Product Description

A Night To Remember includes some of the most well-known songs of our time and features guest performances by Dave Koz, Kenny G, Gladys Knight, and Yolanda Adams. 2008 marks the 52nd anniversary of Johnny Mathis as a recording artist and his voice sounds just as remarkable now as it did in 1956.

Track Listing

1. Just The Two Of Us (featuring Kenny G)
2. You Make Me Feel Brand New (featuring Yolanda Adams)
3. Walk On By
4. Hey Girl
5. Closer I Get To You
6. Where Is The Love
7. All This Love
8. Always (featuring Mone't)
9. We're In This Love Together (featuring Dave Koz)
10. How 'Bout Us
11. Always And Forever
12. A Night To Remember (featuring Gladys Knight)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53759 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2008-05-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Unashamedly pop but often borders on jazz
With his greatest hits package always getting us in the mood on a Friday, it is with great excitement to see that the King of Easy Music has a new album out.

Those doubting the quality of Johnny's talent should remember that he wrote and sung in his 50 years and counting career many hits.
On "A Night To Remember" he combines the old and the new. Yes the result is unashamedly pop but often borders on jazz.

"Just The Two Of Us" and the title track , on wich he duets with veteran Gladys Knight, bring out the best in Johnny's voice.

Whilst the track "Walk On By" doesn't fare so well, there's a great version of The Stylistics "You Make Me Feel Brand New", with Yolanda Adams, which some may think is sacrilegious but here it sounds, quite simply pure Johnny.

You may be questioning the presence on this nice allbum of the very epitome of the campy, cheesy sounds of ubiquitous sax muzak icons Dave Koz and Kenny G., brought in by the unfamous money oriented and business producer Walter Afanasieff (of the same greedy family of Phil Ramone, David Foster, Clive Davis,..) - well, this we have to have patience and bear it like the seasonal hurricanes which break the beautiful summer nights in Florida around August/September...

But as a whole, it is not a bad album at all !
Rather I would say, it's an enjoyable one !
Enjoy.

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Absolutely Brilliant
Excellent revivals of old-time favorite love songs. Perfect match with Johnny's style. Sonically the recording leans towards brightness, so for you critical listeners, adjust the low frequency accordingly. It won't reach the second song and your friends will ask how you discovered this album.

Johnny Mathis is still the man and proves it with this newest album
You wouldn't know from listening to this album that Johnny Mathis is 72 years old. His voice sounds as rich and lush as it always has. Sure, his vibrato is a little faster than in his younger days, but his control, tone, pitch is as pristine as they were when he was in his 20's.

It's nice to hear Johnny revisit these classic songs and stamp them with his own personal touch. I enjoyed all of the songs on this album. Johnny's prodcuers have a great knack for organizing the songs on the album in such a way that it's a pleasant listening experience from beginning to end. It makes you want to listen the entire album. I've found this with many of Johnny's albums and I appreciate that the time is taken to create a mood and vibe to enhance the overall listening experience.

The guest appearances by Yolanda Adams and Kenny G are appropriate and well placed. Neither overpowers Johnny and the blend is nice.

As long as Johnny continues to record and tour, I will continue to buy his albums and go to see him when he's in my neck of the woods. He shows no signs of slowing down in his 70's and all I can say THANK GOODNESS. It's not very often that people get to be in the midst of a living legend, so I am grateful that people can still continue to get that opportunity with Johnny Mathis. If you have never been to see him live in concert, go! You will not regret it.