Call Me Irresponsible (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Call Me Irresponsible
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Bublé


Released = May 1, 2007 (U.S. and Canada)
Genre = Big band
Traditional pop
Length = 50:23
Label = 143 Records, Reprise
Producer =
RIAA =
Chart =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfyxzq5ldae link]
*Okayplayer Rating|4|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/call_me_irresponsible/ link]
Last album = "With Love"
(2006)
This album = "Call Me Irresponsible"
(2007)
Next album = "TBA"
(?)

"Call Me Irresponsible" is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) Grammy Award-winning album by the Canadian jazz singer Michael Bublé.

Release

The album's first single was "Everything" and has thus far peaked at #46 on the U.S. Hot 100,cite press release |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?JSESSIONID=pc5qGtvhh2hT8nJVlT0c38nRVd8B7rphKZLm7vGwGMZD4SpPGDl4!1495155062&model.vnuArtistId=510186&model.vnuAlbumId=907392 |title="Artist Chart History - Michael Bublé" |publisher=billboard.com |date=2007-04-23] Bublé's highest peaking song so far. It has also debuted at number 3 on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts and now holds the record for the highest debut ever on that chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart.

Bublé appeared on an "American Idol" season 6 results show to sing "Call Me Irresponsible" when scheduled singer Tony Bennett, with whom he had collaborated before on the album "" was unable to attend.

On Monday, April 23, 2007, members of Bublé's official fanclub Bungalow B were given an exclusive listening party of the album's tracks and a look at a video clip at "Lost", Bublé's second original song. cite press release |url=http://www.michaelbuble.com/node/115?page=2 |title="Latest News" |publisher=michaelbuble.com |date=2007-06-03] On this day, his [http://www.michaelbuble.com official site] was also given a makeover to match his coming album and his [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MichaelBubleTV official YouTube channel] released the video for the lead single. The channel also has behind-the-scenes videos and short snippets of videos used to make various commercials and preview clips. The entire album leaked shortly before its release.

This album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2008.

Track listing

#"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:05
#"It Had Better Be Tonight" ("Meglio Stasera") (Franco Migliacci, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini) – 3:06
#"Me and Mrs. Jones" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert) – 4:33
#"I'm Your Man" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:59
#"Comin' Home Baby" (Bob Dorough, Benjamin M. Tucker) (duet with Boyz II Men) – 3:27
#"Lost" (Alan Chang, Jann Arden, Michael Bublé) – 3:40
#"Call Me Irresponsible" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:16
#"Wonderful Tonight" (Eric Clapton) (duet with Ivan Lins) – 4:12
#"Everything" (Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gilles, Bublé) – 3:31
#"I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:47
#"Always on My Mind" (Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Thompson) – 4:30
#"That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 4:15
#"Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 5:06
#"L.O.V.E." (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) – 2:50 (Bonus track on Special Edition, iTunes and Internet edition)
#"Orange Coloured Sky" – 3:30 (Bonus track on Internet edition)

Chart performance

In the U.S., the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and rose to number one in its second week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003585672 "Buble Sidesteps Bone Thugs To Claim No. 1"] , Billboard.com, May 16, 2007.] The only other artists to do this are Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Hilary Duff, N.W.A. and Sugarland. The album is currently certified platinum for sales of 1,701,559 copies.

In Australia, the single peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart. While the album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number 1 with Bublé selling 37,005 [http://undercover.com.au/News.aspx Undercover - News ] ] copies of the album in the first week and giving him the highest sales for an album by an international artist in Australia for 2007. The album was also certified Platinum in its first week for shipments of 70,000 copies. The album sold a further 30,634 copies the second week, making Bublé the first artist in Australia for 2007 to sell over 30,000 units two weeks in a row. The album is now certified 5x platinum by ARIA for sales of 350,000 copies. The album rose to number one again on July 2 and July 9 and once more on July 22. The album was the #1 selling album of 2007 in Australia.

The Original version of 'Call Me Irresponsible' has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK. But The Special Edition version has sold over 462,000 copies, Making that version the '18th Best Selling Album of 2007' in the UK.

In Europe, the album was certified 2x Platinum by IFPI for shipments of two million copies to date. [http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20080717.html IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q2 2008 ] ]

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

External links

* [http://bublenation.com Michael Bublé Fansite BubleNation.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PKus57KWpE Official MichaelBubleTV preview]