A Wonderful World

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Product Details

Artist : Tony Bennett, k.d. lang
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0696998673427
Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2002-11-05
UPC : 696998673427

ASIN : B00006LFGF

Track Listings for

Disc-1
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

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Editorial Reviews

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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

Customer Reviews

If only kd ... (2004-06-14)

.. would have done this on her own I'd have added the fifth star to my review! Maybe I'm a little partial (I'm a big fan of miss kd) but I think that this project would have been managed so much better by kd alone.Probably she would have choosen a different kind of production, (by T Bone Burnett) that sometimes is a little... anonymous, flat, to much classicaly jazz.

The highlights of the project are "A kiss to build a dream on", "Exactly like you" and mainly "That luky old sun", probably the most touchy standard version of the album.. and kd is alone. In any case, I recommend this album, unless you really can't bear Tony's voice.You won't be disappointed by kd's talent.

MOSTLY Agree w/Other Reviewers... (2004-04-26)

Only complaint is the "mood" of the music is breached a few times when Tony "talks" a line or two at the end of a song ... makes an otherwise lovely duet seem schlocky/variety show-ish.

Bennet is class....... (2004-04-23)

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.....

Simply Marvelous (2004-02-27)

This album is the natural culmination of the Tony Bennett-k.d. lang pairing that we first heard back on Tony's "MTV Unplugged" album. On that cd, Tony introduced k.d. by calling her one of the greatest girl singers; on this cd, she proves him absolutely right. She is, quite simply, sublime. Listen to her rendition of "Lucky Old Sun" and you won't need to hear any superlatives from me to understand. k.d. is the best female voice around, and a pairing with the best male voice still around after fifty years is simply heaven.Their voices are perfect together, and the unobtrusive jazz arrangements are the ideal showcase for these two. I've always been in love with Tony Bennett (in fact, what can I say in this review except that he is wonderful as usual?), but it wasn't until this album that I fell in love with the artistry of k.d. lang as well.It was once said of Fred Astaire that he reminded people that the world was good. The same can be said for these two.

MASTERFUL BLENDING!! BRAVO TONY & k.d. LANG!!! (2004-02-03)

This is a soothing collection of classics that brings together an unlikely pair of great vocalists who enchant and flow together perfectly!! "Wonderful World" becomes a classic all over again and this masterwork is full of wonderful surprises and is beautifully arranged!! Who could ask for anything more!! Get it and enjoy!!! Thank you k.d. and Tony!!! Encore!!!!

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