Crazy Love (CD)

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 Bublé (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.

Buoyed by the popularity of the hit contemporary pop ballad "Home," singer Michael Buble's 2005 album, It's Time, clearly positioned the vocalist as the preeminent neo-crooner of his generation. Buble's 2007 follow-up, Call Me Irresponsible, only further reinforced this notion. Not only had he come into his own as a lithe, swaggering stage performer with a knack for jazzing a crowd, but he had also grown into a virtuoso singer. Sure, he'd never drop nor deny the Sinatra comparisons, but now Buble's voice - breezy, tender, and controlled - was his own. It didn't hurt, either, that he and his producers found the perfect balance of old-school popular song standards and more modern pop covers and originals that at once grounded his talent in tradition and pushed him toward the pop horizon. All of this is brought to bear on Buble's 2009 effort, Crazy Love. Easily the singer's most stylistically wide-ranging album, it is also one of his brightest, poppiest, and most fun. Buble 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 Buble 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 Buble 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 Buble'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 Buble backed by the vocal ensemble Naturally 7, and Crazy Love really starts to come together. All of this would be enough to fall in love with the album, but then Buble 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 Buble - a classy move for sure. The result, like the rest of Crazy Love, is pure magic. ~ by Matt Collar, All Music Guide

Performer	Michael Bublé
Music genre	Pop, Pop Rock
Music subgenre	CD - VOCAL
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2009
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Crazy Love [CD]
Awards won	Grammy Awards
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Record label	WEA
Songwriter	Michael Bubl
Music producer	David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica
Track name	Haven't Met You Yet
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N