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Released
  
1980

Length
  
1:11:46

Release date
  
1980

Recorded
  
1970–1978

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Label
  
CBS Records International

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Tears and Laughter(1980)
  
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Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Pop rock

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Tears and Laughter is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK in 1980 by the CBS Records division of Columbia. The title summarizes how the album is thematically organized, with the back cover labeling side one as "Tears" and side two as "Laughter".

Contents

The album entered the UK album chart on March 8, 1980, and spent two of its 15 weeks there at number one, and 10 days later, on March 18, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.

On August 19, 1994, Tears and Laughter was released on compact disc.

Side one

  1. "Don't Give Up on Us" (Tony Macaulay) – 3:57
  2. Jack Gold – producer
  3. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  4. "Goodbye to Love" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) – 3:12
  5. Jerry Fuller – producer
  6. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  7. "Gone, Gone, Gone" (L. Russell Brown, Lisa Hayward) – 3:32
  8. Jack Gold – producer
  9. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  10. Steve Thompson – remix
  11. "Midnight Blue" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:34
  12. Jack Gold – producer
  13. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  14. "Solitaire" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 4:33
  15. Jack Gold – producer
  16. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  17. "The Hungry Years" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) – 4:35
  18. Jack Gold – producer
  19. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  20. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20
  21. Jerry Fuller – producer
  22. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  23. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59
  24. Jack Gold – producer
  25. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  26. "Without You" (Tom Evans, Peter Ham) – 2:58
  27. Jerry Fuller – producer
  28. Al Capps – arranger
  29. "It's Too Late" (Carole King) – 3:07
  30. Johnny Mathis – producer
  31. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger
  32. Roy M. Rogosin - conductor

Side two

  1. "Laughter in the Rain" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 2:31
  2. John Florez – producer
  3. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  4. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:41
  5. Jerry Fuller – producer
  6. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  7. "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens) – 3:33
  8. Jack Gold – producer
  9. Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor
  10. "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Rory Michael Bourke, Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson) – 2:30
  11. Jack Gold – producer
  12. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  13. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 2:49
  14. Jerry Fuller – producer
  15. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger
  16. "Just the Way You Are" performed with Deniece Williams (Billy Joel) – 3:44
  17. Jack Gold – producer
  18. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  19. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 3:26
  20. Jerry Fuller – producer
  21. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  22. "Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)" (Ludwig van Beethoven, Orbe, Ross Parker, Waldo de los Rios) – 4:01
  23. Jack Gold – producer
  24. Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor
  25. "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 6:06
  26. Thom Bell – producer, arranger, conductor
  27. "You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) – 3:55
  28. Jack Gold – producer
  29. Gene Page – arranger, conductor

Personnel

  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Janusz Guttner – design
  • Rosław Szaybo – design

    • Songs

    1Don't Give Up on Us3:55
    2Goodbye to Love3:13
    3Gone - Gone - Gone3:38

    References

    Tears and Laughter Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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