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Track Listings
| 1. Exactly Like You |
| 2. La Vie En Rose |
| 3. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) |
| 4. You Can Depend On Me |
| 5. What A Wonderful World |
| 6. That's My Home |
| 7. A Kiss To Build A Dream On |
| 8. I Wonder |
| 9. Dream A Little Dream Of Me |
| 10. You Can't Lose A Broken Heart |
| 11. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) |
| 12. If We Never Meet Again |
Product Description
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Never mind the project's odd couple, "He's got a girlfriend; so does she" marketing shuck. This is a musical love affair in all its splendor. Produced by the seemingly chameleonic producer T-Bone Burnett (who previously revived traditional bluegrass with spectacular success on O Brother, Where Art Thou?), the septuagenarian legend and his unlikely contemporary foil affectionately court a dozen songs from the Louis Armstrong repertoire with the warmth and natural grace that have been a deceptively effortless Bennett trademark for 50-plus years. The pair kick proceedings off with a playful, irony-free "Exactly Like You," then perform a tender vocal waltz across both the ages and the masterful, sympathetic orchestrations of the late Peter Matz, one of Bennett's longtime collaborators. But it's on the more melancholy performances, like "If We Never Meet Again," "I'm Confessin'," and the Armstrong perennials "Wonderful World" and "Lucky Old Sun," that the pair tap into something akin to timeless musical telepathy. Her own talents hardly in need of burnishing, lang invests the project with some gratifying new smokiness and is rewarded with a postgraduate course in saloon singing for the ages. It's an album that begs the best kind of question: When do we get an encore? --Jerry McCulley
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing album, excellent stocking stuffer,
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This review is from: A Wonderful World (Audio CD)
I thought albums like this one would not be made anymore!This is definately the best album Tony Bennett has ever made. k.d. lang is a more than equal partner for his singing talent, as her smooth and subtle renditions of popular classics all related to Louis Armstrong adds brilliance to hís still surprisingly dynamic voice. All the songs are outstanding and T-Bone-Burnett's production underlines that. k.d. lang amazes me, she is even better than Tony. The warmth and the love both of these artists have for their material and for each other is obvious and can be heard in every track. Not all of the tracks ae duetts - there are also solo songs on the CD. So there's no getting bored with this album. I am pleasantly siurprised. This is too good to be true.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another exquisite release from Tony Bennett...,
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This review is from: A Wonderful World (Audio CD)
Since his return to Columbia Records in the 1980s, Tony Bennett has released albums of the best quality...this is one of the best from his already awe-inspiring catalog.To give equal credit, kd lang has one of the best voices in American music...the combination of their voices is magical. There is almost no hint of the vocal decline in Bennett's voice that I had been noticing in his most recent albums, such as the Billie Holiday tribute. He sounds to me almost 15 years younger. Louis Armstrong was a good friend of Tony Bennett's, and I'm confident that Armstrong would be most flattered by the tribute on this album. This album proves that Tony Bennett, more than anybody else, is keeping the Great American songbook alive and relevant. I only wish it were longer...it's just 43 minutes. If Sony and the other companies keep raising prices, the consumer deserves a longer product. But at least with a compact disc player you can hit repeat...which I guarantee you will do with this album. I've listened to hundreds of discs this year, and I'd have to say that this is perhaps the best...a true recording highlight for 2002. This is what sound recording should be all about.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bennet is class.......,
By Lupé (Raleigh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Wonderful World (Audio CD)
Thanks to another artist (Michael Bublé) I've learned a lot about the making of good music. Mr. Bennett makes beautiful music.I really enjoyed this cd. I now know why he is so respected.....
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