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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Manhattan Records
Salesrank: 1074
Released: January 15, 2008 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends Track Listing:
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)
Editorial Review:
There's a feeling you get when you put on an Anne Murray record, and--apologies in advance to all you anti-sentimentalists--it's best summarized by the vocal legend herself in the classic tune "I Just Fall in Love Again." You can't help yourself; you fall in love. Those who've been listening along swollen-heartedly since the 1970s know the feeling well, and those who are about to discover Murray via this duets album and its handful of younger-skewing songs--the Nelly Furtado team-up on "Daydream Believer" especially--are going to have a hard time not submitting. It's the tenderness that hooks you: Murray's deep, confident voice manages to be maternal without being claustrophobic, an effect magnified here by expert vocal partners like Carole King, Emmylou Harris, and Olivia Newton John. The few left-field choices--Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, a ghostly appearance by Dusty Springfield--aren't hard-left enough to muck up the mood. And the song selection doesn't strike a false note either: "Cotton Jenny" sounds as right on an Anne Murray CD as "You Needed Me." Which means that if you have a soft spot for Murray at all, even one that's not quite as cushy as it used to be, you should prepare to be sucked in. It happens every time, as the song goes. --Tammy La Gorce
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends Reviews:
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends 
2008-08-09 - The first five songs work OK, but the rest of the CD is blank. I am very disappointed in this item.
OK 
2008-08-01 - OK duets singing Anne's songs. Nothing new, but if you are a fan of Anne, then you will want to get this one.
Anne Murray Duets -- One of the best CDs Ever 
2008-07-15 - If you're an Anne Murray fan, as I am, you're sure to love this CD. It truly exceeds my expectations. When I read the description, I thought it sounded really good, but Wow!! It is much better than just "good". It has to be one of THE BEST collections of beautiful music all in one place that I've ever heard!!!! The ladies Anne selected to sing with her here are awesome! I have several favorites--too many to name them all. I MUST, however, mention the duets with her daughter (Dawn Langstroth), with Celine Dion, and with the French Canadian singer Isabelle Boulay (in French). It doesn't get any better than that!!!! Please enjoy!!
Glad to hear her voice again.
2008-06-02 - It was great to hear this wonderful lady again. She sounds as good as ever and those accompanying her add to the pleasure. If you like her, you'll want to get - no you should get - this CD.
And if you're not familiar with her singing, you don't know what you're missing.
George
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listen again 
2008-05-31 - As a lifelong fan, this album was a bit of a shocker the first time around. When you've heard these songs a thousand times, it takes a while to acclimate yourself to the re-makes. I might not have given it another listen if it hadn't been for my better half who loved this CD on first listening.
Some of these duets are better than the originals. First of all, there's the enthusiastic pairing with Nelly Furtado on Daydream Believer. In the liner notes, Furtado confesses she sounds like a wailing cat, and she does, but it works. Then there's Another pot o' tea with Emmylou - beautifully arranged and executed. Jann Arden inspires Anne to deliver a dramatic vocal on Somebody's always saying goodbye. By far the best track is the duet with Shania Twain on You needed me, never one of my favorites, but this call and response version is the definitive one; both are in great voice. And believe it or not, the Snowbird duet with Sarah Brightman is a revelation. The perfect closing track is with Isabelle Boulay on Si jamais je te revois where the choir builds to a haunting crescendo.
Honorable mention goes to Anne's duet with Olivia on Cotton Jenny. Though it doesn't improve on the original, it's great fun to hear these old pros sing together. Ditto for the pairing with Dusty Springfield. It's not one of the diva's better recordings, but Anne's harmony and Ramone's arrangement lift it to a higher level.
Anne's voice is rougher these days and, sad to say, has lost its soft and lyrical tone. Unfortunately, on some of these songs, she's stuck with the lower harmony (read: A love song, with k.d. lang, whose absence in the liner notes is conspicuous) where the wear and tear is beginning to show. She's actually safer in the upper range where her pitch remains secure. I've read more than a time or two that her next album should be a compilation of duets with men. That's a great idea and I hope the producer will take advantage of the grittiness on display in her self-titled CD of 1996, the most rock oriented album in her catalog. Take that sound and pair it with country's (past and present) male stars and you can't lose.
