Michael Buble-Call Me Irresponsible(Special Edition)

Michael_Buble-Call_Me_Irresponsible-(Special_Edition)-2007-SAW

Artist : Michael Buble
Album : Call Me Irresponsible
Label : 143 Records / Reprise / Warner
Genre : Vocal
Bitrate : 188 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:53:19 (74.9MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-26
Store date : 2007-05-01


[Track List]
1. The Best Is Yet To Come 3:05
2. It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) 3:06
3. Me And Mrs. Jones 4:33
4. I'm Your Man 4:59
5. Comin' Home Baby (Duet With Boyz II Men) 3:27
6. Lost 3:40
7. Call Me Irrespobsible 3:16
8. Wonderful Tonight (Duet With Ivan Lins) 4:12
9. Everything 3:33
10.I've Got The World On A String 2:47
11.Always On My Mind 4:30
12.That's Life 4:15
13.Dream 5:06
14.L O V E (Bonus Track) 2:50


The one and only Michael Buble's eagerly awaited new CD
"Call Me Irresponsible' will be released on May 1st, it
was confirmed by his record label, Reprise Records. The
first single from the new album, the Buble penned
"Everything", has just been released and will be performed
by the artist on The Today Show on the day of the release.

The Vancouver native, whose collective worldwide record
sales are over 11 million units, is also scheduled to
begin a global concert tour in Reno, Nevada on July 13th
with stops including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia,
Atlanta, Los Angeles and Seattle.

Call Me Irresponsible highlights include Buble's energy
infused interpretations on standards from a variety of
eras including songs by such greats as Leonard Cohen, Eric
Clapton, Cy Coleman, Gamble and Huff, Harold Arlen, Johnny
Mercer and others.

Produced by David Foster and Humberto Gattica,
Irresponsible includes a touching Buble written ballad
called "Lost," along with a rocking duet with Boys II Men
of the old Mel Torme' hit "Coming Home Baby." Brazilian
singer Ivan Lens also makes a guest appearance on the
Clapton written "Wonderful Tonight". The pairing of these
two voices from two totally different generations
magnifies Buble's summation of this record-love is
universal and ageless.

As for the album, Buble says, "It's all about love. We're
either in love, dreaming about love recovering from it,
wishing for it or reflecting on it. That's what this
record is about."

Michael BubleThe Grammy-nominated, four-time Juno Award
winning Buble arrived on the music scene with a
groundbreaking 2003 self-titled debut CD and embarked on
what would virtually become a perpetual concert tour
circling the globe continuously for the last five years.
His multi platinum follow-up, "It's Time," sold over 5.5
million copies and has remained on the Billboard
Traditional Jazz charts for a staggering two years and in
the No. 1 slot for over 80 weeks, holding the all time
record. His reputation as one of the world's consumate
'entertainers' is by now legendary. "Buble's stage
presence is magnetic. He has charisma, energy and when he
sings, words float out of his mouth; he swivels like Elvis
with a flash of a tap dancing Fred Astaire. He has fun,"
raved the London Sunday Times Magazine.

Ask Michael BublΘ how he felt going in to record his third
studio album, Call Me Irresponsible, and this artist with
11 million albums sold and two Grammy nominations under
his belt can sum it up in one word.

"Terrified," he says simply. Terrified?

"Completely, because I knew that it had to be better than
the first two - that it had to show growth without
alienating anyone, and that's a tough line. So I sat there
from the very beginning and came up with the songs, put
together the skeleton, and thought about what arrangers I
would hire. I even ended up at the mastering session,
which artists rarely attend. I wanted to be involved in
every aspect because I wanted it to be conceptually
beautiful."

BublΘ has certainly achieved success on that front. As
with his previous two 143/Reprise bestsellers, 2003's
self-titled debut and 2005's multi-platinum follow-up It's
Time, Call Me Irresponsible boasts more of BublΘ's
buoyant, modern interpretations of standards from a
variety of eras, including songs by such greats as Leonard
Cohen, Eric Clapton, Cy Coleman, Gamble and Huff, and
others, as well as two self-penned originals, including
the first single, the uplifting love song called
"Everything."

But it's hardly business as usual for this Vancouver
native. It never is for BublΘ, whose irrepressible spirit,
engaging humor, and confident charisma once led the New
York Times to call him "an entertainer who is completely
at home on the stage."

Michael BubleHis new CD, which he calls "my remark on the
state of love," contains a depth of feeling that will
surprise and delight long-term fans and impress those new
to his music. "To me, what's different about this CD is
that it has a certain raw emotion because I recorded many
of these songs live in the studio." BublΘ introduces the
electrifying, impeccably orchestrated set to follow with
the opening track, Cy Coleman's "The Best Is Yet To Come,"
(made famous by Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and others).
Then there's the exhilarating, salsa-flavored "It Had
Better Be Tonight," written by Johnny Mercer and Henry
Mancini, which BublΘ attacks with a hot-blooded
vengeance-"another very sexy songàand edgy." From there,
he takes on "Me and Mrs. Jones," the 1972 Gamble and Huff
classic popularized by soul singer Billy Paul. "David
(Foster) brought it to me, I'd never actually heard it
before," BublΘ says. "We wanted it to be authentic and
tell the story." Next up is Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man"
from the Canadian singer/songwriter's 1988 album of the
same name. "I always thought it was a wonderful song -
desperate, sexy, and dark," BublΘ says. "I actually called
Leonard and told him I was afraid of performing it live.
When he asked me why, I said because he'd written too sexy
of a song and I was afraid men were going to throw their
underpants at me. He just laughed and said, 'I wouldn't
worry too much about that.'"

Then there's a swinging, hep-cat version of Mel TormΘ's
1962 pop hit "Comin' Home Baby," featuring vocals from
Philly soul faves Boys II Men; and a sentimental,
self-penned ballad "Lost," co-written with Chang and
Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden. "It's an anthem for
star-crossed lovers," BublΘ says. "Sometimes relationships
don't work out because love isn't enough, but that doesn't
mean you have to discard the person. There is a way to end
a relationship and still be there when they need you.
That's basically what it's about."

A languid, emotional rendition of Eric Clapton's ballad
"Wonderful Tonight," on which BublΘ duets with Brazilian
singer-songwriter Ivan Lins, whose work has been covered
by everyone from Sarah Vaughan to Ella Fitzgerald follows.
"I've always been very sentimental about that song," BublΘ
says. "What is interesting about that track is here I am,
a 31-year-old guy from Canada who's singing a song that
means so much to me with a 61-year-old man from Brazil,
who's singing in his own language but it means the exact
same thing to both of us."

Other highlight's include two of BublΘ's original songs,
including the acoustic-guitar driven "Everything,"
co-written with Amy Foster-Gillies and Alan Chang (who
also co-wrote BublΘ's touching hit ballad "Home" off It's
Time) and produced by fellow Canadian Bob Rock (Bon Jovi,
Metallica, M÷tley Crⁿe, Bryan Adams). "I wrote that song
about the great happiness of real love, but at the same
time I was making a statement about the world," BublΘ
says. "We're living in really crazy times, and I wanted to
say that no matter what's happening, this person in my
life is what really makes it worthwhile."

Michael BubleRounding out Call Me Irresponsible is Frank
Sinatra's "That's Life," which, in BublΘ's hands, becomes
a powerhouse complete with a full choir. "I brought the
song to a wonderful guy named Mervyn Warren, from the
acappella group Take 6 and said, 'I want to take this to
church; I want to make it a huge gospel tune.' So he
brought in a choir and I love it. It's one of my favorite
things about the record."

To help him capture the intensity in the songs' meanings,
BublΘ turned to his long-standing team of producers, which
include 14-time Grammy winner David Foster (Barbra
Streisand, CΘline Dion, Josh Groban) and producer/engineer
Humberto Gatica (Elton John, Destiny's Child, Michael
Jackson). "We definitely have a great working relationship
where I think I interfere just enough," BublΘ says with a
laugh. "I mean, David is the greatest producer in the
world. They're both so amazing, I couldn't do it without
them."

Foster first discovered BublΘ seven years ago when he
caught the aspiring star performing at the wedding of
former Canadian Prime Minster's daughter. The son of a
British Columbia-based salmon and herring fisherman, BublΘ
spent the months his parents were away with his
music-loving Italian grandfather, who introduced him to
the singers who would become BublΘ's idols: Bobby Darin,
Dean Martin, Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Elvis Presley.
"These guys were triple threats," he says. "They could
sing, they could dance, they could act. They were
entertainers, and I believe that's a lost art now."

BublΘ honed his skills as a showman through years of
performing in hotel lounges and smoky bars - gigs his
grandfather, a plumber, helped the underage singer secure
by trading his plumbing services. By the time Foster met
him 2000, BublΘ already knew exactly what he brought to
the table - a warm, engaging voice and unassailable taste
in music. His debut album was an international smash,
going Top Ten in the U.K. and Canada, and earning him his
first Juno award for Best New Talent in 2004. The
follow-up, It's Time, sold more than 5.5 million copies,
and has remained on the Billboard Traditional Jazz charts
for a staggering two years, and in the Number 1 slot for
more than 80 weeks, an all-time record.

But along with his passion for creating great music in the
studio, performing on stage is pure paradise for Michael
BublΘ. "I just love getting in front of people," he says.
"It's so important to be in touch with your audience.
They've paid their money. I want them to be entertained.
If they want to cry or laugh or dance or sing or yell,
they can do whatever they want. My responsibility is just
to take them away."

Special edition includes the bonus track "Love"

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