Duets II by Tony Bennett [Import] [180-gram Double Vinyl LP] [Gatefold Jacket]
Track Listing: The Lady Is A Tramp w/ Lady Gaga One For My Baby (And One For The Road) w/ John Mayer Body And Soul w/ Amy Winehouse Don't Get Around Much Anymore w/ Michael Buble Blue Velvet w/ k.d. Lang How Do you Keep The Music Playing w/ Aretha Franklin The Girl I Love w/ Sheryl Crow On The Sunny Side of The Street w/ Willie Nelson Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Need Me) w. Queen Latifah Speak Low w/ Norah Jones This Is All I Ask w/ Josh Groban Watch What Happens w/ Natalie Cole Stranger In Paradise w/ Andrea Bocelli The Way You Look Tonight w/ Faith Hill Yesterday I Heard The Rain w/ Alejandro Sanz It Had To Be YOu w/ Carrie Underwood When Do The Bells Ring For Me W/  Mariah Carey

Tony Bennett’s first album of celebrity duets (2006's Duets: An American Classic) featured an impressive cast of superstars answering the call from the dean of pop vocalists, but the arrangements were overly safe -- virtually all of them ballads with soft strings or brassy finger-snappers.  DUETS II follows the first by five years and features, surprisingly, a cast just as star-laden, but also arrangements that are much more dynamic, and suitable for each song and its participants.  (Marion Evans, a veteran whose career goes back nearly as far as Bennett's, handles the charts for a few of the best here.)  Bennett, as ever in splendid voice and impeccable groove, laughs and trades lines with stars half his age (like John Mayer), or in the case of Lady Gaga, six decades younger, and clearly makes them so comfortable in this setting that it would be easy to believe that jazz vocals were their home.  Standard fare yields standard results for the likes of Michael Bublé and Josh Groban, but all of these songs have something to contribute.  Bennett is especially tender and expressive with k.d. lang on "Blue Velvet" (the two had already collaborated on a full album), and he clearly enjoys his pairing with Willie Nelson for "On the Sunny Side of the Street."  (Nelson takes a guitar solo, and shows some of the vocal shadings that during the '60s made him as expressive a vocalist as Bennett.)  The album wisely covers all bases, including stars of country music (Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill), R&B (Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Amy Winehouse), and one-shots for rock & roll (Sheryl Crow), Latin music (Alejandro Sanz), and classical (Andrea Bocelli).  Celebrity musical pairings rarely lead to innovation or excitement, but Duets II is an enjoyable celebration of what Tony Bennett has meant to pop music, and what he can bring out in any star vocalist he steps up to the microphone with. ~ John Bush .


Typically ships within a business day after receipt of cleared payment.
Various shipping options available at check out.

Buyer responsible for correct shipping address.  We only ship to verified/valid PayPal shipping addresses.

No International or P. O. Box shipping.

Combined invoicing available on multi-product purchase by using the "shopping cart" function.


More Vinyl Selections available at MANONWESTCOAST:

Be sure to add MOWC to your ! 

Thank you for your consideration!

RETURN POLICIES

On this product we offer a 30 day return policy from checkout. Please contact us for before returning item (unauthorized returns shall not be processed). Items defective upon receipt must be packaged in their retail packaging as if new and returned with a detailed description of the problem. To qualify for a refund, the product must be UNOPENED and returned within 30 days of checkout.  Goods must be returned in the original box, in perfect condition, unused, no seals broken and with no missing parts.
Buyer responsible for return shipping & handling fees and are not refundable. In the event of an exchange the delivery & handling cost will be paid for by the Buyer. Unfortunately we do not accept returns of such item(s):  Health & Beauty, perishable, intimate apparel, OPENED, WORN, WASHED and/or USED item(s). We reserve the right to decline any returns if the above guidelines are not followed. If the item arrives to you and it shows visible damage as the carrier is delivering to you, please refuse the delivery so it will be returned to sender and please contact us immediately.