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Rock Swings (CD)

By: Paul Anka (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Rock Swings (CD) Album By Paul Anka (Artist)
1   It's My Life
2   True
3   Eye Of The Tiger
4   Everybody Hurts
5   Wonderwall
6   Blackhole Sun
7   It's A Sin
8   Jump
9   Smells Like Teen Spirit
10   Hello
11   Eyes Without A Face
12   Lovecats
13   Way You Make Me Feel, The
14   Tears In Heaven
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (No. 829) - "...{T]he results are that genuine rarity: a novelty album worthy of begrudging respect." - Grade: B
Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "That the album succeeds so charmingly owes everything to the integrity and flushed exuberance of Anka's approach..."
JazzTimes (p.78) - "When ROCK SWINGS is good, it's very good - most notably on introspective ballads like Spandau Ballet's 'True,' the Pet Shop Boys' 'It's a Sin' and Eric Clapton's 'Tears in Heaven'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Anka's vocal delivery and the big band-style arrangements are often commendable..."

Title Note

Personnel include: Paul Anka (vocals); Dean Parks, Larry Koonse (guitar); Dan Higgins (flute, alto saxophone); Charlie Davis (trumpet); Steve Higgins (trombone); Mike Lang, Randy Kerber (piano); Emil Richards (vibraphone); Mike Valerio (bass guitar); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Luis Conte (percussion).

Swing versions of classic rock tunes, performed by an old-school easy-listening crooner? It's not without its precedents; don't forget that Pat Boone, for one, made a surprisingly popular heavy metal album a few years earlier. And against all odds, Paul Anka's ROCK SWINGS is neither a novelty album (though the format undeniably bears novel appeal) nor an ill-starred culture clash.

Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley always seemed closer to Sinatra-style vocalizing than rock & roll rough-housing, so his band's signature tune "True" fits right in with Anka's approach. The dreamy, melodic elegance of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" and even Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" allows them to be adapted to a big-band style with grace. Van Halen's "Jump" gives Anka room to display his playful side; here, as on the rest of the songs, it's his rock-solid pipes and confident phrasing that carry the day, pushing the expertly crafted arrangements into a place where they not only accomodate the unlikely source material, they redefine it.

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