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Length
  
46:48

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Producer
  
Fred Mollin

Label
  
Columbia

Release date
  
21 September 2010

Genre
  
Country music

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Released
  
September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)

Recorded
  
in Nashville, Tennessee, atBlackbird StudiosZoomar South StudiosLoud Recording StudiosFireside StudiosCool Tools AudioStarstruck Studio

Let It Be Me Mathis in Nashville(2010)
  
The Ultimate Collection(2011)

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Similar
  
Johnny Mathis albums, Country music albums

Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 21, 2010, by Columbia Records and focused upon popular country songs. With the exceptions of the traditional folk song "Shenandoah" and George Strait's "We Must Be Lovin' Right" from 1993, the heyday of the selections that Mathis is covering coincided approximately with the first 20 years of his career, starting with Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" from 1956.

Contents

The album earned Mathis a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Reception

"Location matters little to Johnny Mathis," writes Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic -- "wherever he goes, there he is, sounding as smooth as ever. That’s quite an accomplishment for a singer of 74, to still make it all seem effortless." He also notes that, with a few exceptions, the album "sounds as if it could have easily been released in the early ‘60s when Mathis was a regular fixture in the charts..., and that's its strength." He concludes that "Mathis sounds as silky as his surroundings," and asserts that "that may be because he wound up having Nashville accept his terms instead of bending to the rules of the Music City."

Track listing

  1. "What a Wonderful World" performed with Lane Brody (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:04
  2. "Let It Be Me" performed with Alison Krauss (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis) - 3:29
  3. "Make the World Go Away" (Hank Cochran) - 3:17
  4. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) - 3:27
  5. "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) - 3:33
  6. "You Don't Know Me" (Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold) - 3:30
  7. "Lovin' Arms" featuring harmony vocals by Vince Gill (Tom Jans) - 3:06
  8. "Shenandoah" (traditional) - 4:35
  9. "We Must Be Lovin' Right" (Clay Blaker, Roger Brown) - 3:32
  10. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) - 3:12
  11. "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) - 3:37
  12. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) - 2:55
  13. "What a Wonderful World" (Christmas Version) performed with Lane Brody (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:31

Songs

1What a Wonderful World (feat Lane Brody)4:04
2Let It Be Me (feat Alison Krauss)3:29
3Make the World Go Away3:18

References

Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville Wikipedia
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