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Johnny Mathis has blended his splendid voice with some of the finest voices in show business. Along with Deniece Williams, with whom he had his only #1 hit, the pathetic "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late", he's sung with Nana Moskouri, Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, even Lena Horne and Lorrie Morgan, among others. Unfortunately, few of these duets made it to this CD. Three new duets were included, ones with Regina Belle, Patti Austin, and a beauty with Ms. Warwick produced by Sergio Mendes. The rest had been previously released. Better Together could have been a whole lot better. Itmore…'s not that it's an unpleasant listening experience; to the contrary. The songs that were chosen are good ones. The thing is, there are even more good ones out there that could have been included, counting the ones from before 1991 alone. A sad omission: the Mathis/Warwick duet "I Got You Where I Want You" from the 1982 Friends In Love album, a delightful song. (Interestingly, both Mathis and Warwick both have an album with this same name, released the same year, and featuring this song and the title cut, which is included on Better Together.) Two Strong Hearts, another Mathis/Warwick gem from Mathis' Once in a While album, also deserves to be here. Another overlooked beauty, the slightly risqué "Different Kinda Different" featuring Mathis and the mysterious "Paulette" from the album of the same name. I could list several more, but won't. There are more than enough good duets and there was room for all of them. It's as if whoever is in charge of the ultimate content of recordings such as this one didn't trust the strength and beauty of the songs or the singers for this one, and that's unfortunate. Maybe Better Together part II will fill in the blanks. END

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Johnny Mathis - Better Together: The Duet Album (1991) Retail CD

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