Classic Songs, My Way
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Paul Anka follows up 2005's Rock Swings, his popular collection of covers done classic Vegas ¬style, with another collection of unlikely pop and rock songs--also done classic Vegas ¬style. One of the most familiar tricks could be termed the reverse stunt: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," for instance, is speeded up into a fingersnapping brassy strut. (On Rock Swings, Anka had famously done the exact opposite with "Smells Like Teen Spirit," slowing it down to a loungy pace.) But hey, if it's not broken! After all, Anka is in fine vocal form and he sure knows how to sing against the big-band arrangements. Once again, the best songs are the most unexpected, like the strutting take on the Killers' "Mr. Brightside," the triumphant read of Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You," which gradually builds up, the super-lush cover of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World," and the strutting "Walking in Memphis." Note that Anka actually picked from his own oeuvre for the albums's two duets: Michael Bublé joins his onetime mentor on 1958's "You Are My Destiny," while Bon Jovi helps out on "My Way" (a song Anka adapted from a French original)--which paradoxically is the least convincing track in the bunch. --Elisabeth Vincentelli More from Paul Anka
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Tracks
| 1 | Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper |
| 2 | Get Here - Oleta Adams |
| 3 | Mr. Brightside - The Killers |
| 4 | Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner |
| 5 | Ordinary World - Duran Duran |
| 6 | Heaven - Bryan Adams |
| 7 | Bad Day - Daniel Powter |
| 8 | I Go To Extremes - Billy Joel |
| 9 | Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell |
| 10 | (You Are My) Destiny - Anka song - duet with Michael Buble |
| 11 | Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn |
| 12 | Against The Wind - Bob Seger |
| 13 | My Way - Anka duet |
