![]() ![]() And just as "Home" worked to showcase Bublé's own writing abilities, here we get the sunshine pop of "Haven't Met You Yet" - a skippy, jaunty little song that brings to mind a mix of the Carpenters and Chicago. And what fun it is with Bublé swinging through "All of Me," and killin' Van Morrison's classic "Crazy Love" with a light and yearning touch. It's over the top for sure, but Bublé takes you to the edge of the cliff, prepares to jump, and then gives you a knowing wink that says, not quite yet - there's more fun to be had. Bublé kicks things off with the theatrical, epic ballad "Cry Me a River" and proceeds to milk the tune with burnished breath, eking out the drama line by line. Easily the singer's most stylistically wide-ranging album, it is also one of his brightest, poppiest, and most fun. All of this is brought to bear on Bublé's 2009 effort, Crazy Love. ![]() It didn't hurt, either, that he and his producers found the perfect balance of old-school popular song standards and more modern pop covers and originals that at once grounded his talent in tradition and pushed him toward the pop horizon. Sure, he'd never drop nor deny the Sinatra comparisons, but now Bublé's voice - breezy, tender, and controlled - was his own. ![]() Not only had he come into his own as a lithe, swaggering stage performer with a knack for jazzing a crowd, but he had also grown into a virtuoso singer. Bublé's 2007 follow-up, Call Me Irresponsible, only further reinforced this notion. Buoyed by the popularity of the hit contemporary pop ballad "Home," singer Michael Bublé's 2005 album, It's Time, clearly positioned the vocalist as the preeminent neo-crooner of his generation. ![]()
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