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Almost the Ultimate.

H3@+h | VT | 04/16/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I was first turned onto Johnny Mathis through his excellent Christmas album, and decided I needed to hear him more than one month a year. I went with this because I only wanted a single disc collection, yet one that had a lengthy tracklist (although this clocks in at only 58 minutes and should have been a 25 song disc). Even as a casual fan I could pick songs to fill another CD, but what's here belongs, and overall I'm vary happy with it. It's in chronological order, hence the first dozen songs are truly classic. Among the last third of the collection I like the "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet" and the upbeat "Brazil", yet don't care for "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late". That duet is too 80's. There's many other collections of course, older and newer, but "Chances Are" you'll enjoy this one."

Master of the Ballad

W. Grandy | windsor, nova scotia Canada | 10/21/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Very few singers can handle a ballad better than Johnny Mathis which is living proof on this cd. His vocals are crystal clear and the whole recording is squeeky clean. He does my favourite vocal on 'Misty' included here. Very few singers can do justice to 'Stardust' because it's a very difficult piece to sing however Johnny makes the song his own. His hits are mostly included in this set. You might like to give your subwoofer a boost upwards for the first half of this cd. The only flaw is the live selection which ends the cd. I personally don't care for a mixture of studio and live."