In the Still of the Night (album)

In the Still of the Night
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Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released	1989
Recorded	1988 at Alpha Studios, Burbank, California , Conway Studios, Hollywood, California, Smoketree Studio, Chatsworth, California
Genre	Vocal R&B
Length	39:23
Label	Columbia
Producer	Peter Bunetta Rick Chudacoff
Johnny Mathis chronology
Once in a While (1988)Once in a While1988 In the Still of the Night (1989) In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington (1990)In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
People	(positive)

In the Still of the Night is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in August 1989 by Columbia Records and continues the trend that began with his 1986 collaboration with Henry Mancini, The Hollywood Musicals, in that the project is devoted to a specific theme that ties the songs together. Mathis hints at the theme for this album in the liner notes for his 1993 box set The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection, where he gives his thoughts on the 1964 Little Anthony and the Imperials song "I'm on the Outside Looking In" that he covered for his 1988 album Once in a While: "That was group singers' kind of material. I was singing other stuff. It wasn't the picture of the lone crooner standing in the spotlight. That's what I was doing when all this other stuff was going on. I never listened to it until it was brought to my attention by [that album's producers] Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff." Mathis chose to continue his work with Bunetta and Chudacoff on this project, which focuses on "this other stuff" that Mathis refers to: pop and R&B hits from the 1950s and 1960s.

Reception

Although the album did not make it onto Billboard magazine's Top Pop Albums chart, it did receive praise in People magazine, where the reviewer remarks that Mathis and the album producers "make these songs sound reconsidered, not merely recycled." It's also noted that "Mathis's ability to extract every last nuance from a lyric has never been employed to better advantage" and that "Take 6's presence enables him to prove that he can keep up with the younger generation." The album also received a positive review from Allmusic, where Bil Carpenter wrote, "Clean, uncomplicated orchestration" and "One of Mathis's best recordings to date."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Still of the Night" (featuring Take 6)	Fred Parris	2:38
2.	"It's All in the Game" (featuring Take 6)	Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman	2:33
3.	"Since I Fell for You"	Buddy Johnson	3:09
4.	"You Belong to Me"	Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart	3:40
5.	"True Love Ways"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:58
6.	"Since I Don't Have You"	James Beaumont, Walter Lester, Joseph Rock, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen, Janet Vogel	2:39
7.	"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"	John D. Loudermilk	4:37
8.	"The End of the World"	Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent	3:07
9.	"All Alone Am I"	Arthur Altman, Manos Hadjidakis	3:24
10.	"For Your Love"	Ed Townsend	3:37

Personnel

• Johnny Mathis – vocals
• Peter Bunetta – producer
• Rick Chudacoff – producer
• Jay Landers – executive producer
• Cedric Dent – arranger (background vocals)
• Mervyn Warren – arranger (background vocals)
• Gary Brandt – recording engineer
• Marc Ettel – recording engineer
• Daren Klein – recording engineer
• Frank Wolf – recording engineer
• Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer
• Mixed at Conway Studios, Hollywood, California
• Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
• Don Adey – assistant engineer (Alpha)
• Bryant Arnett – assistant engineer (Conway)
• Kristen Connolly – assistant engineer (Smoketree)
• Richard McKernan – assistant engineer (Conway)
• Marnie Riley – assistant engineer (Conway)
• Steve Satkowski – assistant engineer (Alpha)
• 24 Collection, Bal Harbour – wardrobe
• Kyle Plyer – styling
• Deev – grooming
• Rebecca Chamlee Keeley – art direction
• David Vance – photographer

Musicians

• Garrett Adkins – trombone
• Rick Braun – trumpets
• Peter Bunetta – drums
• Sonny Burke – organ
• Alvin Chea (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• Rick Chudacoff – bass
• Brad Cole – keyboards
• Cedric Dent (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• Bill Elliott – keyboards
• Melvin Franklin – background vocals
• Mara Getz – background vocals
• John Helliwell – clarinet and tenor sax
• Dann Huff – guitar
• Mark Kibble (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• Darrell Leonard – trumpet
• Claude McKnight III (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• Doug Norwine – tenor sax
• Jimmy Roberts – tenor sax
• Amy Shulman – harp
• Leslie Smith – background vocals
• David Thomas (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• Mervyn Warren (Take 6) – background vocals; featured vocals ("In the Still of the Night", "It's All in the Game")
• David Woodford – baritone sax and flute