Call Me Irresponsible (Bonus Track)
05/01/2007 | Reprise / Wea
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All Music Guide Review
More than any of his contemporaries, vocalist Michael Bublé has bridged the gap between standards-oriented vocal pop and more contemporary pop vocals. Having perfected the mix on his superb 2003 effort, It's Time, which found the Frank Sinatra-influenced singer covering both "I've Got You Under My Skin" and Leon Russell's R&B ballad "Song for You," Bublé wisely doesn't mess with a good thing on 2007's Call Me Irresponsible. Once again delving into a mix of swinging big-band numbers and classic pop hits such as the wickedly hip '60s standard "Comin' Home Baby" (featuring backing vocals from Boyz II Men), the album is a breezy, stylish good time. And while such cuts as "The Best Is Yet to Come" and the laid-back title track comfortably cast Bublé as a modern-day crooner consistent with his billing, the unexpected reworkings of contemporary pop songs often make the biggest impact. To these ends, his bossa nova duet with vocalist Ivan Lins on Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" and the reharmonized Willie Nelson perennial "Always on My Mind" work particularly well here, not as cheeky cabaret but as artfully crafted and devastatingly moving ballads. And it's not just the cover tunes that drive the album; on the contrary, much like the Bublé co-written ballad "Home" defined the mood of It's Time, his sparkling melodic pop original "Everything" helps make Call Me Irresponsible a truly welcome pop album by any standard.This CD was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007 as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and "Everything" was nominated for Best Male Pop Performance. [The CD was also released with a bonus track.] ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
Track Listing
Credits
- Johnny Mandel
- Arranger, Producer
- Bruce Otto
- Vocals (Background)
- Rafael Padilla
- Percussion
- Dean Parks
- Guitar
- Joel Peskin
- Saxophone, Vocals (Background), Soloist
- Greg Phillinganes
- Piano
- Emil Radocchia
- Percussion
- Bob Rock
- Arranger, Producer
- Alejandro Rodriguez
- Engineer
- Dave Sinclair
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Maurice Spears
- Trombone
- Phil Teele
- Vocals (Background)
- Mervyn Warren
- Choir, Chorus, Choir Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Daniel Kelley
- French Horn
- Donald Williams
- Percussion
- Michael Melvoin
- Piano
- Suzie Katayama
- Music Preparation
- Thomas R. Peterson
- Saxophone
- Bill Ross
- String Arrangements
- James Self
- Tuba
- Christoph Luty
- Bass
- William Claxton
- Photography
- Antonio "Moogie" Canazio
- Engineer
- Sharlotte Gibson
- Choir, Chorus
- Marcelo Costa
- Percussion
- Wayne Bergeron
- Vocals (Background)
- Jules Chaikin
- Music Contractor
- Dean Maher
- Assistant
- Heitor Teixeira Pereira
- Guitar
- Valerie Pinkston
- Choir, Chorus
- Chris Brooke
- Engineer
- Lisa Vaughn
- Choir, Chorus
- Jonna Terrasi
- A&R
- Beverley Staunton
- Choir, Chorus
- Anthony Field
- Choir, Chorus
- Hugo Boss
- Wardrobe
- Tamir Hendelman
- Synthesizer, Piano
- Mike Houge
- Assistant
- Ken Stacey
- Choir, Chorus
- Michael Bublé
- Arranger, Horn Arrangements
- Jochem van der Saag
- Programming, Sound Design, Engineer
- Eric Helmkamp
- Engineer
- Aaron Walk
- Assistant
- Paul "Scooby" Smith
- Assistant
- Windy Wagner
- Choir, Chorus
- Ghian Wright
- Assistant
- Seth Waldman
- Assistant
- Courtney Blooding
- Production Coordination
- James Ford
- Trumpet
- Jared Nugent
- Assistant
- Alan Chang
- Piano, Arranger
- Bryan Lipps
- Vocals (Background)
- Ellen Wakayama
- Art Direction
- Kathy Frangetis
- A&R Assistance
- Eric Ogden
- Photography
- Bruce Allen
- Management
- Gerald Clayton
- Piano, Keyboards
- Eric Rennaker
- Assistant
- Salvator Cracchiolo
- Trumpet
- Guy Nepus
- Trombone
- Gina Zimmitti
- Music Contractor
- Frederick Fiddmont
- Saxophone
- Emily Blunt
- Vocals (Background)
- Graham Dechter
- Guitar
- Sam Koop
- Assistant
- Clorishey Lewis
- Choir, Chorus
- Salvadore Lozano
- Vocals (Background)
- Joseph Meyers
- French Horn
- Antonio Resendiz
- Assistant
- Antoinette Scruggs
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Andrew Shaw
- Assistant
- Rickey Woodard
- Saxophone
- Louis Price
- Choir, Chorus
- Rick Baptist
- Vocals (Background)
- Steve Becknell
- French Horn
- Chuck Berghofer
- Bass
- Reverend Dave Boruff
- Vocals (Background)
- Paul Buckmaster
- String Arrangements
- Jorge Calandrelli
- String Arrangements
- Lee Callet
- Saxophone
- Carmen Carter
- Vocals, Music Contractor, Choir, Chorus
- Gilbert Castellanos
- Trumpet
- John Clayton
- Arranger
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa
- Percussion
- Don Sebesky
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Nathan East
- Bass
- Lynne Fiddmont
- Choir, Chorus
- Norm Fisher
- Bass
- Daniel Fornero
- Vocals (Background)
- Josh Freese
- Drums
- Humberto Gatica
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Jerry Hey
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Ralph Humphrey
- Drums
- Alan Kaplan
- Vocals (Background)
- Larry Koonse
- Guitar
- Joe La Barbera
- Drums
- Michael Landau
- Guitar
- Bill Liston
- Vocals (Background)
- Charles Loper
- Vocals (Background)
- Siedah Garrett
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Brian Bromberg
- Bass
- Jeff Hamilton
- Drums
- Bill Holman
- Arranger


















