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Tony Bennett has so many adoring celebrity fans it should come as no surprise that when a major duets album is planned, he's able to draw a roster of the biggest recording stars from the rock and vocal worlds, plus a pair of country music wildcards. (This despite the fact that he recorded an album with several duets in 2001, and a full-album collaboration one year later with k.d. lang.) One surprise is how well producer Phil Ramone paired Bennett with both duet partners and fitting standards -- among them Barbra Streisand on the optimist's anthem "Smile," Dixie Chicks for the flapper standard "Lullaby of Broadway," Bono on the wickedly spiteful "I Wanna Be Around," Tim McGraw on "Cold, Cold Heart" (the Hank Williams song that was Bennett's biggest country crossover hit), Stevie Wonder on his own "For Once in My Life," Juanes for "The Shadow of Your Smile" (which was a hit first for the Brazilian Astrud Gilberto), and Sting on the torch song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." (Even the title of "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" seems fit for George Michael to sing.) Each performance was recorded with Bennett and his duet partner live in the studio -- it could be no different for such an old-school vocalist -- and the setup allows for maximum warmth and congeniality. Yet, aside from the novelty of the billings, Duets: An American Classic doesn't thrill like Bennett's solo recordings of the previous ten years. The arrangements of Jorge Calandrelli are heavy on serene strings that wrap the melodies in layers of soft gauze, and few concessions are made to the needs of the material; virtually every song is either a soft vocal pop number or a finger-snapping swinger. As befits an all-star affair, every edge is polished to a fine sheen and, more than a few times, the feelings his duet partners attempt to summon sound quite superficial. Of course, every vocal interpreter in the business sounds a little forced when compared to Tony Bennett. Prix et récompenses
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1 Lullaby of Broadway (Al Dubin / Harry Warren), featuring The Dixie Chicks, 3:03
2 Smile (Charlie Chaplin / Geoff Parsons / John Turner), featuring Barbra Streisand, 4:41
3 Put on a Happy Face (Lee Adams / Charles Strouse), featuring James Taylor, 3:15
4 The Very Thought of You (Ray Noble), featuring Paul McCartney, 4:01
5 The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster), featuring Juanes, 4:34
6 Rags to RIches (Richard Adler / Jerry Ross), featuring Elton John, 2:40
7 The Good Life (Sacha Distel / Jack Reardon), featuring Billy Joel, 3:20
8 Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams), featuring Tim McGraw, 3:17
9 If I Ruled the World (Leslie Bricusse / Cyril Ornadel), featuring Celine Dion, 2:56
10 The Best Is Yet to Come (Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh), featuring Diana Krall, 3:39
11 For Once in My Life (Ron Miller / Orlando Murden), featuring Stevie Wonder, 3:24
12 Are You Havin' Any Fun (Sammy Fain / Jack Yellen), featuring Elvis Costello, 2:45
13 Because of You (Arthur Hammerstein / Dudley Wilkinson), featuring k.d. lang, 4:04
14 Just in Time (Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne), featuring Michael Buble, 2"17
15 The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Al Dubin / Harry Warren), featuring Sting, 3:23
16 I Wanna Be Around (Johnny Mercer / Sadie Vimmerstadt), featuring Bono, 3:01
17 Sing, You Sinners (Sam Coslow / W. Frank Harling), featuring John Legend, 2:18
18 I Left My Heart in San Francisco (George Cory / Douglass Cross). 3:55
19 How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Michel Legrand), featuring George Michael, 5:23