Warm and Willing

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{sfnp|Larkin|2007|p=1498}}

| rev3 = New Record Mirror

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}

| rev4 = Disc

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Hunter |first1=Nigel |date=February 23, 1963 |title=Peggy Lee, Craig Douglas, Frank Itfield, Brook Benton, Susan Maughan, BOBBY'S GIRL MAKES A GREAT LP DEBUT: What abut some standards, Frank? |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1963/DISC-1963-02-23.pdf |access-date=May 30, 2025 |magazine=Disc |page=10 |issue=257}}

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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."

Billboard was effusive in its praise: "This is one of the best albums Williams has done on his new label."{{cite magazine |date=September 29, 1962 |title=Pop Spotlight: Warm and Willing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT25&vq=andy%20williams&pg=PT25#v=onepage&q&f=false |magazine=Billboard |page=22 |volume=74 |issue=39 |editor=}} They also wrote, "Helped muchly by the tender orchestral backing of the Bob Mersey crew, Williams turns in strong readings of each song."

Cashbox notes "Williams distinctive styling coupled with superb range and pitch is firmly evidenced on 'Embraceable You', 'The Way You Look Tonight' and his while back ... 'Stranger on The Shore'.'{{Cite magazine |date=September 15, 1962 |title=Cashbox Album Popular Pick Reviews: Warm and Willing |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox24unse/page/30/mode/2up |magazine=Cash Box |pages=30 |volume=24 |issue=0}}

Variety wrote that Williams' "vocal stylings are quite pleasing and are especially stuited to this song bag of romantic ballads".{{Cite magazine |date=October 3, 1962 |title=Variety Album Reviews:Oliver', 'Fringe;' Frachi's Songs, Williams "Willing' Top New LPs: Warm and Willing |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1962-10-03_228_6/page/56/mode/2up |magazine=Variety |pages=56 |volume=228 |issue=6}}

Jimmy Watson of New Record Mirror described the album as "an outstanding disc".{{Cite magazine |last=Watson |first=Jimmy |date=16 February 1963 |title=Andy Williams: Warm And Willing |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-02-16-S-OCR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224701/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-02-16-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022 |magazine=New Record Mirror |page=10 |issue=101}}

Nigel Hunter of Disc notes "Andy Williams score a high total indeed with these smoothly songs, most of them standards."

1. "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40
2. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" from Rosalie (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:34
3. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 3:09
4. "I See Your Face Before Me" from Between the Devil (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:34
5. "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:36
6. "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.)

1. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:49
2. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) – 2:50
3. "Warm All Over" from The Most Happy Fella (Frank Loesser) – 3:16
4. "More Than You Know" from the 1929 musical Great Day (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:26
5. "Love Is Here to Stay" from The Goldwyn Follies (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43
6. "Warm and Willing" from the 1959 film A Private's Affair (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:52

From the liner notes for the original album:

• Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer
• Andy Williams – vocals

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