Call Me Irresponsible (Special Edition) - Michael Buble

...Mrs Jones, I'm Your Man, Call Me Irreponsible, Lost, Coming Home Baby, It Had Better Be Tonight, Wonderful Tonight, Everything, Always On My Mind, I've Got The World On A String, That's Life, and Dream. Its available from most good retailers including www.play.com, www.cd-wow.com, www.hmv.co.uk from approximately £7.99  ... more

Canadian swinger Michael Buble first came to our attention with his debut album "Michael Buble" in 2003, with apparent sales of 4 million (from wikipedia). His follow up album "Its Time" was equally as successful with the haunting lead single "Home" bringing him to a much wider audience. Now, 4 years on, he comes back with "Call Me Irresponsible".

The album opens with "Best Is Yet To Come" a track originally recorded by Tony Bennett, but most famously performed by Frank Sinatra. Its a fitting opening to this album, both stylistically and in title. But its "Me And Mr Jones" that really gets the ball rolling. A track that I dont particularly like, Buble's take on the old classic is the best I've heard. Where the album comes alive though is on the stunning "I'm Your Man" - originally written and recorded by Leonard Cohen. This track perfectly showcases the natural quality of Buble's vocals without ever overdoing emotion or resorting to hystrionics to get his message across.

The album then takes us through a varied bag of classic jazz tunes and a few original recordings that Buble and his team have composed. The title track, like "I'm Your Man" before it, relies on a subtle build up through its verses and merging into belting chorus. The album slightly flaws on his cover of Eric Claptons "Wonderful Tonight", a poor choice by any mans book. But it picks up the pace for the overblown "I've Got The World On A String" complete with a sassy vocal from the female backing singers, the funky "It Had Better Be Tonight" and new ballad "Lost" - a song that belongs perfectly in Buble's back catalogue alongside other classic ballad "Home".

Effectively a cover's album, as was his previous albums, its difficult to take a collection of already famous genre songs and put your stamp on them, but Buble does it with style. His is a voice that would fill an auditorium, but equally soothes in the comfort of your own home. Buble compliments his modern day pop personality with an amazing capacity for picking the best material, and a sensibility from the old jazz crooners that is sadly lacking in most of today's chart acts. With multiple-grammy winner (to date he has won 14 of them) David Foster on production duties, its hard to fail though. The producer is responsible for some of the best music in the genre, most notably The Bodyguard Soundtrack, and acts such as Chicago, Quincy Jones and Whitney Houston.

The tracklist is made up of: Best Is Yet To Come, Me And Mrs Jones, I'm Your Man, Call Me Irreponsible, Lost, Coming Home Baby, It Had Better Be Tonight, Wonderful Tonight, Everything, Always On My Mind, I've Got The World On A String, That's Life, and Dream. Its available from most good retailers including www.play.com, www.cd-wow.com, www.hmv.co.uk from approximately £7.99 

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