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{{Infobox album| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Rapture
| name = Rapture
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Johnny Mathis]]
| artist = [[Johnny Mathis]]
| Cover = Johnny-Mathis-Rapture-459270.jpg
| cover = Mathis-Rapture.jpg
| Released = 1962
| alt =
| released = September 17, 1962<ref name = "Voice">(2017) ''The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection'' by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.</ref>
| Recorded =
| recorded = August 1, 1962<br />August 6–8, 1962<ref name = Voice/>
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length =
| venue =
| studio =
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| genre = Vocal<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-mw0000845671|title=Rapture - Johnny Mathis|work=allmusic.com|publisher=All Media Network, LLC|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
| Producer = [[Ernie Altschuler]]
| length = 42:20
| Reviews = [http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-r25836 All Music Review]
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Last album = [[Live It Up!]]<br />(1962)
| producer = Ernie Altschuler<ref name = "jacket">(1962) ''Rapture'' by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8715.</ref>
| This album = '''''Rapture'''''<br />(1962)
| prev_title = [[Live It Up! (Johnny Mathis album)|Live It Up!]]
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| Next album = [[Johnny's Newest Hits]]<br /> (1962)
| prev_year = 1962
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| next_title = [[Johnny's Newest Hits]]
| next_year = 1962
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev1Score = positive<ref name="Billboard">{{cite news|title=Spotlight Albums of the Week|date= 1962-10-13|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page = 22}}</ref>}}


'''''Rapture''''' is the seventeenth album released by singer [[Johnny Mathis]]. It was his fourteenth original studio album with three compilations of hit singles having been released by the singer at this point.
'''''Rapture''''' is an [[album]] by American pop singer [[Johnny Mathis]] that was released on September 17, 1962,<ref name = Voice/> by [[Columbia Records]] and returned him to singing a full line-up of the sort of ballads that he was known for.

The album made its first appearance on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's [[Billboard 200|album chart]] in the October 27, 1962, issue and reached number 12 during its 37 weeks there.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p=503}}.</ref>

The first compact disc release of the album came on June 9, 2009, when it was issued as disc one of a two-CD set that also included his 1963 offering ''[[Romantically (Johnny Mathis album)|Romantically]]''.<ref name = "CD">{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-romantically-mw0000820392|title= Rapture/Romantically - Johnny Mathis|work=allmusic.com|publisher=All Media Network, LLC|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Billboard'' captured the feel of the album in their review. "'Velvety' is a good one-word description of this new album by Mathis, who's given lush musical settings by [[Don Costa]]'s ork."<ref name= Billboard/> They also singled out certain tracks. "The material is all in a softly romantic vein, with '[[My Darling, My Darling]]', '[[Stars Fell on Alabama]]', and '[[Stella by Starlight]]' among the best."<ref name= Billboard/> The review also noted that a small reproduction of the cover painting was included with the [[gramophone record|LP]] as a bonus.<ref name= Billboard/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
===Side >
#"Rapture" - 3:20
#"Rapture" (Marian Kennedy) – 3:20
#"Love Me As Thought There's No Tomorrow" - 3:08
#"Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow" <small>from the musical ''Strip for Action''<ref>(1956) "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow/That's All There Is to That" by [[Nat King Cole]] [side A label]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records CL 14621.</ref></small> ([[Harold Adamson]], [[Jimmy McHugh]]) – 3:08
#"[[Moments Like This (Frank Loesser and Burton Lane song)|Moments Like This]]" - 2:50
#"[[Moments Like This (Frank Loesser and Burton Lane song)|Moments Like This]]" <small>from ''[[College Swing]]''</small> ([[Burton Lane]], [[Frank Loesser]]) – 2:50
#"You've Come Home" - 3:58
#"You've Come Home" <small>from ''[[Wildcat (musical)|Wildcat]]''</small> ([[Cy Coleman]], [[Carolyn Leigh]]) – 3:58
#"Here I'll Stay" - 4:20
#"Here I'll Stay" <small>from ''[[Love Life (musical)|Love Life]]''</small> ([[Alan Jay Lerner]], [[Kurt Weill]])– 4:20
#"[[My Darling, My Darling]]" - 3:45
#"[[My Darling, My Darling]]" <small>from ''[[Where's Charley?]]''</small> (Loesser) – 3:45
#"[[Stars Fell On Alabama]]" - 3:24
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#"I Was Telling Her About You" - 3:38
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#"Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)" - 3:20
#"The Love Nest" - 3:05
#"Lost In Loveliness" - 4:19
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#"[[Stella By Starlight]]" - 3:33


===Side two===
==Billboard Album Chart==
#"[[Stars Fell on Alabama]]" ([[Mitchell Parish]], [[Frank Perkins (composer)|Frank Perkins]]) – 3:24
This was Mathis' fourteenth consecutive charting album peaking at #12 on the [[Billboard album chart]] in its original release..<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-r25836/charts-awards All Music] Billboard Album Chart Position "Live It Up!"</ref>
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#"I Was Telling Her About You" ([[Moose Charlap]], [[Don George]]) – 3:38
#"Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)" (Joe Bailey, [[Morris Levy]], [[Dinah Washington]]) – 3:20
#"The Love Nest" <small>from the musical ''Mary''<ref>(1920) "The Love Nest/Blue Diamonds" by [[John Steel (singer)|John Steel]]/[[Henry Burr]] [side A label]. Camden: Victor Talking Machine Co. 18676.</ref></small> ([[Otto Harbach]], [[Louis Hirsch]]) – 3:05
#"Lost in Loveliness" <small>from ''[[The Girl in Pink Tights]]''</small> ([[Leo Robin]], [[Sigmund Romberg]]) – 4:19
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#"[[Stella by Starlight]]" ([[Ned Washington]], [[Victor Young]]) – 3:33


==Overview==
==Recording dates==
From the liner notes for ''[[The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection]]'':<ref name = Voice/>
Returning to the successful all ballad album format that had proven highly successful, Mathis is heard under the musical direction of [[Don Costa]]. Costa was a fine arranger who had already scored a number of singles for Mathis. During his career he worked with many high profile singers in addition to Mathis, notably [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Dinah Washington]] and [[Barbra Streisand]].
*August 1, 1962 — "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow", "Rapture", "Stars Fell on Alabama", "You've Come Home"
*August 6, 1962 — "I Was Telling Her About You", "Lost in Loveliness"
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*August 7, 1962 — "Here I'll Stay", "Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)"
*August 8, 1962 — "The Love Nest", "Moments Like This", "My Darling, My Darling", "Stella by Starlight"

==Personnel==
*Johnny Mathis – vocals
*Ernie Altschuler – producer<ref name= jacket/>
*[[Don Costa]] – arranger and conductor<ref name= jacket/>
*Ralph Cowan – cover painting<ref name= jacket/>

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== References==
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{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition
| year = 2010
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 0-89820-183-7
}}
{{refend}}


{{Johnny Mathis}}
==Highlights==
Song highlights on this album include two by [[Frank Loesser]]: "[[My Darling, My Darling]]" from the score of the 1948 [[Broadway musical]] "[[Where's Charly?]]" and "[[Moments Like This (Frank Loesser and Burton Lane song)|Moments Like This]]". '[[Stella By Starlight]]" was the haunting theme from the 1944 film "[[The Uninvited (1944film)|The Uninvited]]". The highly effective collaboration between [[Alan J Lerner]] and [[Kurt Weill]] resulted in the lovely "Here I'll Stay" while [[Sigmund Romberg]] and [[Leo Robin]] wrote the beautiful "Lost In Loveliness.'' The only [[Tin Pan Alley]] standard on the album is the perennial favourite "[[Stars Fell On Alabama]]".


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==References==
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{{reflist}}


==External links==
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-r25836 All Music Review]
[[Category:1962 albums]]
[[Category:1962 albums]]
[[Category:Pop albums by American artists]]
[[Category:Johnny Mathis albums]]
[[Category:Johnny Mathis albums]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Don Costa]]
[[Category:Albums conducted by Don Costa]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]

Latest revision as of 12:29, 30 January 2021

Rapture
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1962[1]
RecordedAugust 1, 1962
August 6–8, 1962[1]
GenreVocal[2]
Length42:20
LabelColumbia
ProducerErnie Altschuler[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Live It Up!
(1962) 		Rapture
(1962) 		Johnny's Newest Hits
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[4]

Rapture is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 17, 1962,[1] by Columbia Records and returned him to singing a full line-up of the sort of ballads that he was known for.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's album chart in the October 27, 1962, issue and reached number 12 during its 37 weeks there.[5]

The first compact disc release of the album came on June 9, 2009, when it was issued as disc one of a two-CD set that also included his 1963 offering Romantically.[6]

Reception

[edit]

Billboard captured the feel of the album in their review. "'Velvety' is a good one-word description of this new album by Mathis, who's given lush musical settings by Don Costa's ork."[4] They also singled out certain tracks. "The material is all in a softly romantic vein, with 'My Darling, My Darling', 'Stars Fell on Alabama', and 'Stella by Starlight' among the best."[4] The review also noted that a small reproduction of the cover painting was included with the LP as a bonus.[4]

Track listing

[edit]

Side one

[edit]
  1. "Rapture" (Marian Kennedy) – 3:20
  2. "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow" from the musical Strip for Action[7] (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:08
  3. "Moments Like This" from College Swing (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:50
  4. "You've Come Home" from Wildcat (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:58
  5. "Here I'll Stay" from Love Life (Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill)– 4:20
  6. "My Darling, My Darling" from Where's Charley? (Loesser) – 3:45

Side two

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  1. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:24
  2. "I Was Telling Her About You" (Moose Charlap, Don George) – 3:38
  3. "Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)" (Joe Bailey, Morris Levy, Dinah Washington) – 3:20
  4. "The Love Nest" from the musical Mary[8] (Otto Harbach, Louis Hirsch) – 3:05
  5. "Lost in Loveliness" from The Girl in Pink Tights (Leo Robin, Sigmund Romberg) – 4:19
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:33

Recording dates

[edit]

From the liner notes for The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection:[1]

  • August 1, 1962 — "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow", "Rapture", "Stars Fell on Alabama", "You've Come Home"
  • August 6, 1962 — "I Was Telling Her About You", "Lost in Loveliness"
  • August 7, 1962 — "Here I'll Stay", "Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)"
  • August 8, 1962 — "The Love Nest", "Moments Like This", "My Darling, My Darling", "Stella by Starlight"

Personnel

[edit]
  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Ernie Altschuler – producer[3]
  • Don Costa – arranger and conductor[3]
  • Ralph Cowan – cover painting[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. ^ "Rapture - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d (1962) Rapture by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8715.
  4. ^ a b c d "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. 1962-10-13. p. 22.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  6. ^ "Rapture/Romantically - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  7. ^ (1956) "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow/That's All There Is to That" by Nat King Cole [side A label]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records CL 14621.
  8. ^ (1920) "The Love Nest/Blue Diamonds" by John Steel/Henry Burr [side A label]. Camden: Victor Talking Machine Co. 18676.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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