Michael Buble - Crazy Love
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Artist: Michael BubleEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-10-09
Music Label: Reprise Records
Product features:
- BUBLE MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE
- Cry Me A River
- All Of Me
- Georgia On My Mind
- Crazy Love
- Haven't Met You Yet
- All I Do Is Dream Of You
- Hold On
- Heartache Tonight
- You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
- Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
- At This Moment
- Stardust
- Whatever It Takes (bonus track)
Free Music Notes for Crazy Love
Free Music Review: The Great Impersonator ... becomes Michael Buble ...
Hit: 5 Stars
For years I've listened to Michael's music, his concerts and other live performances in rapt anticipation and have been appreciative of his obvious talents.
Right off the bat, I'd like to say a few things historically about what I've heard. Through his career, Michael's biggest curse is that he's often compared to someone else, and while this fact is often inescapable of many musicians, some never leave the shadows of their peers even when it becomes less obvious because of the fan base that surrounds them. How many times have we heard him being compared to Harry Connick Jnr., or picking up where he left off? How about Frank Sinatra? Or having the same seductive qualities that Elvis Presley had? Numerous and far too many times to cite.
His past albums have also highlighted these facts, too. Listening to `Surrender' on the album `Dream' you can hear him lifting his voice at those same moments that Elvis did in his signature renditions of the classic song. Some might say it's an homage, but I think more would say it's a failure on his part to make the song his own and letting the previous versions overshadow himself. These delicacies may not be obvious to the casual listener, but if you've listened to these songs for years and heard them in multiple versions by any previous named artist, then it just becomes glaring. The most in-your-face examples are early in his career where he definitely sounds like he's singing from under the wing or on the back porch of Harry.
But then comes this album and puts all the previous work, complaints, struggles and the like - to rest. Every song on this album has become his own and he has created a new standard for some of these old classics in a most memorable and quite gifted way. These versions will be the ones that may stay around for some time, possibly even eclipsing the originals. During `Georgia On My Mind' you don't hear Ray Charles, you hear Michael Buble. During `You're Nobody Till Somebody ...' you definitely do not hear Frank Sinatra, which was wise of him to cover here and show that he's finally been able to pull it off, you - again - hear Michael Buble. During `At This Moment' you expect to hear Billy Vera, but you don't. It's definitely Michael. And it's a good thing.
Another previous complaint that others have had, has been that the orchestration for a lot of his songs/performances just didn't quite `gel' with the singer, or the band seemed like hired-day-players that kept their distance. Previous albums this has been a huge issue and made some of the work almost unlistenable to the trained ear, but finally it seems that Michael's band and Michael are now a group, doing things like they should, in unison and together. The playing has less of a studio quality aspect to it and more of an intimate feel. This has been a point that Harry Connick has always had over Michael, for the simple fact that Harry has known and played with most of the musicians in his band since childhood or from `around the way' as the old saying goes. Harry's band and Harry have always been together and complimentary and it's showed. Finally Michael Buble has his own band and is proud of it. So proud in fact, that he fronts them at the beginning of the first track for the first twenty seconds or so. Gutsy, even if it does sound as if he was tapped on the shoulder 'with a wink and a nod' to produce a James Bond theme song. I found it 'interesting', but not a complete detraction.
I can find no real shortcoming with this album at all, and I personally think it's his best effort to date. Judging by the press and promotion he's getting a lot of other people think so, too. I can forsee a Michael Buble craze reaching into mainstream America and younger pop audiences where he hasn't yet been able to access previous.
Well done.
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Crazy Love Poster
2009 album from the acclaimed vocalist. Crazy Love features Buble's take on 11 standard plus two new originals. The multi Grammy-winning artist hunkered down in recording studios in L.A., Brooklyn, New York and his hometown of Vancouver for the last six months to make his 'ultimate record about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships.' Features the first single, 'Haven't Met You Yet,' written by Bubl? (with Alan Chang and Amy Foster). Additional tunes on the album include 'Cry Me A River,' You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Baby (You've Got What It Takes)', which is performed with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. The CD closes with a haunting version of 'Stardust', which is performed with the acapella group Naturally 7. The album was produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica. Warner.Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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