It's Time

Personnel include: Michael Buble (vocals); Nelly Furtado (vocals); Brian Green (guitar, acoustic guitar); Dean Parks (guitar); Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Dan Higgins (flute, saxophone); Jochem Van Der Saag (harmonica, organ, programming); Chris Botti (trumpet); Randy Waldman, Alan Chang (piano); Brian Bromberg (bass guitar); Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Tull (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion); Debbie Timuss (background vocals).

Recording information: Chartmaker Studios, Malibu, California. Michael Buble’s third major US release (including the mostly live COME FLY WITH ME) stays on message—this young Canadian loves the lush, swaying music of his parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Buble’s albums, however, are much more than mere back-in-the-day exercises. The production and arranging of David Foster (Celine Dion, Josh Groban) is eclectic in a way that firmly places the tunes at the dawn of the 21st century, and, more importantly, Buble possesses the chops and sense of style to re-imagine the adult-contemporary vocal genre in a distinctive manner. In addition to standards by Gershwin and Porter, Buble embraces a variety of sounds, from Motown (“How Sweet It Is”) to bossa nova (“Quando, Quando, Quando” with Nelly Furtado) to the Beatles (“Can’t Buy Me Love” with a “She Loves You” tag). With his smooth croon and charming persona, Buble is a natural performer, and, for fans of fearlessly romantic and infectiously swinging music, IT’S TIME is a sure bet. What the critics say… JazzTimes (p.134) – “\[T\]errifically relaxed, genuinely hip…“ Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) – 3 stars out of 5 – “\[H\]e’s talented and he knows his stuff. He even creates something of his own on the original country-ish ballad ‘Home’ and the super-charged swing arrangement of ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’.”