The Wonderful World of Make Believe
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 39:14 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Johnny Mathis | |||
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The Wonderful World of Make Believe (1964) is the 19th original studio album released by singer Johnny Mathis and his third album for Mercury Records.
Overview
Concentrating on ballads once again, the album is very typical of Mathis' output of the period with its Broadway and movie songs, standards and a few more obscure titles.
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Track listing
- "Camelot" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 2:50
- "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) - 3:37
- "House of Flowers" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 3:36
- "Beyond the Sea" (Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet) - 3:25
- "Sky Full of Rainbows" (Bart Howard) - 3:09
- "Sands of Time" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 3:11
- "Shangri-La" (Matty Malneck, Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 3:30
- "Alice in Wonderland" (Bob Hillard, Sammy Fain) - 2:46
- "Dream, Dream, Dream" (Jimmy McHugh, Mitchell Parish) - 3:09
- "The World of Make-Believe" (Jay Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:43
- "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) - 4:21
- "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) - 2:57
Billboard Album Chart
This was Mathis' 24th consecutive charting album peaking at #75 on the Billboard album chart in its original release.[1] As such, it holds the distinction of being his lowest charting original album to this point.
Highlights
Of the songs on the album, three come from Broadway musicals and two from Disney films. From Broadway, Mathis continues his recorded exploration of the score of "Kismet" with the moody "Sands of Time" while the title song of the exotic Harold Arlen/Truman Capote show House of Flowers is included. He also revists the score of Camelot with its title tune. From the scores of two classic Disney animated films come the title song of Alice in Wonderland, while the Academy Award-winning song for 1940, "When You Wish Upon a Star", is from Pinnochio.
Standards on the album include "Beyond the Sea", a hit for Bobby Darin, "Shangri-la" (recorded by both Vic Damone and Peggy Lee), "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", and a tour-de-force performance of "Beyond the Blue Horizon" featuring the rarely heard verse.