudacoff – producer
  15. Jay Landers – executive producer
  16. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" performed with Deniece Williams (Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli) – 4:16
  17. Denny Diante – producer
  18. "You're a Special Part of Me" performed with Angela Bofill (Angela Bofill, Loree Gold) – 4:13
  19. Denny Diante – producer
  20. "The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with Jane Olivor (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) – 2:57
  21. Jack Gold – producer
  22. "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon) – 4:03
  23. Jay Graydon – producer
  24. "In the Still of the Night" performed with Take 6 (Fred Parris) – 2:38
  25. Peter Bunetta – producer
  26. Rick Chudacoff – producer
  27. Jay Landers – executive producer
  28. "You're All I Need to Get By" performed with Deniece Williams (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:40
  29. Jack Gold – producer
  30. "Who's Counting Heartaches" performed with Dionne Warwick (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:20
  31. Sergio Mendes – producer
  32. Jay Landers – executive producer

Personnel

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

    • Songs

    1Better TogetherRegina Belle4:35
    2You Brought Me LovePatti Austin4:07
    3Too Much Too Little Too LateDeniece Williams2:57

    References

    Better Together: The Duet Album Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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