Michael Bublé – Crazy Love (a J!-ENT World Groove Album Review)
October 18, 2009 by Dennis Amith
“Bublé’s choices for cover of yesteryear classics is definitely given a wonderful spin for ‘Crazy Love’. Overall, a solid album featuring great music, great arrangement and also awesome vocals. Definitely my favorite Bublé album yet. Highly recommended!”
ARTIST: Michael Bublé
ALBUM: Crazy Love (Digital Version)
LABEL: 143/Reprise
DURATION: 47:23
RELEASE DATE: October 9, 2009
- 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 Got What It Takes] [with Sharon Jones]
- At This Moment
- Stardust [with Naturally 7]
- Whatever It Takes [with Ron Sexsmith]
Bublé’s choices for cover of yesteryear classics is definitely given a wonderful spin for ‘Crazy Love’. Overall, a solid album featuring great music, great arrangement and also awesome vocals. Definitely my favoriteBublé album yet. Highly recommended!
Canadian music artist Michael Bublé returns with his fourth studio album “Crazy Love” which the crooner calls it the “ultimate record about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships”. The first single “Haven’t Met You Yet” was released back in August and has received success in the UK charts.
But here we are with a brand new album since his third album “Call Me Irresponsible” (2007) and for the most part, I have to say this is my favorite album from Bublé yet!
The album kicks off with a cover of Julie London’s 1955 hit song “Cry Me a River”, a wonderful song which Bublé gives almost a 007 James Bond arrangement. And it works! Julie London’s version is very sensual from a female vocalist but Bublé gives the song a machismo rendition that makes the track standout. Definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album.
The second track “All of Me” written back in 1933 by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simmons (and covered a gazillion times since) features a nice big band arrangement and overall, another solid cover on the album.
The third track “Georgia on My Mind” written back in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell (and made famous by Ray Charles in 1960) features a gentle, piano-driven track. A classy rendition by Bublé.
The fourth track “Crazy Love” is a cover of the classic 1970 Van Morrison classic and a song that Bublé named the album after. A pop style that definitely sounds retro and different from any of his other tracks on the album.
The fifth track “Haven’t Met You Yet” is an original track written by Bublé, Alan Chang and Amy Foster. Catchy, fun and overall a good choice for the first single to be released off the album.
The sixth track “All I Do is Dream of You”written by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed back in 1934 and a song that has been covered a good number of times. Another fun big band track on the album.
And the seventh track “Hold On” is another original track on the album which is more or less a mellow piano-driven track.
The eighth track on the album “Heartache Tonight” is a cover of the popular 1979 Eagle’s song. Bublé gives a brass/blues/rock/big band hybrid cover of the song.
The ninth track “You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You” is a 1944 track by Russ Morgan, Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh known for Dean Martin’s cover. Bublé does a great job of creating a romantic, big band version of the classic hit.
The tenth track “Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)” from 1960 is originally sung by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton and for this cover, Bublé teams up with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings for a nice big-band version of the hit song.
The eleventh track is Bublé’s cover of the popular hit song “At This Moment” by Billy Vera. Bublé’s version is a bit more elegant while Vera’s was just nightclub raw…but it’s a good version, but I suppose Vera’s version brings more of that 80′s angst.
The twelfth track “Stardust” (the 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Mitchell Parish) features Bublé and Naturally 7 and has that old school 1930′s-1940′s style of harmony. A solid cover!
The final track on the album is “Whatever It Takes” featuring Ron Sexsmith (aka the one-man jukebox). A nice, upbeat jazzy track.
It’s important to note that there are several versions of “Crazy Love” available. A fan version of “Crazy Love” includes a second disc with remixes of “Home”, “Spider-Man Theme”, “Lost” and a total of nine other tracks that were remixed. For those who pre-ordered on iTunes, got four more songs which include “Some Kind of Wonderful”, “Haven’t Met You Yet” and “Pennies from Heaven” and an Amazon Special Edition which comes with an extra track titled “Some Kind of Wonderful” and comes with a DVD that features the making of “Crazy Love”.
Overall, “Crazy Love” is definitely my favorite Michael Bublé album yet. The covers are solid and of course, the musical arrangements go well with his vocals. Definitely an album that will stay on your playlist for a long time and an album that is highly recommended!
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