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by Canadian singer

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. It was released on

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and

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. The album was released on February 11, 2003. The album spawned four singles: "

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", "

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", " Sway" and "

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Background

Bublé's career breakthrough came when he performed

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's classic track "

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" at the wedding of

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's daughter Caroline in September 2000. Mulroney introduced Bublé to

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, a multi-Grammy awarding producer and a

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executive, who had previously worked with the likes of

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. Foster signed Bublé to his 143 record label, and he started recording a self-titled album in 2001, with David Foster as producer. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once in My Life",

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's "

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" and

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' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".

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of the

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performs with Bublé on his version of the group's classic track, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart".

Reception

The album was released on February 11, 2003, to worldwide commercial success. The album peaked at No. 8 on the

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, as well as peaking at No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and achieving 2× platinum status, and No. 47 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album also peaked at No. 6 in the United Kingdom, achieving platinum status. The album was eventually certified 4× platinum in Canada during 2006, 2× Platinum in the United Kingdom during 2007, and 7× Platinum in Australia during 2007. Bublé also won the "Best New Talent" award at the

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, and the album itself was nominated for "Album of the Year", only losing out to Sam Roberts.

Singles

", a cover of the original by the

, was released as the album's lead single on February 4, 2003. The single was only released in the United States. It managed to reach the top thirty of the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart. No music video was released for the single. "

", a cover of the original by

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, was released as the album's second single on May 8, 2003, exclusively in the United States and Japan, also reaching the top thirty of the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart. No official music video was released for the single, despite strong radio airplay. " Sway", originally performed by

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, was released as the album's third single on June 22, 2004. It also reached the top thirty of the adult contemporary chart, while a remix of the song by

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reached the top twenty in Australia in July 2004. "Moondance" was released alongside "Sway" in Australia. "

" was released as the album's fourth and final single in certain territories, appearing on a special edition of the album released in

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and other select areas of Europe. The single was most successful in Italy, peaking at No. 2 on the

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals *

Mike Melvoin Mike Melvoin (May 10, 1937February 22, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, ...

– acoustic piano (1) * Jochem van der Sagg – programming (1) *

Randy Waldman Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor. In 2019, Waldman's arrangement of the " Spider-Man Theme" on his ''Superheroes'' album garnered the Grammy Award f ...

– acoustic piano (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13), keyboards (10) *

– acoustic piano (3, 5, 7, 11), bass (5), synth bass (8, 10), strings (10) * Neil Devor – synthesizer programming (3, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Felipe Elgueta – synthesizer programming (10) * Michael Thompson – guitars (1), electric guitar (9) *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– guitars (2, 8), acoustic guitar (5, 9), electric guitar (5), percussion (10) *

John Pisano John Pisano (born February 6, 1931) is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York. Biography Pisano has worked with Herb Alpert, Billy Bean, Chico Hamilton, Peggy Lee, and Joe Pass. Discography As leader * ''Makin' It: Guitar Duets'' with ...

– guitars (6, 13) *

Heitor Pereira Heitor Teixeira Pereira () (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and record producer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and several famous musicians, such as Elt ...

– guitars (7), acoustic guitar (11) *

Brian Bromberg Brian Bromberg (born December 5, 1960) is an American jazz bassist and record producer who performs on both electric and acoustic instruments. Biography Bromberg was born on December 5, 1960, in Tucson, Arizona. His father and brother, David, ...

– bass (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13) * Dave Tull – drums (1–4) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– drums (3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11) *

Joe LaBarbera Joseph James LaBarbera (born February 22, 1948) is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is best known for his recordings and live performances with the trio of pianist Bill Evans in the final years of Evans's career. His older brothers are ...

– drums (9, 12) *

Frank Capp Francis Cappuccio (August 20, 1931 – September 12, 2017), known professionally as Frank Capp, was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew. Biography ...

– drums (6, 13) * Rafael Padilla – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11) *

Bob Sheppard Robert Leo Sheppard (October 20, 1910 – July 11, 2010) was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (1951–2007), a ...

– saxophone solo (6) * David Boruff – saxophones (12) * Gary Grant – trumpet solo (2) *

– backing vocals (5) * Sherree Ford – vocals (7) Arrangements * David Foster – arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 7–11), string arrangements (1), horn arrangements (10) * Bill Holman – arrangements (1) * Chris Boardman – string arrangements (1) *

John Clayton John Clayton may refer to: Arts and entertainment Writing *John Clayton (architect) (died 1861), English architect and writer *John Bell Clayton and Martha Clayton, John Bell Clayton (c. 1907–1955), American writer *John Clayton (sportswriter) ( ...

– arrangements (2) * Mike Melvoin – arrangements (3) *

Don Costa Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including ''Sinatra and Strings'' and ''My Way''. C ...

– arrangements (4) *

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

– arrangements (6, 13) * William Ross – string arrangements (7, 9, 11) * Michael Bublé – horn arrangements (8, 10) *

Don Sebesky Don Sebesky (born December 10, 1937) is an American arranger, jazz trombonist, and keyboardist. Biography Sebesky trained in trombone at the Manhattan School of Music; in his early career, he played with Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Do ...

– horn arrangements (8) * Randy Waldman – arrangements (9), horn arrangements (10) *

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Batman'' (with '' Batgirl'' them ...

– orchestrations (12) *

Sammy Nestico Samuel Louis Nistico (February 6, 1924 – January 17, 2021), better known as Sammy Nestico, was an American composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra. Early life and education Samuel Luigi ...

– re-orchestrations (12)

Production

* David Foster – producer * Humberto Gatica – producer, engineer, mixing * Johnny Mandel – producer (6, 13) * Chris Brooke – assistant engineer * Neil Devor – assistant engineer (1–11, 13), additional

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engineer, engineer (12), production coordinator * Alejandro Rodriguez – assistant engineer (1–11, 13), engineer (12) * Dave Reitzas – guitar engineer (2, 5, 8, 9), engineer (12) * Nick Marshall – assistant guitar engineer (2, 5, 8, 9), assistant engineer (12) * Jon Merchant – vocal recording (Barry Gibb's vocals on 5) * Joe Wolmuth – Pro Tools mixing engineer * Kevin Guarnieri – additional Pro Tools engineer * Christian Robles – additional Pro Tools engineer *

Vlado Meller Vlado Meller is a Slovak audio mastering engineer, currently with Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, South Carolina. Meller works across many genres of music, with credits on rock, hip-hop, pop, jazz, metal, dance, opera, Broadway, and classica ...

– mastering * Greta Detrick – production assistant * Kathy Frangetis – production assistant * Mick Haggerty – art direction, design, package photography * Stephen Danelian – cover photography, package photography * Zak Jenkinson – grooming Studios * Recorded and Mixed at Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California). * Barry Gibb vocals recorded at Middle Ear Studios (Miami, Florida). * Orchestra recorded at

Westlake Audio Westlake Recording Studios is a music recording studio in West Hollywood, California. History Westlake Recording Studios was founded in the early 1970s by the American audio engineer Tom Hidley under the name Westlake Audio. Hidley was experien ...

, Signet Sound Studios and Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, California). * Mastered at

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(New York City, New York).

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Sales and certifications

References

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