Michael Bubl - Crazy Love 2011

Artist:

Buble, Michael

UPC:

093624959465

Description:

Audio Mixer: Humberto Gatica.
Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chartmakers Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Daptones House of Soul, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA; metropolis Studios, London, England; Mix LA, Tarzana, CA; The Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, BC; Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Ben Watts.
Buoyed by the popularity of the hit contemporary pop ballad "Home," singer Michael Bubl?`s 2005 album, IT`S TIME, clearly positioned the vocalist as the preeminent neo-crooner of his generation. Easily the singer`s most stylistically wide-ranging album so far, 2009`s CRAZY LOVE is also one of his brightest, poppiest, and most fun. Bubl? kicks things off with the theatrical, epic ballad "Cry Me a River" and proceeds to milk the tune with burnished breath, eking out the drama line by line. It`s over the top for sure, but Bubl? takes you to the edge of the cliff, prepares to jump, and then gives you a knowing wink that says, not quite yet -- there`s more fun to be had. And what fun it is with Bubl? swinging through "All of Me," and killin` Van Morrison`s classic "Crazy Love" with a light and yearning touch. And just as "Home" worked to showcase Bubl?`s own writing abilities, here we get the sunshine pop of "Haven`t Met You Yet" -- a skippy, jaunty little song that brings to mind a mix of the Carpenters and Chicago. Throw in a rollicking and soulful duet with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings on "Baby (You`ve Got What It Takes)," and a fabulously old-school close-harmony version of "Stardust" with Bubl? backed by the vocal ensemble Naturally 7, and CRAZY LOVE really starts to come together. Then Bubl? goes and throws in a last minute overture by duetting with fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith on Sexsmith`s ballad "Whatever It Takes." A devastating, afterglow-ready paean for romance, the song is a modern-day classic that pairs one of the most underrated and ignored songwriters of his generation next to one of the most ballyhooed in Bubl?--a classy move for sure. The result, like the rest of CRAZY LOVE, is pure magic.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Cry Me a River
2. All of Me
3. Georgia on My Mind
4. Crazy Love
5. Haven`t Met You Yet
6. All I Do Is Dream of You
7. Hold On
8. Heartache Tonight
9. You`re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
10. Baby (You`ve Got What It Takes) - (featuring The Dap-Kings)
11. Hollywood
12. At This Moment
13. Stardust
14. Whatever It Takes

Album Information

Release Date:

01/18/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Classic Pop Vocals

Label:

143 Records

Catalog Number:

CD 526812

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Runtime:

51 : 40

Guest Artist:

Sharon Jones; The Dap-Kings; Naturally 7; Ron Sexsmith

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