Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album)

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Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album)
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Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released May 25, 1973[1]
Recorded 1973 at
Larrabee Sound,
Los Angeles, California[2]
Genre AM pop
Early pop/rock
Vocal pop[3]
Length 39:49
Label Columbia
Producer Jerry Fuller[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Me and Mrs. Jones
(1973)Me and Mrs. Jones1973		 Killing Me Softly with Her Song
(1973)		 I'm Coming Home
(1973)I'm Coming Home1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]
Billboard 5/5 stars[4]

Killing Me Softly with Her Song is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 25, 1973[1] by Columbia Records and leaned heavily on covers of the latest radio favorites. It made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 30, 1973, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 120.[5]

One of the two original songs on the album, "Show and Tell", began a three-week run on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in that year's May 12 issue and peaked at number 36.[6] The other, "Arianne", reached number 24 on that same chart in 1977 during a nine-week stay that began in the July 23 issue.[6]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Killing Me Softly with Her Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) – 5:18
  2. "Aubrey" (David Gates) – 3:37
  3. "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 3:26
  4. "Break Up to Make Up" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble) – 3:50
  5. "Arianne" (Martin Charnin, Christian Roudey) – 3:29

Side 2

  1. "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:26
  2. "Wildflower" (Doug Edwards, David Richardson) – 4:21
  3. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:41
  4. "Sing" (Joe Raposo) – 3:04
  5. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 2:25
  6. "Show and Tell" (Jerry Fuller) – 3:12

Personnel[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 (1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 (1973) Killing Me Softly with Her Song by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 32258.
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  5. ↑ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Whitburn 2007, p. 179.

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