Forever Cool
Forever Cool | ||||
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Compilation album by Dean Martin | ||||
Released | August 14, 2007 | |||
Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Vocal Jazz | |||
Length | 40:26 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen | |||
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Forever Cool is a compilation album of duets, featuring singer Dean Martin paired with various artists. It was released in 2007 (12 years after his death) through Capitol Records.
Unlike several duet albums (for example, fellow Rat Pack singer Frank Sinatra's 1993 duets album), this posthumous one utilizes the archived voice tracks of Martin himself paired with contemporary singers and instrumentalists such as Kevin Spacey, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, Joss Stone, Chris Botti, and a few others.
Reception
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AllMusic | [1] |
Jeff Tamarkin of AllMusic criticizes other vocal artists such as Robbie Williams for his appearance in "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", stating he is out of his league. He also stated that Joss Stone and former American Idol contestant Paris Bennett did not stand a chance. Tamarkin, however, praises the instrumentalists Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and smooth jazz artists Chris Botti and Dave Koz for lightening up the tracks "Who's Got The Action", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" and "Just In Time" respectively. The only true standout in the bunch with as much certifiable personality as Martin was French artist Charles Aznavour for his duet with Dino on "Everybody Loves Somebody". The disadvantage was that the original hit single was not used but instead a lesser version. In the end, Tamarkin indicates that "it's Dean Martin who saves the day each time out".[1]
This album peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2007.[2]
Track listing
- "Who's Got the Action?" (George Duning) featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) featuring Kevin Spacey
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) featuring Chris Botti
- "Baby O" (Johnny Mercer, John Rotella) featuring Paris Bennett
- "Who Was That Lady?" (Heusen and Cahn) with The Capitol Studios Orchestra
- "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) featuring Robbie Williams
- "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh) featuring Joss Stone
- "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) featuring Dave Koz
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) featuring Martina McBride
- "King of the Road" (Roger Miller) featuring Kevin Spacey
- "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) featuring Shelby Lynne and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- "Arrivederci Roma" (Renato Rascel, Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini, Carl Sigman) featuring Tiziano Ferro
- "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Irving Taylor, Ken Lane) featuring Charles Aznavour
- "Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms/Traditional) [Acoustic]
References
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- Dean Martin Sings (Dean Martin's first studio album)
- Swingin' Down Yonder
- Pretty Baby
- Sleep Warm
- A Winter Romance
- This Time I'm Swingin'!
- Dino: Italian Love Songs
- French Style
- Cha Cha de Amor
- Dino Latino
- Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style
- Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again
- Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (a set of 4 albums, including 3 albums with Dean)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods
- Dream with Dean
- The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
- Dean Martin Hits Again
- (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
- Houston
- Somewhere There's a Someone
- Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers
- The Hit Sound of Dean Martin
- The Dean Martin Christmas Album
- The Dean Martin TV Show
- Happiness Is Dean Martin
- Welcome to My World
- Gentle on My Mind
- I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
- My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
- For the Good Times
- Dino
- Sittin' on Top of the World
- You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
- Once in a While
- The Nashville Sessions (Martin's final recording sessions)
- Dino: The Essential Dean Martin
- Live from Las Vegas
- Forever Cool
- Everybody Loves Somebody
- Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine
- The Best of Dean Martin
- "A Million and One"
- "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
- "Arrivederci Roma"
- "Angel Baby"
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
- "Come Running Back"
- "Detroit City"
- "Everybody Loves Somebody"
- "Gentle on My Mind"
- "Houston"
- "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"
- "I Will"
- "If"
- "In the Chapel in the Moonlight"
- "In the Misty Moonlight"
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
- "Innamorata"
- "June in January"
- "Just in Time"
- "King of the Road"
- "Lay Some Happiness on Me"
- "Let Me Go, Lover!"
- "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me"
- "Mambo Italiano"
- "Memories Are Made of This"
- "Nobody's Baby Again"
- "On an Evening in Roma"
- "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In"
- "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)"
- "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You"
- "Return to Me"
- "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On"
- "She's a Little Bit Country"
- "Somewhere There's a Someone"
- "Standing on the Corner"
- "Sway"
- "That's Amore"
- "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"
- "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"
- "Under the Bridges of Paris"
- "Volare"
- "You Belong to Me"
- "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
- "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"
- "Young and Foolish"
- "Not Enough Indians"
- "Gentle on My Mind"
- Martin and Lewis
- Rat Pack
- Deana Martin (daughter)
- Dean Paul Martin (son)
- Ricci Martin (son)
- The Rat Pack (1998 film)
- Martin and Lewis (2002 film)
- The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis