Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville

Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released	September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)[1]
Recorded	in Nashville, Tennessee, at Blackbird Studios Zoomar South Studios Loud Recording Studios Fireside Studios Cool Tools Audio Starstruck Studio
Genre	Country
Length	46:48
Label	Columbia
Producer	Fred Mollin
Johnny Mathis chronology
A Night to Remember (2008) Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville (2010) The Ultimate Collection (2011)

Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 21, 2010, by Columbia Records and focused upon popular country songs. With the exceptions of the traditional folk song "Shenandoah" and George Strait's "We Must Be Lovin' Right" from 1993, the heyday of the selections that Mathis is covering coincided approximately with the first 20 years of his career, starting with Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" from 1956. The album earned Mathis a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.^[2]

Track listing

1. "What a Wonderful World" featuring Lane Brody (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:04
2. "Let It Be Me" featuring Alison Krauss (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis) - 3:29
3. "Make the World Go Away" (Hank Cochran) - 3:17
4. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) - 3:27
5. "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) - 3:33
6. "You Don't Know Me" (Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold) - 3:30
7. "Lovin' Arms" featuring harmony vocals by Vince Gill (Tom Jans) - 3:06
8. "Shenandoah" (traditional) - 4:35
9. "We Must Be Lovin' Right" (Clay Blaker, Roger Brown) - 3:32
10. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) - 3:12
11. "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) - 3:37
12. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) - 2:55
13. "What a Wonderful World" (Christmas Version) featuring Lane Brody (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:31

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

"Location matters little to Johnny Mathis," writes Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic -- "wherever he goes, there he is, sounding as smooth as ever. That’s quite an accomplishment for a singer of 74, to still make it all seem effortless."^[1] He also notes that, with a few exceptions, the album "sounds as if it could have easily been released in the early ‘60s when Mathis was a regular fixture in the charts..., and that's its strength."^[1] He concludes that "Mathis sounds as silky as his surroundings,"^[1] and asserts that "that may be because he wound up having Nashville accept his terms instead of bending to the rules of the Music City."^[1]

Personnel

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