The best Johnny Mathis albums

20 records, ordered by how much we can tell you about each one — not by chart position.

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    Sending You a Little Christmas

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    2007

    Johnny Mathis’s velvety voice brings an intimate warmth to holiday standards and seasonal duets.

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    Johnny's Mood

    Johnny's Mood

    1960

    Mathis’s velvety voice drifts through orchestral standards with a late-night intimacy that makes familiar melodies feel privately addressed.

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    Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis

    Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis

    1986

    Johnny Mathis’s velvety voice moves through holiday standards with the easy warmth of a fireside gathering.

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    Mathis on Broadway

    Mathis on Broadway

    2000

    Johnny Mathis brings his velvety phrasing to Broadway songs in arrangements that favor warmth and theatrical sweep.

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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    2008

    Mathis’s velvet voice moves through softly polished soul classics with the unhurried intimacy of a late-night serenade.

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    The Island

    The Island

    2017

    Mathis’s velvety voice glides through Brazilian-inflected balladry with the easy sway of a late-night conversation.

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    Johnny Mathis

    Johnny Mathis

    1956

    A young Johnny Mathis floats through jazz standards with a light tenor and an intimacy closer to a nightclub than a concert hall.

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    Johnny

    Johnny

    1963

    Mathis’s velvety voice glides through orchestral standards with the intimacy of a late-night serenade.

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    Me and Mrs. Jones

    Me and Mrs. Jones

    1973

    Mathis brings his feather-light phrasing to early-’70s pop and soul songs framed in lush orchestral arrangements.

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    I'll Buy You a Star

    I'll Buy You a Star

    1961

    Mathis’s supple tenor floats over orchestral arrangements that turn romantic standards into intimate evening music.

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    Heavenly

    Heavenly

    1959

    Mathis’s weightless tenor floats above lush orchestral arrangements that turn romantic standards into intimate after-dark reveries.

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    Give Me Your Love for Christmas

    Give Me Your Love for Christmas

    1969

    Mathis’s velvety croon brings intimate warmth to holiday standards framed by polished orchestral pop.

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    Feelings

    Feelings

    1975

    Mathis’s velvet phrasing moves through softly orchestrated pop ballads with the intimacy of a late-night confession.

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    Because You Loved Me: The Songs of Diane Warren

    Because You Loved Me: The Songs of Diane Warren

    1998

    Johnny Mathis brings his supple croon to Diane Warren’s sweeping pop ballads, softening their dramatic pleas into intimate adult contemporary songs.

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    I Only Have Eyes for You

    I Only Have Eyes for You

    1976

    Mathis's velvety tenor moves through lush orchestral pop with the intimacy of a late-night confession.

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    Olé

    Olé

    1964

    Mathis’s velvety tenor moves through Latin American song and Brazilian classical music with orchestral sweep.

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    Love Story

    Love Story

    1971

    Mathis’s velvety voice glides through orchestral pop arrangements that turn contemporary hits into intimate torch songs.

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    Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

    Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

    1970

    Mathis’s velvety voice carries familiar pop and film melodies through the polished sweep of orchestral easy listening.

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    This Is Love

    This Is Love

    1964

    Mathis’s supple voice moves through show tunes and standards with the intimate polish of mid-century easy listening.

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    A Special Part of Me

    A Special Part of Me

    1984

    Johnny Mathis’s velvety voice glides through polished romantic ballads with a distinctly 1980s pop sheen.