Michael Bublé (album)

Michael Bublé
Studio album by Michael Bublé
Released	February 11, 2003
Recorded	2001—2002 Los Angeles and Middle Ear, Miami Beach
Genre	Big band, Traditional pop
Length	48:52
Label	143 Records, Reprise
Producer	Jason Barrington
Michael Bublé chronology
Dream (2002) Michael Bublé (2003) Come Fly With Me (2004) Singles from Michael Bublé "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Released: February 4, 2003 "Kissing A Fool" Released: May 8, 2003 "Sway" Released: September 17, 2003

Michael Bublé is the major label debut album released by Canadian crooner Michael Bublé. The album was released in February 2003.

Production and Composition

Michael Bublé's career breakthrough came when he sang Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife" at the wedding of Brian Mulroney's daughter Caroline in 2000. Mulroney introduced Bublé to David Foster, a multi-Grammy awarding producer and a Warner Bros. Records executive who had worked with Josh Groban previously. Foster signed Bublé to his 143 record label and he started recording a self-titled album 2001 with Foster as producer. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once in My Life", Van Morrison's "Moondance" and Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees sang back up vocals on Bublé's version of the group's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album was released in early 2003 and soon entered the Canadian album charts. Chart success in the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere soon followed with the album going platinum and reaching the top ten of the album charts in the UK, Canada and going all the way to #1 in Australia where it reached 7x Platinum for sales of 490,000 copies. The album also reached the top 50 of the Billboard 200 album charts. His version of "Kissing a Fool" by George Michael was released as a single from the album and reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart as well. His third single "Sway", originally performed by Dean Martin also reached the top 30 of the adult contemporary chart while a Junkie XL remix of the song has reached the top 20 in Australia in May 2004. The album was eventually certified 4x platinum in Canada (400,000 units) on March 14, 2006.^[2] In Italy the album was certified 7x platinum. Bublé won the "Best New Talent" award at the Juno Awards of 2004 and his self-titled album was nominated for "Album of the Year" losing out to Sam Roberts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fever"	Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell	3:51
2.	"Moondance"	Van Morrison	4:13
3.	"Kissing a Fool"	George Michael	4:34
4.	"For Once in My Life"	Ron Miller, Orlando Murden	2:32
5.	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb	3:54
6.	"Summer Wind"	Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer	2:55
7.	"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"	Gamble and Huff	4:04
8.	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Freddie Mercury	3:09
9.	"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"	Paul Anka	4:26
10.	"Sway"	Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Norman Gimbel	3:08
11.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	4:37
12.	"Come Fly with Me"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn	3:30
13.	"That's All"	Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes	3:59

Japanese Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Can't Help Falling In Love"	George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore	3:49

Australian Bonus Disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sway" (Junkie XL Remix)	Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Norman Gimbel	6:56
2.	"Sway" (Alternative Mix)	Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Norman Gimbel	3:45
3.	"Moondance" (Live Version)	Van Morrison	4:08
4.	"Enhanced Biography"

Special Edition Bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	3:58
2.	"The Christmas Song"	4:19
3.	"Grown Up Christmas List"	3:31
4.	"I'll Be Home For Christmas"	4:07
5.	"White Christmas"	2:56
6.	"Behind The Scenes Footage"

Personnel

• Michael Bublé - vocals
• Barry Gibb - vocals
• David Foster - piano, bass, arranger
• Dean Parks - guitars
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
• Rafael Padilla - percussion
• Neil Davor - programming

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks
2004	Billboard Top 200 Albums	47	10
2004	Australian Charts	1	105
2004	Italian Chart	2	82
2004	Swiss Hit Parade	11	44
2004	Swedish Charts	28	3
2004	French Les Charts	66	9
2004	New Zealand Charts	1	26

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"	Adult Contemporary	22
	"Kissing A Fool"		29
2004	"Sway"	Adult Contemporary	24
		Hot Dance Music & Club Play Charts	22
		Hot Dance Single Sales	3

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results

Preceded by D12 World by D12

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 10–16, 2004 September 6–12, 2004

Succeeded by Get Born by Jet