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Live It Up!
Pop · 1961 · 11 tracks · 37m

Live It Up!

A high-energy pivot into brassy swing and uptempo showtunes. Mathis trades his usual candlelit ballads for technicolor orchestration and joyful, rhythmic swagger.

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It's Johnny Mathis but with the volume turned up and the brass section firing on all cylinders.

An exuberant and brassy celebration of life that trades intimacy for theatrical swagger.

Live It Up! · vs · Johnny Mathis
Trumpet+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds trumpet far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 37m
01
Live It Up
3:29
02
Just Friends
4:03
04
On a Cold and Rainy Day
3:07
05
Why Not
2:08
06
I Won’t Dance
3:59
07
Johnny One Note
2:41
08
Too Much Too Soon
2:52
09
The Riviera
3:03
10
Crazy in the Heart
3:57
11
Hey, Look Me Over
1:49
12
Love
3:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive brass fanfare that opens the title track, signaling a sharp departure from his usual ballads.
The rapid-fire vocal delivery on 'Johnny One Note' where Mathis showcases his breath control against a frantic swing beat.
The sudden, lush transition into a more intimate, rainy-day mood on track 4 before the energy picks back up.
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