| Honey | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
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| Length | 35:07 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Nick DeCaro[2] | |||
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Honey is the twenty-secondstudio album by American pop singerAndy Williams, released in the spring of 1968 byColumbia Records.[1] In reviewing theLP William Ruhlmann ofAllmusic traced the progression of the Williams formula, noting that "he had been drawing on the recent hit parade for some of his material for years. ButHoney marked his complete crossover to such an approach. Where earlier Williams albums had been a canny mix of movie songs, standards, pop hits, and foreign -- especially French -- material, ten ofHoney's 11 tracks were songs that had been Top 40 hits in the last two years."[1]
The album made its first appearance onBillboard'sTop LPs chart in the issue dated June 8, 1968, and remained there for 40 weeks, peaking at number nine.[3] It entered the UK album chart shortly thereafter in July and reached number four over the course of 17 weeks,[4] it also debuted on theCashbox albums chart in the issue dated June 1, 1968, and remained on the chart for 21 weeks, peaking at number 14[5] and theRecording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification on November 1, 1968.[6]
The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD byCollectables Records on March 23, 1999, along with Williams's 1969Columbia album,Happy Heart.[7] This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD bySony Music Distribution in 2000.[8] The Collectables included this CD in a box set entitledClassic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.[9]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
| Record Mirror | [11] |
Ruhlmann gave the album a mixed review, writing, "The singer did his best and was rewarded with yet another Top Ten gold-record seller, but the album lacked the balance of earlier efforts."[1]
Billboard wrote that "Williams's relaxed and pleasant manner is admirably suited for the title song"[12] and concluded that the album was "solid Williams fare."[12]
Cashbox described the album as "one of his best disk performances to date."[13]
Record World noted that Williams "sings a handful of recent chart ballads like 'Honey', 'Windy', 'Spooky', 'Up, Up and Away'.'[14]
Record Mirror gave a positive review, saying that Williams "ranges from the ethereal (“Up Up, And Away”) to doomy (“Honey”)"[11]
| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart[4] | 4 |
| USTop LPs (Billboard)[3] | 9 |
| USCashbox[5] | 14 |
From the liner notes for the original album:[2]
