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Track Listings
| 1. Lullaby Of Broadway Bennett-Tony duet with Dixie Chicks |
| 2. Smile Bennett-Tony, duet with Barbra Streisand |
| 3. Put On A Happy Face- Tony Bennett duet with James Taylor |
| 4. The Very Thought Of You- Tony Bennett duet with Paul McCartney |
| 5. The Shadow Of Your Smile- Tony Bennett duet with Juanes |
| 6. Rags To Riches- Tony Bennett duet with Elton John |
| 7. The Good Life Bennett- Tony, duet with Billy Joel |
| 8. Cold, Cold Heart Bennett- Tony, with Tim McGraw |
| 9. If I Ruled The World Bennett- Tony, duet with Celine Dion |
| 10. The Best Is Yet To Come- Tony Bennett duet with Diana Krall |
| 11. For Once In My Life- Tony Bennett duet with Stevie Wonder |
| 12. Are You Havin' Any Fun?- Tony Bennett duet with Elvis Costello |
| 13. Because Of You- Tony Bennett & k.d. lang |
| 14. Just In Time Bennett- Tony duet with Michael Bublé |
| 15. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams- Tony Bennett duet with Sting |
| 16. I Wanna Be Around...- Tony Bennett duet with Bono |
| 17. Sing You Sinners- Tony Bennett duet with John Legend |
| 18. I Left My Heart In San Francisco |
| 19. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?- Tony Bennett,duet with George Michael |
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At this point, who else but Tony Bennett would have the clout to round up stars on the scale of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bono, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand for some duets? (Note also that unlike some similar projects, all the parties involved on this CD were alive when it was recorded!) The material consists of relatively obvious classics in standard big-band arrangements, and Bennett himself is in top form at age 80, so much so that he doesn't need anybody else to handle "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." But the fun comes from checking out how his collaborators fare. The Dixie Chicks provide wonderful Andrews Sisters–type harmonies on the percolating version of "Lullaby of Broadway" that opens the festivities. The best songs tend to be the ones where Bennett's slightly craggy voice is juxtaposed to smooth female ones, like Diana Krall on "The Best Is Yet to Come," familiar accomplice k.d. lang on the sultry "Because of You" and Streisand—-perhaps Bennett's only equal in stature at this point—on "Smile." Among the less expected guests, soulman John Legend is a revelation on the hard-swinging "Sing, You Sinners," while George Michael confirms he’s quite the crooner on "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Elvis Costello, Celine Dion or Juanes don't sound as comfortable, and sometimes it feels as if they overdo it to compensate, but overall this collection is among the best of its kind, with most guests rising to the occasion. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
Exclusive Australian pressing of this 2006 album featuring one bonus track: 'Steppin' Out With My Baby', a duet with Aussie superstar Delta Goodrem, In celebration of his 80th birthday, Tony Bennett performs 20 of his hits and favorite numbers with famous duet partners including Sting, Bono, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, and Tim McGraw -- all live in the studio with the master. Columbia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
2 thumbs up,
By Suzanne Kwan (Montreal, QC CANADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Duets: An American Classic (Audio CD)
The sound is simple, fun, classy and classical. The CD sounds great! The perfect mix of music and vocals. The band is basically the piano, bass, drums and guitar (Because of You features Chris Botti on the trumpet with k.d. lang). The music is never overpowering, thus allowing the singers to exhibit their vocal talents. The music is crisp & clean and the voices are clean and crystal clear. This cd is remenicent of the great American Oldies with a twist of present day fun with present day artists (some may like it and others may not). Style may not be suitable for the masses. Listening to the CD in peace and quiet with your eyes closed can teleport you to a state of levitation. I can actually picture myself dancing amongst the clouds. My favorite song would have to be Lullaby of Broadway with Dixie Chicks. The voices of Barbra Steisand, Stevie Wonder and Michael Buble are outstanding.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Old master runs crooning school for celebrity wannabes.,
By Dhruv (Middlebury, VT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Duets: An American Classic (Audio CD)
The star-studded duets album has become a rite of passage, though often, as in Ray Charles's case, an emptily sentimental one, if not a mere Christmas marketed cash-in project.Alas, Tony Bennett isn't the first to travel down the rocky duets path and he certainly won't be the last. Of course, there's nothing wrong with like-minded artists getting together and indulging in an extracurricular jam sessions, but that doesn't mean that the results should be inflicted on the world at large. Rare is the occasion when such pairings are based on any consideration of style or legacy. Frank Sinatra's 1993 "Duets" album, featuring collaborations with Gloria Estefan, Bono and Kenny G, was one of the low points of his career, made particularly excruciating by the ultra-slick production and the fact that the guest singers sang along to tapes of existing Sinatra performances. Ray Charles's final album, "Genius Loves Company", featuring, among others, Norah Jones,the ubiquitous Elton John, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall and and Willie Nelson, may have flown off the shelves in the wake of the great man's death but it was hardly the elegant swansong that critics and long-standing fans had in mind. Tony Bennett is too seasoned to make that mistake. Though he rounds up the usual suspects ( Elton John, Sting, Bono, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall ), Old Big Tony remains in charge. At 80, his chords aren't so nimble, but his phrasing and reading of the orchestra are effortless. Surprisingly, it's George Michael who comes closest to matching him here. For his signature song " I Left My Heart In San Francisco" : the piano becomes Bennett's partner for a wintry but eloquent swansong.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
It looks good, it sounds good but I do not feel it !,
By latejazzlover (San Francisco , CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Duets: An American Classic (Audio CD)
There's little more dispiriting than the sound of ageing stars frantically chasing after their lost youth. This autumn sees the release of Tony Bennett's "Duets: An American Classic", in which the octogenarian crooner revisits his signature hits alongside a raft of younger artists, from Bono ("I Wanna Be Around") and Sting ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams") to John Legend ("Sing You Sinners") and the Dixie Chicks ("Lullaby of Broadway").There's no disputing that Bennett, whose career spans five decades, boasts a fine body of work. It's also fair to say that his golden years are now behind him, which makes it all the more distressing that, to mark his 80th birthday, he should see fit to pair up with a series of young pups and bask in their leather-clad glory. Surely a party and a birthday cake would have been more than adequate. This isn't the first time that Bennett has played the duets card. His last release, "A Wonderful World", a collection of songs associated with Louis Armstrong, was recorded with kd lang. Given that lang and Bennett are both gifted interpreters with pseudo-operatic voices, it made perfect sense and was widely praised. By contrast, "Duets: An American Classic" smacks of an artist who longs to stay musically relevant. On paper, at least, it's an album that belongs to that dubious Grammy-grabbing genre in which pop and rock royalty put on a glitzy show of mateyness while conspicuously failing to push the envelope. At 80, Bennett justly qualifies as "An American Classic." And he sounds like one on this starry duets set on which he's teamed with the so called SERIAL COLLABORATORS... a new generation of musicians, who have all but abandoned their own musical endeavours in favour of hitching a ride on those of older musicians..from Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall and Celine Dion to Bono, Chris Botti,Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Elton John and Sting...Actually, no "tribute" album, no duets album is complete these days without appearances from them... It's not just the poor quality of these duets that is depressing for listeners. In many cases you suspect that they are simply a gimmick cooked up by record companies at a loss with what to do with their ageing stars. Stuck with a crumbling icon too old and out of touch to scale the charts by themselves and there can be only one solution: squeeze them into a shell-suit, bring in a hip-hop producer and force them to hang with the kids. I like Tony Bennett and this allbum looks good, it sounds good, but I just do not feel it.
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