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The Classic Love Songs
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The Classic Love Songs
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The Classic Love Songs
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is one
-oriented label that smartly realizes that classic
and
music is an important complement to the
-influenced instrumental music that makes up the genre. In recent years, they've released some successful cover albums of modern
songs, and earlier in 2006, released
by
. Nobody knows about the crossroads of
and old-school
better than
, the master of falsetto romance whose resume as a featured or background vocalist includes
,
, and
.
's solo albums have mostly featured great original tracks, but his biggest solo hit back in 1991 was a cover of
's
So what could be more engaging than having his soothing voice breeze through tasteful arrangements of songs everyone knows? He's silky and whimsical on gems popularized by everyone from
(dig those dreamy backing vocals on
) and
to
. Producer
ensures through his unique arrangements that these are far from glorified elevator music. Both
'
are recast as trippy, atmospheric romances that allow
to add his own unique stamp to what has been heard a million times.
in particular is a unique creative triumph, with jazzy flute and film score lush orchestra. Covers sometimes seem to an easy way to create and market a project, but
can be proud that he's done something very unique with the material he's chosen here. ~ Jonathan Widran