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Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Carole King - Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends

Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Carole King - Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends

Band: Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Carole King Title: Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends Rating: Release Date: 15 January, 2008 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Danny's Song 2: I Just Fall In Love Again 3: Another Pot O' Tea 4: Daydream Believer 5: Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye 6: Song For the Mira 7: Time Don't Run Out On Me 8: Cotton Jenny 9: A Love Song 10: You Needed Me 11: Nobody Loves Me Like You Do 12: You Won't See Me 13: Could I Have This Dance 14: A Little Good News 15: Snowbird 16: When I Fall In Love 17: Si Jamais Je Te Revois (If I Ever See You Again)

Customer Reviews Some good tracks, a few not so great I admit I was disappointed when I heard this collection was comprised of duets with females only. Having been a big Anne Murray fan since "Snowbird", I enjoy all of her albums. I think Anne is a great duets singer (Dave Loggins, Kenny Rogers, etc. ) and was looking forward to "mixed" duets. However, there is much that works well on this collection. The best is Anne singing with her daughter on "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", one of my personal favorites. The CD liner notes explains why the lyrics mean so much to Anne singing this with her daughter. Dawn's voice has improved even more over a few years and she sounds great and blends great with her mother. Celine and Anne do a knockout lve number on "When I Fall in Love". Most of the other tracks are great, but these are the best. There are two tracks that just do not seem to work - "Cotton Jenny with Olivia Newton-John and "Time Don't Run Out on Me" with Carole King. Both are great Anne numbers, but they just don't sound good between these two ladies. My opinion. Most of the songs on this collection are special to me and have been for some time, so the CD is special to me, even though it may not be my favorite Anne Murray album. Hearing a new version of "Danny's Song" and "Another Pot of Tea" made me smile. And the fact that the duets are performed as female duets, does't really matter. These are songs that belong to one of the best artists ever to hit the airwaves! . Good to See her Back...But VERY Boring Production... Its Good to see Anne Murray recording again. . the voice sounds great,but the production is boring. . . Sorry Phil. I worked with Phil back in 95' on the Robert Lamm cd "Life Is good in my Neighborhood". . . i thought he was washed up back then. . . Its a shame she didn't opt for some New Blood for the arranging and producing of this album. . . otherwise I do enjoy hearing her with KD Lang. . . No male Duets? thats not right. . . but oh well i guess I'll take what i can get. Either way i do enjoy hearing her singing. . . even if i cringe at the song arrangements. . . very Bland and typical. EG. Better than I Thought it Would Be Otherwise a blandness tends to creep into her vocals and production. I like Anne Murray very much and prefer when she sings songs with a bit of kick or drama. This was the case with many of her albums in the 1980s where every song sounded the same except for a brilliant tonic like "A Little Good News. " This new album follows the same cloth of many singers in Murray's predicament. How many singers over the age of 50 have record deals with a major label? Now that she is over 60 I am sure this new record is a shot for commercial success with this interesting batch of women. It would have been nice to have some new songs comprise this collection but the selection here is a good overview of her career [my personal faves "Broken Hearted Me" and "Lucky Me" were not included in this collection]. Some of the cuts work better than others; Sarah Brightman sounds like she is in over her head and Shelby Lynne is done in by an overproduced arrangement. Anne sounds wonderful with kd lang, Olivia Newton-John, and Emmylou Harris. The big surprise is the song destined to be played at every lesbian wedding this year :) --"I Just Fall in Love Again" with Anne and Dusty Springfield, whose 1979 vocal is used from an album she made in the late 1970s. They sound wonderful together with real strings, folks, not synthesizers! Enjoy. . You can see a complete list of all Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Carole King discography, or go back to the Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Carole King tabs