Warm and Willing

Ruhlmann thought the album "indicated that a singer who had flirted with many styles over the previous half-dozen years had settled down to something very familiar. His treatment of these standards was not definitive, by any means, but it was certainly effective, and Williams benefited from his association with such material." They also wrote, "Helped muchly by the tender orchestral backing of the Bob Mersey crew, Williams turns in strong readings of each song." Variety wrote that Williams' "vocal stylings are quite pleasing and are especially stuited to this song bag of romantic ballads". American Record Guide notes Williams "manages to ... without sounding callow or just plain repulsive, and he also chooses both songs and his backing wisely." Jimmy Watson of New Record Mirror described the album as "an outstanding disc". Nigel Hunter of Disc notes "Andy Williams score a high total indeed with these smoothly songs, most of them standards." ==Track listing==

Side one • "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40 • "How Long Has This Been Going On?" from Rosalie (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:34 • "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 3:09 • "I See Your Face Before Me" from Between the Devil (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:34 • "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:36 • "If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:38 (This track was replaced by "Then I'll Be Tired of You" on the U.K. release.) Side two • "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:49 • "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) – 2:50 • "Warm All Over" from The Most Happy Fella (Frank Loesser) – 3:16 • "More Than You Know" from the 1929 musical Great Day (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:26 • "Love Is Here to Stay" from The Goldwyn Follies (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43 • "Warm and Willing" from the 1959 film ''A Private's Affair'' (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:52 == Charts ==

From the liner notes for the original album: • Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer • Andy Williams – vocals ==References==