So Nice (Johnny Mathis album)

So Nice
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1966[1]
RecordedMay 31, 1966
June 23, 1966
July 7, 1966
July 11–12, 1966[1]
Genre
Length36:16
LabelMercury
ProducerJohnny Mathis[1]
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Shadow of Your Smile
(1965) 		So Nice
(1966) 		Johnny Mathis Sings
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Billboardpositive[3]

So Nice is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis released through Mercury Records on September 16, 1966.[1] The singer included a trio of musical numbers from Man of La Mancha in this set as well as songs from Funny Girl, Kismet, and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, shows that he had recognized on previous releases. Mathis also covers recent imports from France ("I Will Wait for You", "What Now My Love") and Brazil ("So Nice (Samba de Verao)") and offers a rendition of a 1944 hit record ("I Dream of You") as part of the mix.

The title track from the album had its first appearance on Billboard magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in the issue dated September 10, 1966, and stayed there for seven weeks, during which time it peaked at number 17.[4] The album So Nice debuted on the magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 8 of that year and made it to number 50 over the course of 18 weeks.[5]

The So Nice LP was released for the first time on compact disc on December 4, 2012, as one of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being its 1967 follow-up, Johnny Mathis Sings.[6] Both were also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d (2014) The Complete Global Albums Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88843091432.
  2. ^ "So Nice – Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1966-09-17. p. 72.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. 178.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  6. ^ "So Nice/Johnny Mathis Sings – Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ^ "The Complete Global Albums Collection – Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 May 2016.