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Artist : Michael Buble

Album : Call Me Irresponsible

Label : 143 Records / Reprise / Warner

Genre : Vocal

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 Bubl?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."



Bubl?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 Bubl?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 Bubl? 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." Bubl?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 Bubl?attacks with a hot-blooded

vengeance-"another very sexy song�and 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," Bubl?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," Bubl?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 Torm?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," Bubl?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 Bubl?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," Bubl?

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 Bubl?s original songs,

including the acoustic-guitar driven "Everything,"

co-written with Amy Foster-Gillies and Alan Chang (who

also co-wrote Bubl?s touching hit ballad "Home" off It's

Time) and produced by fellow Canadian Bob Rock (Bon Jovi,

Metallica, Motley Crue, 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," Bubl?

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 Bubl?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,

Bubl?turned to his long-standing team of producers, which

include 14-time Grammy winner David Foster (Barbra

Streisand, Celine 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," Bubl?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 Bubl?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, Bubl?

spent the months his parents were away with his

music-loving Italian grandfather, who introduced him to

the singers who would become Bubl?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."



Bubl?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, Bubl?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

Bubl? "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"