Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
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Artist: Michael BubleBrand: BUBLE,MICHAEL
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Product features:
- Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible Brazil Import
- The Best Is Yet To Come
- It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)
- Me And Mrs. Jones
- I'm Your Man
- Comin' Home Baby (duet with Boyz II Men)
- Lost
- Call Me Irresponsible
- Wonderful Tonight (duet with Ivan Lins)
- Everything
- I've Got The World On A String
- Always On My Mind
- That's Life
- Dream
Music reviews of Call Me Irresponsible
Music Review: Bublé still sparkles
Rating: 5 Stars
I always know what I'm going to get with a Michael Bublé CD. He's found a formula that works, he's sticking with it and God bless him. Reunited with David Foster and Humberto Gatica, the producers that have turned his rich timbre and sensitive phrasing into pure gold so far, he's back with a set that will please and reassure established fans and, hopefully, draw in new ones. It only took one listen to please and reassure me. It's a dazzling collection of tunes.
The producers certainly know what they're doing. One of the more interesting things about this CD is the diversity of orchestration arrangements: The optimistic opener "The Best Is Yet To Come", for instance, is arranged by John Clayton and backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra but that's the only tune they work on. Strings and horns on the rest of the CD are arranged by David Foster and Jerry Hey, ("It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)" & "Comin' Home Baby"), David Foster and Bill Ross, ("Me And Mrs. Jones" & "Always On My Mind"), David Foster and Don Sebesky, ("I'm Your Man") David Foster and Alan Chang, ("Lost"), Jorge Calandrelli, ("Wonderful Tonight") Don Sebesky, David Foster and Michael Bublé, ("I've Got The World On A String") and Take 6 and movie score man, Mervyn Warren ("That's Life").
Usually with a Bublé CD there's always one song that leaps out and stays with me. With Michael Bublé for instance, it was "The Way You Look Tonight". On It's Time, it was his beautiful (and surprising) duet with Nelly Furtado, "Quando, Quando, Quando". Don't get me wrong; I love all the songs on both albums but there's always one that's that little bit extra special.
With this set, the choice is a bit more difficult. There are a number of contenders, so many good songs choose from: I particularly like the samba beats of "It Had Better Be Tonight" and Bublé sounds like he's having just as much fun with the song as it is listening to it. His version of "Me And Mrs. Jones" is also very interesting. I wasn't expecting him to do a cabaret or karaoke version in a misguided attempt to match or beat the Billy Paul original and he hasn't. (I'd have been very disappointed if he had). He's smoothed it out and, in the context of the overall album and what I've come to know Bublé for, it fits in very nicely. Emily Blunt's ad-lib background vocals towards the end add a touch that's simply divine.
A definite personal highlight though, is Bublé's version of "Comin' Home Baby". It's billed as a duet with Boyz II Men but it's more like 'featuring Boyz II Men', as all they do is provide background vocals and some ad-libs (albeit very exciting background vocals and ad-libs). The song makes me wonder what happened to those dudes and makes me hope that we haven't heard the last of them.
His duet with Ivan Lins, the Eric Clapton song "Wonderful Tonight" is also a song to look out for. It comes complete with a beautiful guitar solo by Heitor Pereira.
And then there's "Everything", which is one of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard - and I've heard quite a few. It's sure to make even the most hardened cynic's heart smile. Mine was.
The only version of "Always On My Mind" I'd heard prior to Bublé's was the dance version by Pet Shop Boys, a version I remember being quite popular in the clubs in the late 80s or early 90s. Hearing it as a ballad, I finally fully appreciate the song's meaning. Funny that.
"That's Life" is given a totally invigorating boost by a choir led and conducted by Mervyn Warren. The choir includes the likes of Seidah Garrett, Carmen Carter and Lisa Vaughn - who also provide additional vocals at the beginning of the song.
And finally, there's "Dream". I absolutely adore this song courtesy of Ella Fitzgerald's version on her Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook album. Bublé's version is not as good as hers - and really, I don't think anyone could possibly beat Ella - but it's still a joy to listen to and an excellent way to round up the album.
Like I said at the top, I know what to expect from Bublé. I don't expect pop star screams, urban beats, raps or soulful growls. He's an easy listening singer and a very accomplished one. He still has some way to go to match the likes of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett in my view but he's still very young. Harry Connick, Jr was in the game long before he was and I already like him much more. As such, some of the reviews he's received here (in the "yawn" and "zzzzz" category) are not just rather harsh and totally unjustified in my opinion; they also show a complete lack of appreciation for what the man is all about.
But maybe I'm just biased.
Description of Call Me Irresponsible
Melding the contemporary and the classic in ways only he can, Michael Buble has created his most complete studio effort yet. Ranging from "I've Got The World On a String" to "Me and Mrs. Jones," in addition to two new songs co-written by Michael, Call Me Irresponsible makes this album irresistible.It's no coincidence that Michael Bublé's new album starts with just his voice and some fingersnaps on "The Best Is Yet to Come," a song made famous by Frank Sinatra. The Canadian smoothie looks longingly towards early-'60s Vegas, an impression quickly reinforced when a boisterous horn section makes its grand entrance, about 20 seconds into the track. That Bublé means business is confirmed by the second cut, a fast-paced take on Henry Mancini's "It Had Better Be Tonight," and of course by the CD's very title, another song identified with Sinatra as his cockiest. There are just a few sidesteps from the retro formula that's served Bublé so well so far: a languid duet with Brazilian star Ivan Lins on the bossa "Wonderful Tonight," a gospel choir on "That's Life." Interestingly, Bublé co-wrote the best of those sidesteps, "Everything," a Norah Jones-esque number that alluringly harks back to sunny '70s pop. It's also the only song on the album produced by Bob Rock (best known for his work with Metallica), sending out a strong signal that Bublé should reach out to unlikely collaborators more often. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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