Michael Buble

In the opening track of this live CD, Michael Bublé explodes "I'm
feeeling GOOD!" Who could blame him? He's backed by a big--make that a
really big--band, and the song sounds like a million bucks. You may
quibble that Bublé is a nice fellow who's a bit lacking in both the
charisma and swing departments, but the music here percolates with
bouncing energing--just listen to "Summer Wind" or "The More I See
You" to see how glorious arrangements (by Johnny Mandel and John
Clayton Jr., respectively) can propulse a reasonably gifted but by no
means transcendent singer into the stratosphere. Best of all, Bublé
once again shows his ability to seamlessly bridge eras and styles by
offering stylistically consistent covers of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me
Love" (done swing-style) and Lou Rawls' 1976 hit "You'll Never Find
Another Love Like Mine" (done crooner-style in a duet with Italian
singer Laura Pausini). (The DVD offers up a similar take on Queen's
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love," for instance.) The DVD portion of
this combo set doubles the ante by offering 18 tracks (plus a bonus
"Song for You" with Chris Botti) to the CD's 8. There's also a
20-minute backstage featurette showing what goes into the preparation
for the show.