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How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
Pop · 1993 · 11 tracks

How Do You Keep the Music Playing?

Johnny Mathis

A lush, late-career tribute to the cinematic songwriting of Michel Legrand. Mathis's velvet vibrato meets sweeping 90s orchestral production for a romantic masterclass.

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It's like sitting in a private screening room while the most romantic movie of 1965 plays just for you.

A sophisticated, cinematic meditation on the endurance of love through the changing seasons of life.

How Do You Keep the Music Playing? · vs · Johnny Mathis
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Candlelit saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Introduction)
1:26
02
The Summer Knows
4:20
03
Something New in My Life
4:12
04
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
6:00
05
The Way She Makes Me Feel
4:03
06
I Was Born in Love With You
4:47
07
On My Way to You
5:04
08
After the Rain
4:10
09
The Windmills of Your Mind
4:32
10
Summer Me, Winter Me
3:40
11
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
4:44
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the brief introductory teaser into the sweeping, melancholic woodwinds of The Summer Knows.
The dizzying, rhythmic vocal delivery on The Windmills of Your Mind where the phrasing mimics the circular motion of the lyrics.
The final, sustained high note on the closing title track that showcases his legendary breath control and signature vibrato.
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