The Wonderful World of Make Believe
| The Wonderful World of Make Believe | ||||
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| Released | July 10, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | February 7, 1964– February 10, 1964 at United Recording Studios Hollywood, California | |||
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| Length | 39:14 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Johnny Mathis | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| Billboard | positive |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
The Wonderful World of Make Believe is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records on July 10, 1964, and described by Greg Adams of Allmusic, who wrote, "The theme is fantasy, from imaginary locations ('Camelot', 'Shangri-La') to fanciful yearnings ('I'm Always Chasing Rainbows', 'When You Wish Upon a Star') to vague, idealized realms ('Beyond the Sea', 'Beyond the Blue Horizon')."
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 25, 1964, and reached number 75 during its 10 weeks there.
This project was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums in a two-CD set by Sony Music Entertainment on August 28, 2012, the other album being Mathis's previous studio LP, Tender Is the Night. The Wonderful World of Make Believe was also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.