Duets

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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Released as a tie-in to Paul Anka's 2013 memoir My Way (really, would an Anka autobiography bear another name?), the 2013 collection Duets attempts to illustrate the depth of Anka's career through song, letting the singer/songwriter indulge himself with duet partners both expected and unfamiliar. There is a degree of posthumous trickery here -- he sings "This Is It" with Michael Jackson and "My Way" with Frank Sinatra, two vocalists long deceased by the time Anka assembled this album -- but Anka is such a creature of show biz that this sleight of hand doesn't much matter; arguably, it even enhances the splash and glitz of this deliberately showy album. There may be a ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Released as a tie-in to Paul Anka's 2013 memoir My Way (really, would an Anka autobiography bear another name?), the 2013 collection Duets attempts to illustrate the depth of Anka's career through song, letting the singer/songwriter indulge himself with duet partners both expected and unfamiliar. There is a degree of posthumous trickery here -- he sings "This Is It" with Michael Jackson and "My Way" with Frank Sinatra, two vocalists long deceased by the time Anka assembled this album -- but Anka is such a creature of show biz that this sleight of hand doesn't much matter; arguably, it even enhances the splash and glitz of this deliberately showy album. There may be a little too much modernity on Duets -- Anka succumbs to Auto-Tune here and there, including on "Find My Way Back to your Heart," the only solo song here -- and there's the odd sense that he's trying to appeal to every possible audience that may exist in 2013, although nothing here could conceivably be played on modern radio. Instead, Duets plays like a fantasia of pre-MTV pop, songs designed for maximum radio play even when there are no outlets for that sound. There are some pleasant moments here, to be sure -- many of them play like throwbacks to 1990, including Tom Jones' new take on "She's a Lady" -- but it's a sound that belongs to past that's long since gone.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/9/2013
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • UPC: 887654848925
  • Catalog Number: 548489
  • Sales rank: 4

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Paul Anka Primary Artist
Tita Hutchison Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Willie Nelson Composer, Lyricist
Paul Anka Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Vocal Producer
Michael Jackson Composer, Lyricist
Michael McDonald Composer, Lyricist
Patrick Williams Arranger
David Foster Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Vocal Producer
Johnny Burke Composer, Lyricist
Buddy Cannon Engineer
Felipe Elgueta Engineer
Humberto Gatica Producer
Claude Gaudette Arranger
David Gleeson Engineer
Tommy LiPuma Vocal Producer
Bob McDill Composer, Lyricist
Dave Reitzas Engineer
Al Schmitt Engineer
Dan Shea Arranger, Producer, Engineer
Bebu Silvetti Arranger
Mark Spiro Composer
Kent Wells Producer
Maxime Piolot Composer
Josh Cheuse Art Direction
Annie Leibovitz Cover Photo
Steve Genewick Engineer
Arthur Johnston Composer, Lyricist
Lester Mendes Arranger
Tony Castle Engineer
Jacques Revaux Composer
Claude François Composer
Gilles Thibault Composer
Michael Thompson Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer
Michel Albert Louis Pelay Composer
Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic Composer
Jack White Composer
Chandler Harrod Engineer
Adam Greenholtz Engineer
Shin Miyazawa Engineer
Johnny Mandell Arranger
Mandy Eidgah Marketing
Patrick Murphy Engineer
Jennifer Feinberg Marketing
Brad Gilerman Engineer
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