Sincerely Yours... is the third studio album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in December 1962, by Columbia Records, and was available both in stereo and mono. It was produced by Jim Foglesong.
Background the album included mix of originals and covers of old standards from the 1930s ("The Nearness of You, "Poinciana (Song of the Trees)"), 1940s ("Stella by Starlight", "You Stepped Out of a Dream), and the 1950s (Another Time, Another Place", and "Gigi)
Chart performance The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 5, 1963, and remained on the chart for 48 weeks, peaking at number nine. It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 29, 1962, and remained on the chart for a total of 57 weeks, peaking at number six.
Other releases The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on July 1, 1997, as tracks 13 through 24 with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Goulet's Columbia 1964 album, My Love Forgive Me. Sincerely Yours... was included in a box set entitled The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet - The First Four Albums, released on June 23, 2017.
Critical reception
Billboard described the album as "A highly salable item" and notes "there are a dozen fine, moody ballads done with much warmth and charm." Cashbox believed "Goulet displays a dynamic vocal talent and a smooth handling of lyric that could [made] this his best-selling album to date" Variety notes "Goulet sticks to the romantic mood and pours it out for all its worth" New Record Mirror says the combination of Goulet's "rich baritone voice" with a collection of good songs with good arrangements "adds up...to disc success", like AllMusic, it also received three-star rating. Nigel Hunter of Disc believed "Sid Ramin's arrangements and lush accompaniments show off [Goulet's] voice and these first-class pop songs to perfection without getting busy or ostentatious, giving it five-star rating." It received the four-star rating from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, which meant that the album was classified as "outstanding".
Pemberton Roach of AllMusic said the album "showed Goulet fully realizes a complete visual and musical iconography all his own. If you ever wondered what the world was like when [Robert] Goulet was not considered cheesy, this album might give you a glimpse. Though it's not a great piece of art, in some ways Sincerely Yours is as much an important historical document as an album like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, giving the album a three-star rating."
Track listing
Side one
Side two
Charts Chart (1962–1963)Peak positionUS Billboard Top LPs9US Cash Box6
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