''The Island'' is an
album
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by American pop singer
Johnny Mathis
John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum s ...
that was completed for
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
in 1989 but not released in its entirety by parent corporation
Sony Music Entertainment
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until December 8, 2017,
[ when it was included in the Mathis box set '' The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection''. The liner notes for the box set indicate that all of the songs for this album were recorded on August 18, 1989.][
]
Critical reception
In his review of the album, Joe Marchese of The Second Disc opined, "Whether expressing yearning on 'Wanting More' or wistful optimism on 'We Can Try Love Again,' the beautiful music of Brazil inspired some of Johnny’s sweetest vocals of the decade."[
]
Track listing
# "The Island" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...
, Ivan Lins
Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by ...
, Vítor Martins
Vítor Martins (born October 22, 1944) is a Brazilian songwriter, known for several hits in Brazil and internationally. Most of these were composed with Ivan Lins (born 1945), with whom Martins began working in the early 1970s. Together, they foun ...
) – 4:00
# "Who's in Love Here" (Lins, Martins, Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell (née Gordon; born April 8, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses R&B, pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations.
Li ...
) – 4:24
# "Like a Lover" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Dori Caymmi
Dorival "Dori" Tostes Caymmi (born 26 August 1943) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and producer.
Biography
Caymmi was born in Rio de Janeiro to parents who were musicians, his father Dorival Caymmi a composer and his mot ...
, Nelson Motta
Nelson Cândido Motta Filho (born 29 October 1944, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.
He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos ...
) – 4:01
# "So Many Stars" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes (; born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for ...
) – 4:02
# "Photograph" (Caymmi, Paulo César Pinheiro
Paulo César Francisco Pinheiro (born 28 April 1949) is a Brazilian poet and composer. One of the best poets of Musica Popular Brasileira, he wrote lyrics for a great number of songs for some of the best-known entertainers in Brazil. Among his co ...
, Tracy Mann) – 4:35
# "Who's Counting Heartaches" performed with Dionne Warwick (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist.
Early life and education
Peter Wolf was born Peter Walter Blankfield on March 7, 1946 in The ...
) – 4:20
# "Your Smile" (Caymmi, Pinheiro, I. Wolf) – 4:26
# "Wanting More" (Fernando Leporace, Mann) – 3:23
# "We Can Try Love Again" (Caymmi, Mann) – 4:32
# "Flower of Bahia" (Caymmi, Mann, Pinheiro) – 4:11
Personnel
Credits are taken from the liner notes for ''The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection''[
*Johnny Mathis – vocals
*Sérgio Mendes – producer
*Robbie Buchanan – keyboards; arranger (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8)
*Dori Caymmi – guitar; arranger (except as noted)
* Paulinho da Costa – percussion
* Jimmy Johnson – bass
*]Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on ...
– drums
References
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Johnny Mathis albums
Columbia Records albums