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    Classic Songs, My Way

    08/28/2007 | Decca 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Paul Anka's Rock Swings was one of the best albums of its type, that being the sort where a swinging singer reimagines a set of contemporary songs in a radically different setting. There were far more successes than novelties, and it earned Anka -- deservedly -- his best reviews in at least a decade. Classic Songs: My Way includes 11 more that are just as ingeniously selected and performed, plus a pair of Anka classics re-recorded as duets. The covers (or interpretations, depending on whether you're a fan of rock music or vocal) are up to the same high level as Rock Swings. Highlights include a brisk, finger-snapping version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," a poignant reading of the Duran Duran ballad "Ordinary World," and a brassy reading of "I Go to Extremes," originally by one of rock's biggest swingers, Billy Joel. In comparison, the re-recordings fare poorly. Although Michael Bublé shows fine chops on "You Are My Destiny," Jon Bon Jovi fails utterly to understand how to approach "My Way" amidst a tone-deaf and keyboard-heavy arrangement. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Time After Time
  • 4:03

  • 2
  • Get Here
  • 3:20

  • 3
  • Mr. Brightside
  • 3:49

  • 4
  • Waiting for a Girl Like You
  • 3:15

  • 5
  • Ordinary World
  • 4:32

  • 6
  • Heaven
  • 3:31

  • 7
  • Bad Day
  • 4:05

  • 8
  • I Go to Extremes
  • 3:12

  • 9
  • Both Sides Now
  • 5:24

  • 10
  • You Are My Destiny
  • 3:56

  • 11
  • Walking in Memphis
  • 4:23

  • 12
  • Against the Wind
  • 4:39

  • 13
  • My Way
  • 5:18

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