Tears and Laughter


Tears and Laughter is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK in 1980 on the CBS Records label. The title summarizes how the album is thematically organized, with the back cover labeling side one as "Tears" and side two as "Laughter".
The album entered the UK album chart on March 8, 1980, and spent two of its 15 weeks there at number one, and 10 days later, on March 18, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.
On August 19, 1994, Tears and Laughter was released on compact disc.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Don't Give Up on Us" – 3:57
  2. * Jack Gold – producer
  3. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  4. "Goodbye to Love" – 3:12
  5. *Jerry Fuller – producer
  6. *D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  7. "Gone, Gone, Gone" – 3:32
  8. * Jack Gold – producer
  9. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  10. * Steve Thompson – remix
  11. "Midnight Blue" – 3:34
  12. * Jack Gold – producer
  13. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  14. "Solitaire" – 4:33
  15. * Jack Gold – producer
  16. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  17. "The Hungry Years" – 4:35
  18. * Jack Gold – producer
  19. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  20. "Alone Again " – 4:20
  21. *Jerry Fuller – producer
  22. *D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  23. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams – 2:59
  24. * Jack Gold – producer
  25. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  26. "Without You" – 2:58
  27. *Jerry Fuller – producer
  28. *Al Capps – arranger
  29. "It's Too Late" – 3:07
  30. * Johnny Mathis – producer
  31. *D'Arneill Pershing – arranger
  32. *Roy M. Rogosin - conductor

    Side two

  33. "Laughter in the Rain" – 2:31
  34. * John Florez – producer
  35. * D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  36. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – 2:41
  37. * Jerry Fuller – producer
  38. *D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  39. "Everything Is Beautiful" – 3:33
  40. * Jack Gold – producer
  41. *Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor
  42. "The Most Beautiful Girl" – 2:30
  43. * Jack Gold – producer
  44. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  45. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" – 2:49
  46. *Jerry Fuller – producer
  47. *D'Arneill Pershing – arranger
  48. "Just the Way You Are" performed with Deniece Williams – 3:44
  49. * Jack Gold – producer
  50. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  51. "And I Love You So" – 3:26
  52. *Jerry Fuller – producer
  53. * D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  54. "Song of Joy " – 4:01
  55. * Jack Gold – producer
  56. *Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor
  57. "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" – 6:06
  58. * Thom Bell – producer, arranger, conductor
  59. "You Light Up My Life" – 3:55
  60. * Jack Gold – producer
  61. *Gene Page – arranger, conductor

    Personnel